A selection of vintage paperbacks going back to the early days of popular novels. Most are Very Good or better condition. Nothing with brittle pages but there will be aging and there could be a musky smell when you flip the pages. These have been stored inside most of their lives but they are paperbacks.

Almost everything in this listing are paperbacks I picked up in the 80's and 90's and many of them from warehouse finds that would turn up at the shows. I would myself sell them at shows and flea markets but those haven't been much around here for awhile and I have had these put away a good fifteen years or so. Quite many interesting titles to add to this page as time permits; nothing really rare and valuable but some cool ones. There are automatic discounts for buying more than one and most are only priced as reading copies to begin with. Most or at least some titles which were from warehouse stock are available as multiples in which case the copy you receive might not be the one used in the photo but they are any of them nice looking.

(WH) = from warehouse lot (MB) Dell Map-Back

Individual title information:

Eric Ambler - Judgment At Deltchev - 1st Pocket Book 1952, #887. Good condition, minor water damage, pages tight, reading copy. "Red Horror Kitchen".

Clifford Anderson - The Hollow Hero -  (WH) 1959 Ace D-404. Intelligent contemporary social commentary.

Temple Bailey - Wallflowers - (MB) Dell Mapback #245. Good with some moisture damage, acceptable as shelf copy for collection.

The End Of My Life by Vance Bourjaily - First paperback edition from September of 1952, Bantam 1047. Decent copy except the edges of the pages are aged beyond what would be normal. All pages tight and book still supple so no problem reading it then putting it on the shelf for collection. Steamy tale of soldiers playing fast and loose with their morality then trying to regain it. Title in demand today and just as relevant.

Memoir To A Firing Squad by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan - Dell Mapback #30, 1943. Good to Very Good, some wear and small mild moisture spots at top on some pages. Chilling

   wartime thriller, early map back.

John Brick - The Strong Men - 1959 Ace G-480. Historical fiction of the American Revolution. I think he treats lightly with facts (Tarleton was not here in 1777) but looks rousing.

Wenzell Brown - Dark Drums - Popular Library #374, October 1951. Nice copy, pencil check mark on front.

The Humorous Side Of Erskine Caldwell - Signet #899, First Printing October 1951. Small piece out top corner of back cover and last page, overall Good condition with all pages tight.

   Priced less than others available so makes for a good reading copy. Author was very popular.

Stronghold by Donald Barr Chidsey - Perma Books P174, 1952. Decent VG, spine not bad for a thicker pb. Sordid tale of passion during wartime. 

Murder In Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie - Dell 5982, "New Dell Edition" first printing April 1975. A few marks on the cover overall pretty decent.

Kelly by Donald Henderson Clarke - Avon 116, 1946. Something of a romance with a murder mystery lingering.

Murder In Season by Octavus Roy Cohen - Popular Library 74, 1940. Early paperback mystery, decent condition.

Illusion (Marry For Love) by Allene Corliss - Bantam 420, March 1949. Nice copy, lamination intact. Cover models not unlike a young Aristotle Onassis with Maria Callas.

Along Came A Spider by Elizabeth Davis - Signet T4248, 1st printing May 1970. Decent copy, collectible author and title.

The Stirrup Boss by Peter Dawson - Dell 490, no year. Not bad for the age. Rough riding western romance.

The Arrangement Of Murder by Spencer Dean - Pocket Book 1277, 1st pringint April 1960. Decent copy suitable for collection. Saucy mystery.

Pickwick Papers (Book Of The Film) (Selected Chapters) by Charles Dickens - UK edition Pocket Book 100, 1st Edition 1952. 16pages of photos from the film starrying James Hayter.

The Iron King by Maurice Druon - Ace D-302 1956 1st Paperback Ed. Good to Very Good condition, covers worn but pages tight,ideal reading copy or shelf copy. Book value for this

   edition several times or more the asking price. Title is popular to this day.

Children Of The Wolf by Alfred Duggan - Ace Star K-118 1959. Reading copy, not bad but small piece of cover out and front pulling back some. Souvenir of the Whispering Pines Motel 

  of Whitestone, Virginia.

An American Dream Girl by James T. Farrell - Signet 1031, 1st printing July 1953. Decent copy, only a little wear. Collectible title.

Giant by Edna Ferber - Cardinal C-120, 1st paperback edition 1953. Looks nice, pages aging.

Nobody's In Town by Edna Ferber - Avon #51, 1944. Good to Very Good condition, pages tight and not brittle although browning. No problem reading it, makes decent shelf copy for collection. Popular author, later wrote "Giant". Hard to find early Avon.

Like A Tigress At Bay by Paul Gregory - Bantam B517F 1962. Sticker on front and minor markings on back cover. "All she wanted was his manhood!" What a hussy!

A Lover's Bade by James M. Fox - Hillman Books 145, 1960. Pages browned but supple, cover looks good, works as reading or shelf copy. Saucy tale of adventurous men and women.

Stranger From Arizona by Norman A. Fox - Dell 969, 1st Dell printing February 1958. Nice copy, not much wear and the pages not too aged.

Night Without Stars by Winston Graham - Perma Books P128, 1951. Spine is sun faded but in general a decent copy, all pages tight.  Popular to this day.

Shabby Street by Orrie Hitt -  Beacon B194, 4th Printing October 1958. Nice looking copy.

Then There Were Three by Geoffrey Homes - Bantam Books 12, 3rd Printing March 1948. Throwback mystery with trademark forties airbrush cover art. Not bad for the age.

The Seventh Trumpet by Peter Julian - Lion Library, March 1957. Very Good condition, not bad. "Red Horror Kitchen".

The Color Of Green by Lenard Kaufman - Ace D-202, 1956 (WH). Decent copy does have some light wear. Suspense thriller.

Georgia Girl by Margaret Rebecca Lay - Dell 597, 1948. Good condition with some wear but all pages tight, decent shelf copy. Sultry southern steamer.

Fire And Morning by Francis Leary - Ace Giant G-352, 1957. Nice copy not much wrong with it. Romantic historical fiction.

Above Suspicion By Helen MacInnes - Pocket Books 186 First printing October 1942. Very Good condition, minor cover blemishes, pages better than most of this age. This author will

   likely never lose popularity so own a collector's edition.

Beau Geste by P. C. Wren. PermaBooks P191, 1952. Good condition only, substantial aging and some blemishes but not brittle so makes for decent bargain reading or shelf copy

   but it won't last forever.

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