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DESIRABLE ITEMS FOR DISCRIMINATING COLLECTORS OF ADVENTURE, MYSTERY AND MELODRAMA. ALL PRICES INCLUDE THE COST OF SHIPPING (USPS) AND HANDLING. VINTAGE ITEMS ARE SOLD AS IS; ALL SALES ARE FINAL! NEW LISTINGS WILL BE ADDED FREQUENTLY, SO COME BACK OFTEN!
THE DOOR BETWEEN, Ellery Queen, Triangle 1st edition, high grade
This classic Ellery Queen whodunit (adapted for the 1940 film Ellery Queen, Master Detective), originally published in 1937 by Stokes, was reprinted by Triangle Books in a bargain-priced edition sold in department stores. It went through multiple printings, but this copy is from the April 1941 first printing and use the original’s plates and dust-jacket […]
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SENSUOUS SCIENCE FICTION FROM THE WEIRD AND SPICY PULPS
Bowling Green State University Popular Press in 1984 published this seven-novelette collection of sexy science-fiction pulp yarns, compiled by long-time fan and editor Sheldon Jaffery. It’s one of the most desirable Popular Press anthlogies ever issued and has been out of print for decades. Condition: As New, unread copy. PRICE INCLUDES SHIPPING AND HANDLING TO […]
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UNKNOWN, May 1940
M. Isip cover illustrates “Roaring Trumpet,” a Harold Shea adventure by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt. Editor John W. Campbell’s Astounding Science Fiction regulars Jack Williamson. Lester del Rey, and Willy Ley are also on hand, as is veteran fantasy scribe E. Hoffmann Price. Strong early issue. Condition: Very Good only. Average worn […]
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UNKNOWN, February 1941
Featuring Theodore Sturgeon’s classic “Shottle Bop,” along with other fine stories. Condition: Very Good Plus. Principal defect is quarter-inch chip out of spine heel. Also some dust soiling to front and back covers. Minor rubbing along front-cover spine hinge (see scan). Very lightly yellowed and supple text block. Despite its flaws, an above-average copy. PRICE […]
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UNKNOWN, April 1941, Harold Shea
This issue is distinguished by “The Castle of Iron,” a whimsical Harold Shea adventure by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt. Also contains short stories by Robert A. Heinlein and Theodore Sturgeon, among others. Condition: Near Fine. Some rubbing along front-cover spine hinge (see scan), also regluing of spine ends, otherwise clean and tight […]
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UNKNOWN WORLDS, August 1943
Penultimate issue of this great magazine features stories by Theodore Sturgeon, Jack Williamson, Cleve Cartmill, Anthony Boucher, and future Street & Smith pulp editor Babette Rosmond. The quality was still there, but weakening sales and wartime paper shortages were about to force Unknown‘s cancellation. Condition: Very Good Plus. Minor chip out of front cover’s right […]
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THE LONE RANGER AND THE MYSTERY RANCH, G&D novel adapted from pulp
The 1938 second book in Grosset & Dunlap’s long-running series of Lone Ranger novels adapted from various sources. This one is revised and expanded from “The Phantom Riders,” originally written in 1937 for the first issue of the short-lived Lone Ranger pulp magazine. The Ranger’s radio scribe, Fran Striker, reworked the G&D novels—adapted from pulp […]
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TALBOT MUNDY: MESSENGER OF DESTINY, Don Grant
Donald M. Grant in 1983 compiled, wrote, and published this bio-bibliography of the incomparable adventure-story scribe, a true giant of pulp fiction whose unforgettable series characters included Jimgrim, Tros of Samothrace, and King of the Khyber Rifles. Grant not only covers Mundy’s myraid pulp appearances but also both British and American hardcover editions in this […]
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Vintage PB: MACAMBA
New York: Popular Library G456, 1960. Paperback reprint of 1949 hardcover. Cover by Harry Schaare. Condition: Bottom front corner very slightly dinged, price “23cents” in green ink at top of first page (with blurb). Otherwise a Fine copy. PRICE INCLUDES SHIPPING AND HANDLING TO DOMESTIC U. S. BUYERS. NO INTERNATIONAL BUYERS.
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