Latest Finds!

[jamesdoig]

May 17, 2015 18:31:49 GMT dem said:

James, is Shark: The Killer Of The Deep fiction, non-fiction or "non-fiction"?

Looks like a collection of his own experiences in different parts of the world - there are photos.

[pulphack]

It probably is - Zane Grey was a bit of a hunting, shooting, fishing type - especially the latter, angling being a big part of his life. Weird I remember that as I haven't read anything by or about him for thirty years! Yet it always stuck in the mind, like the fact that he came from a big city where his father was a dentist (I think he was, too) - as an early Western writer I'd always assumed he was part of the West, rather than a city slicker.

[ohthehorror]

Not a 'find' as such, but an anniversary present from my wife,

Hardback, excellent condition. Looking forward to this one.


Edit:  Sorry about my lack of photography skills. Am too lazy to haul the old scanner out the back of the wardrobe.

[ohthehorror]

From the Oxfam bookshop in Dublin.

...and these three are from the wonderful Chapters bookshop, also in Dublin.

[jamesdoig]

Here's one of those nice finds - waiting for my better half after work, walk into the junk shop and see this for $5. Looks like the 1st edition with 3.95 on the dust jacket flap:

[jamesdoig]

Wouldn't normally post a sf pulp, but the hamster ad is priceless:

[jamesdoig]

Went to the Mugga Lane junk shop for the first time in a while and snaffled these for a buck each:

[jamesdoig]

The Lifeline Book Fair rolled around again on the weekend, but sadly little in the way of vintage horror paperbacks. Picked up these:

For $4:


For $3:


For $3 - wanted to read this for a while:


These Pans for a buck:






And this for a buck - a new series to me:

[jamesdoig]

For a buck each at the tip:

[dem]

Wow, James. The book fairy sure is shining on you these days!

[jamesdoig]

More classic ads courtesy of the pulps. These are from the Feb 1934 issue of Gang World and indicate something of the expected readership:

[jamesdoig]

Haven't done this for a while, so here are some recent buys:



This is #109, I think one of the last in the series:



This set wasn't cheap, $5 each, but it was Xmas time:















An early Curtis Warren paperback from 1952:

[jamesdoig]

Pleased to pick this up for a buck at the junk shop, with Craig's excellent "The Heaven Maker."

[jamesdoig]

A few more finds:

A lovely copy of this - surely one of the great covers. It's pretty crude pulp, but I like it - page 24: "Pierre Dure's face widened as Burt Winslow finished his narrative."



Vern Hansen's collection The Twisters, published by Digit in 1963:



One of the more interesting golden age crime writers - Gladys had an interest in paganism and witchcraft which comes out in her books. The Penguin published in 1954:



My current favourite cover - Australian pulp published in about 1950:

[jamesdoig]

First day of the Lifeline bookfair and there were a few things of Vaultish interest:

$2:



$1



Finally got a copy of this for $1



1985 reprint of this for $3



John Shirley's Cellars for $3



Pleased to get this, $4



Also picked up a pile of Science Fiction Monthly, that tabloid size, loose leafed NEL magazine of the 1970s with lots of full colour pb cover art by Bruce Pennington etc.