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NY: St. Martin's Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1979. Hard Cover. This vintage thriller is in near fine collectible condition with light dust soiling top page edges, corners lightly bumped, in dust jacket with light edge wear tiny, closed tears top edge rear panel the dust jacket is protected by an adjustable mylar cover. A 6 by 9 inch, 327-page Hard Cover. See Photos; They said the nuclear power plant was totally safe. They were wrong. Author's first novel. Nice collectible copy with Dust Jacket Art by Jay J. Smith. bx 25

. Odyssey Publications #11. Anthology of stories originally published between 1927 and 1940] taken from Action Stories magazine. Pictorial wrappers [about 5.5" x 8.25"], illustrated. Very good with scattered staining to the upper right corner portion of the front cover plus two small related spot stains to the fore-edge.bx55

Chicago / New York: Popular Publications Inc. 1945. First edition. Pulp magazine. Pictorial wrappers [about 6.75" x 9.25"], 146 pages, illustrated. Good copy with very light chipping to the spine ends, cover creased with the usual edgewear/light chipping, foxing to the inside covers, text paper tanned as usual. bx74E

Chicago / New York: Popular Publications Inc.1939. First Edition Vintage Pulp magazine in Pictorial wrappers [about 6.75" x 9.75"], 128 pages, illustrated with stories by Commander Edward Ellsberg, Arthur Hawthorne Carhart, C. C. Staples, Georges Surdez, Allan Vaughan Elston, Frank Gruber, Arthur O. Friel, O. B. Myers, S. Omar Baker and Cover Art by William F. Soare.A Good copy with chipping to the heel of the spine, the usual creasing and edge wear/chipping to the cover, text paper toned as usual. See Photos bx 419E

Chicago / New York: Popular Publications Inc.1940.First edition. Pulp magazine. Pictorial wrappers [about 6.75" x 9.5"], 128 pages, illustrated. Good copy with publication year added by hand to the spine, usual creasing and edgewear to the cover, irregular 2" x 3" piece off the lower left corner of the rear cover which halso has a small piece of clear tape affixed, paper tanning/tanned as usual.bx74

Kokomo / New York: Popular Publications Inc. 1953. Softcover. First edition. Pulp magazine. Pictorial wrappers [about 7" x 9.25"], [114] pages [last numbered page is 113], illustrated. Includes" The Chimpolo Incident" by Alexander Wallace, "Hellwater Run" by Hayden Howard, "All Over the Sky" by Cedric R. Mentiplay, "Gateway to Treason" by F. H. Buckley, etc. Good or better copy with shallow chipping to the spine heel, creasing and the usual edgewear plus a few small areas of staining to the cover, pages lightly toned.See photos 294

Chicago / New York: Popular Publications Inc. 1948. First Edition. Pulp magazine. Pictorial wrappers [about 7" x 9.25"], [130] pages [last numbered page is 129], illustrated. A very good copy with the usual edgewear to the covers , small area of staining to the rear cover, text paper tanning/tanned as usual. See Photos bx74E

Chicago / New York: Popular Publications Inc. 1938.. First edition. Pulp magazine. Pictorial wrappers [about 6.75" x 10"], 144 pages, illustrated. Good copy with tearing and minor chipping to the spine ends, clear tape across the top portion of the rear spine edge, usual creasing and edgewear/light chipping to the cover, an "X" and a "p" marked to the front cover, text paper tanned as usual. bx74E

New York: The Butterick Publishing Company.1928. First Edition. Pulp magazine. Oversize [about 6.75" x 9.75"] pictorial wrappers, 192 pages, illustrated. Includes "Murder Aboard Ship" by H. Bedford-Jones, "Lee of Rimrock" by Henry Herbert Knibbs, "The Flop" by Andrew A. Caffrey, "The Bells of Tyong-Ko" by Stewart Robertson, "Texas Man" by William MacLeod Raine, "How Gunmen Get That Way" by Frank Richardson Pierce, "Lucky Dog" by Bill Adams, etc. Good copy with some bowing to the body of the issue, creasing and the usual edgewear to the cover, name in pencil to the top edge of the rear cover, tape to the inside front cover at the fore-edge, some check marks to the contents page, Text paper toned as usual. See Photos402E

Chicago / New York: Popular Publications 1948 First edition. Pulp magazine. Pictorial wrappers [about 6.75" x 9.25"], 146 pages, illustrated. Good copy with tearing to the rear spine edge and chipping to the spine heel, usual edgewear to the cover, vertical fold to the rear cover, text paper tanned as usual. bx74E

Chicago / New York: Popular Publications Inc. 1938. First Edition Vintage Pulp magazine in Pictorial wrappers [about 6.75" x 9.75"], 128 pages, illustrated with stories by William E. Barrett, Henry Herbert Knibbs, Bertrand W. Sinclair, Arthur D. Hoden Smith, Gordon MacCreagh, Alan Villiers, S. Omar Barker, and Cover Art by William F. Soare.A very good copy with the usual creasing and edge wear to the cover,light dust soilingto covers, text paper toned as usual. See Photos bx 433E

Chicago / New York: Popular Publications Inc. 1948. First Edition. Pulp magazine. Pictorial wrappers [about 7" x 9.25"], [130] pages [last numbered page is 129], illustrated. A very good copy with the usual edgewear to the covers , small area of staining to the rear cover, text paper tanning/tanned as usual. See Photos bx432E

New York: Frank A. Munsey. 1897. Hardcover. First US edition [with matching dates on the title and copyright pages]. Juvenile adventure novel [about a boy in New York] that was originally serialized in The Argosy magazine. Green cloth [about 4.5" x 6.75"] with gold gilt spine lettering/rules/decoration, 309 pages plus 6 pages of ads at the rear. Fair copy with spine somewhat cocked,some fraying to the head, corners lightly bumped with wear to the tips, binding cracked at the title page, fore-edge tearing/creasing to the ads at the rear. See photos .box 7

New York: Donald I. Fine Inc. 1986. First Edition of the author's first novel ["that combines the thematic elements of ROLLERBALL with the martial arts"]. 286 pages. Near Fine copy with dust soiling to page edges in jacket with toning. see photos bx79

Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co [1910]. Fair with no dust jacket. 1910. Hardcover. Unstated but presumed later edition/printing [third of four titles in the series list at the front of the book] Third book in the Airship Boys series. Juvenile adventure novel. Gray-blue pictorial cloth, 335 pages plus 1 pages of ads at the rear, illustrated with 4 black-and-white plates [including a frontispiece]. Reginald 12741. Reading/filler copy [spine cocked, lightly bumped with some wear to the spine ends and corners, front hinge badly cracked, rear hinge cracking at the top, binding also cracked between pages 320 and 321. some very light markings to the upper text on page 320 text is all still very readable, 1910 gift inscription and two sets of numbers to the front endpaper. See photos bx130

New York: The Frank A. Munsey Company. 1939. First edition. Pulp magazine. Pictorial wrappers [about 6.75" x 9.75"], 128 pages, illustrated. Includes the third of four parts of "The Ninth Life" by Jack Mann / E. Charles Vivian, "The Valiant Arm" by Philip Ketchum, "Benefit Performance" by Richard Sale, "Flaming Acres" by Donald Barr Chidsey, "The Kiss of the Cobra" by Walter C. Brown, "Crying Hound" by Jim Kjelgaard, etc. Very good with publication year added to the spine, usual edgewear to the cover, paper tanned. bx433E

New York: The Frank A. Munsey Company. 1922. First Edition. Softcover. First edition. Pulp magazine. Pictorial wrappers [about 6.75" x 9.75"], last numbered page is 160 [first numbered page is 1] plus ads, illustrated. Includes the third of seven parts of "Tarzan and the Golden Lion" by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the first of three parts of "Runaway Ann" by J. U. Giesy, the fourth of five parts of "Kain" by Max Brand, etc. Good copy spine ends chipped, white tape across the spine heel, usual edge wear and light chipping to the cover, damp staining to the rear cover along a portion of the spine edge, paper tanned.bx276E

New York: The Frank A. Munsey Company Publisher. Good. 1935. First Edition. Softcover. First edition. Pulp magazine. Pictorial wrappers [about 7" x 10"], 144 pages, illustrated. Includes "The Bait and the Trap" by George Challis AKA Max Brand, part one of two parts of "Lancers, Advance!" by F. V. W. / Van Wyck Mason, the second of two parts of "Glory Road" by Robert Carse, the third of six parts of "The Blackbirds Sing" by Ennis Lawton, the fourth of six parts of "Riley Dillon, Masquerader" by H. Bedford-Jones, etc. Good copy with creasing and edgewear to the cover, store stamp to the front cover, paper tanning/tanned bx119E

Includes the second of six parts of "The Bandit of Hell's Bend" by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the first of four parts of "Mrs. Marbury's Alibi" by Elizabeth York Miller, the third of four parts of "Tuned Out" by Rufus King, the fourth of six parts of "The Passing of Charles Lanson" by Louis Tracy, the sixth of six parts of "Protecting Prue" by Edgar Franklin, "Thunderin' Jeremiah" by Garret Smith, "the Flight of the Dollars" by Eric Howard, "His Secret Message" by Walter A. Sinclair, etc. Good copy with chipping to the spine ends, date to a small piece of tape around the spine heel, edgewear to the cover, "ok" marked to the front cover which also has some tearing to the lower portion, small area of light colored staining to the bottom edge of the rear cover, text paper tanned. bx77E

New York: The Frank A. Munsey Company.1936. First Edition. Pulp magazine. Pictorial wrappers [about 7" x 10"], 144 pages, illustrated. Includes ""Range of Riddles" by Bennett Foster, "Two Pearls---With Blood" By Captain Frederick Moore, "Lucky Lady" by Robert Carse, "The Black Warrior" by Anthony Rud, etc. Good copy spine toned, usual edgewear to the cover, relatively light colored lower corner staining to the front and rear of the issue, paper tanned as usual. bx74E.