junkmonkey
Crab On The Rampage
Shhhhh! I'm Hiding....
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Post by junkmonkey on Nov 21, 2014 21:07:19 GMT
Good luck with the Ray Russell - I gave up a couple of chapters in. I think it was the phrase "...her breasts trembled like flowers in a light breeze." that did it. That and a Marenghian description of our young heroine/next victim's pubic hair as a "fleecy nest" a bit further down the page.
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Post by kooshmeister on Dec 25, 2014 1:19:13 GMT
I got a nearly new copy of Slimer.
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Post by jamesdoig on Dec 29, 2014 21:22:07 GMT
One for the back of the Vault - a classy production from Horwitz (1966) for a buck at the junk shop:  There's even Vault content:  |
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Post by jamesdoig on Jan 9, 2015 21:22:45 GMT
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Post by pulphack on Jan 12, 2015 7:44:20 GMT
Great covers on those... nice and cheap for Newnes as they tended to buy copyrights outright (Wallace sold a lot of his outright to them and Ward Lock which is why those early novels turned up a lot as low-rent Digit paperbacks). The Wallace material comes from one book called The Trial Of The Seddons, which was published in 1913 or 1914 (seen both dates mentioned, but never seen an actual copy of the book)and draws heavily on his crime supporting days. Looks like they spread it thin and used some other still known names like Wm LeQuex to sell the titles and padded them out. Bet they're interesting volumes if a bit curates egg!
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Post by jamesdoig on Jan 12, 2015 8:29:55 GMT
... nice and cheap for Newnes as they tended to buy copyrights outright... Thanks Mr Hack - interesting stuff. |
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Post by pulphack on Jan 12, 2015 9:03:47 GMT
Ta, Mr D. That should have read 'Wallace's crime REPORTING days' of course, though he did like to give hand-outs to old lags in return for bits of information and tips he could use in books.
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Post by jamesdoig on Jan 23, 2015 9:02:12 GMT
Couple of recent acquisitions from junk shops, charity stores, flea markets and lowlife dives: Movie tie-in of Frenzy:  Badger Book SP5:  One of those awful Australian Eclipse reprints, this one from a Faucett original I think:  A Scripts book, Horwitz's adult imprint:  Vol 1 #2 with The Beauty and the Beast Affair, "a complete novel of shocking terror":  |
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Post by jamesdoig on Feb 17, 2015 8:22:21 GMT
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Post by ripper on Mar 13, 2015 9:53:59 GMT
'Classic Pan and Fontana Horror' on Kindle for 99p. Published in 2015, it collects the tales of Tony Richards that appeared in the Pan Book of Horror Stories and Fontana Great Ghost/Horror Stories series. It is dedicated to Herbert Van Thal, R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Mary Danby and Vault regular Johnny Mains.
Bought from Amazon for £2.81, Realm of Darkness, edited by Mary Danby, Octopus, 1985. Lots more tales from the Fontanas and elsewhere.
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Post by jamesdoig on Apr 14, 2015 11:19:45 GMT
A few recently acquired Horwitz curiosities, including a couple for the back of the V. Wolf Dietrich, The Naked Vampires, 1971 - from Scripts, one of Horwitz's Adult imprints:   Stuart James, Jack the Ripper, 1962 - 2nd Horwitz edition.  Surely a Frank Benier cover, Horwitz, 1962:  Kay Keane, The Barber, Horwitz, 1962:  The Monster of Rillington Place and other crime stories, Horwitz, 1963:  Carl Ruhen, The Crucifiers, Stag, 1979  Gordon Kurtis, Requiem for a Bikie, Stag, 1977  Peter Brand, Rogue Black, Stag, 1977  March Hastings, Her Private Hell, Scripts, 1974  |
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Post by dem on Apr 14, 2015 13:07:01 GMT
That is a truly wonderful haul, James. Particularly like the look Pyjama Girl, Monster of Rillington Place and The Barber who, I'm guessing, is some kind of woman-hating Sweeney Todd tribute act? Even though these days I find v**pire fiction a complete turn off, would still be tempted by Wolf Dietrich's The Naked Vampires.
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Post by andydecker on Apr 14, 2015 16:40:50 GMT
Great find.
The Naked Vampires sounds a lot of fun, Nice cover too. Horwith must have been a juggernaut on the australian market. |
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Post by jamesdoig on May 11, 2015 11:21:55 GMT
Couple more Horwitz's - classic Agatha Christie, published 1961:  Pre-Jaws shark novel, 1962 and reprinted in 1967:   Post-Jaws Zane Grey shark short stories:  |
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Post by dem on May 17, 2015 18:31:49 GMT
James, is Shark: The Killer Of The Deep fiction, non-fiction or "non-fiction"? |
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