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VOLUME ONE, NUMBER TWO 0 (TPCN NUMBER THIRTEEN) DI o A L ID L E E R A t/ B 7TII A I}i THIS ISSUE

BARRY BERI'IARD...... lulASS IvTARKET I,,TURI,{URI}IGS LA]\CE CASEBEER...... r...... f 1,1/0]\,IDER ? WILLIAI'i LYLES ...... KEYHOLE COI'IFIDE|{T IAL I I',{. KIRKLIN...... T.LIVING I\/ITH A COLLECTOR o BRUCE TAYLOR,.RA.RE BOOKS ARE GEITING SCARCE GEORGE KELLEY...... I " "VAULT OF THE AGES LANCE CASEBEERi ...... '!{H0 DREW THAT GIRL? N BILI DENHOLIVI...... DE}IH0LI,,1'S LA\\l K ???fl??flflfl??fl?? FI G I I I I I n I tr tr I I I I tt D COLLECTI 1\]G PAPERBACKS? is a bi-monthly newsletter dedicated to aI1 paperback book collectors. It features the following items and/or advertizingt 1) Resul-ar columns by WiIliam Lyles, Bruce Ta-r;1or, Dave Killian, Bill Denholm, Barry Bernard, George Kel1y, I'1. Kirklin & Lance Casebeer. 2) Irregular columns, Ietters and information of general interest by its readers and followers. 3) Anecdotes, questions and letters by and to the readers. These are absolutely free to the initiate and are greatly eneouraged, as we neeci your comments and questions in able to better serve vour wants. 4) Introciuctions and/or general advertisements listing no material for sale or as wanteri bv yourself. Cost to you is $t.OO per typer,r'ritten

11qy4L!'. oa 5) Personal want lists. Cost to you is S2.OO per tvpeurritten page. 6) Sales lists. Price is $3.00 per tvpewritten pase.

P1ease note: Do not remit multiple copies of y,our ad or article. A single t''rpewritten page for each page submitted is all that is needed, as I finci the cost of reproduction for you to be higher than for me and mv collating is made easier with the single pages. Thank you. I encourage ads of all types, as well as letters, criticizms, columns, checklists, etc, as it will only be throueh the introduction of the rearlers as well as regular columnists that this newsletter will be of use to all. Please attempt to furnish all information by the 15th of the month prior to mv mailine deadline. 1 will be mailins on a bi-monthly schedule as follows: 1 liriarch, I Mav, 1 JuIy, I September, I I'lovernber and I Januarv. A11 material should be in my hands no later than the 15th of the month prior in order to make that particular issue. I a1low mvself the general freedom of non-specializatton as to genre, author, artist or paperback content. I limit mgself only in that our mater:ia1 will deal onlv with the soft, paper-covered books of the years following 19)8, Subscription rates: A $5,00 membership fee places you on the lists of the Paperback Book Gu1ld and allows you a free membership card and si:l (5) bi-monthly issues of the newsletter 'Collecting Paperbacks?'. Other benifits will be arranged as the Guild grows in size. A1I members will be elieible for additional published items arb either no cost or at a reduced cost as I get the material released. A11 acis, letters, inquiries (monies) and relevant material should be adciressecl to Lance Casebeer, 93b S.E. 15ttr; Portland, Oregon, 972L4 or to COLLECTII{G PAPERBACKS? at the same address. THE BUtt PEN Beginning with this j-ssue, all letters to the readers or to the editor whieh offers material cieemed informative to the general subscri-bers will be found under the above heading. I have taken the liberty to reprint several letters here, all coming from inciividuals who I feel will not resent my decision. fn the future, if you do no! want me to reprint your letier in this column, please so ahvis-iffiour letter. I wi.sh to offend no one, no to assume upon your intentions. Thank vou. CIay Kimball writes: Yes, fom stiIl interesteci in the G books in the Ace D series. (see issue +L) Ever lreard of Hip Books? (Motto: they fit on your hip) Published and distributed by Hip Books Inc, Alexanclria, VA., under arrangements with OwI Press, fnc. I have #lt rThe Mystery 0f The Red Suitcase" by Lula M. Dayi copyrirh\, 19b6, There are a dozen titles listed in the back, all boncerning said LuIa Duy, but whether any of them ever appeared I couldn't say. I have my cloubts that they sold too well since thev were prieed at 50A or twice what the other brands \^/ere selfing for. Not to mention that the writing is terrible. In fact, this looks like a Vanity Press affair, but I've never heard of Vanity Press paperbacks. Enjoyed all of the first issue of CP?, especially M. Kirklin's essay, which is really too close to truth to be funny. f also like the artistfs column. I find the covers of nlany paperbacks to be fascinating, I especially like the early Ace and Avon ( cloesno t everyone?) . Jeff Meyerson writes: Thanks for the first issue of CP?. It was great. I enjoyed everything in it this time. 'Living With A Papervack Book Collector' was particularly amusing. I know Bruce was only covering U.S. pbs in his Woolrich listing, but I thought he (and others) misht be interested to know that rNight Has A Thousancl Eyes' ( Hop1ey) was never printeci in hard eover in Eng- lanrl; the first British eclition was the Penquin pb #660 (t949), A1so, most of the Mercury/nestsellerfonathan Press eciitions were abridgecl. Keep up the good work.

El1en Nehr writes: The first issue of Collecting Paperbacks? came today and f'm con- gratulating myself all over the house for having the foresight to send for a copy. I have had to hide 'Living \{ith A Paperback Book Cotlector'. If r1y husband ever finds out that there are more spouses out there suffer- ing the way he is we are all in big trouble. What if they formed a club? If you are putting it up for a vote, here is one for the nevr title. One or two exclamation marks after the question mark might be in order, too. r Let's hope the state of Oregon recognizes you soon. Some day you must read the copy of The l{ystery FANcier where Guy Townsend explains how the United States Post 0ffice thought he was DEAD. Guess it proves that being an Editor isn't all glory.

2 Bruee l\tlerrill writes: While living in London for three years, I maintained my paperback pursuits, but founC that, for the most part, the cover art tradi- tions were inferior to what we have here. l'1V own inclinations were tovrards the surrealist-expressionist styles founC at their best in the forties ( especially the early Popular) , ancl the glossy realism of the Siqnets. illuch of the British cover work of the forties anci fifties appeared to be rather cierivative anci perfunctory--this is often the case with the eontent, as we1l. A lot of the emptiness here may be clue to the market position enjoyeci by Pensuins. ( Inciclently, while back there this r,vinter, I found that the orange Penguins of the forties were in the process of turning the corner from'old' 'to'colleetable', probably encourased by the tremendous price increases that British books of a1I varieties have experienced in the past two years) . Anyrar2y, two exceptions to this were the early Pans (of the forties) which are expressionist and very exotiually colored, and a series known as Boarciman Books. These are mysteries I Inzrrf by Anerican authors, v,rith an original stvlized and quite successful approach to cover art. Some verv ima- sinative use of borders. Both are fairlv rai's, but f recommenci them to any collectors who find themselves in that part of the worId. Fur- thermore, if anyone has 2ny particulars as to the dates and artists involveC here, I'd appreciate knowing about it. And if voufre fond of the tough-guy style of the 50's, be sure to see Vincent llinell's "The Bandvragon" , v,rhich contains a ballet in a rnock touqh-quv spirit vrith Fred Astaire as the Cetvrctive and Cyd Carisse as the dame. ?he routine begins with a curtain covereC in blown-up Spitaine style covers (e.g. , "Shoot l,'ie, Sugar! " ) , vrhich is parted by machine gun fire!

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FORI"IER SUBSCRIBERS OF THE PAPERBACK COLLECTOR'S NEWSLETTER

FROMr Louis B1ack, /\ rr rr rr ,!.\.r ,r r\ r\ ir ir ri ri 7i ,\ ii it "r

As with the best laid plans of mice, those of men often go astray as we11. I{hen Lance first talked to me about taking over the Newsletterr we decided that he would honor all outstanding subscriptions. Ihis assumption was based on my sending Lance a sma11 surplus of funds that had accumulated in the Newsletter treasury. A surplus that would help make up the huge price discrepancy. It was also based on my recollecting that the number of outsranding issues (issues of the Newsletter sti1l owed to subscribers) was not that great. I-lnfortunately any surplus rvas used to put out the last issue of the Newsletter under my editorship and the number of issues owed turned out to be far more than I had anticipated. This combination made it potentially financially disastrous, for Lance to attempt to honor subscriptions for IPCN. There is a 60 cent difference between whaB Lance charges and what TPCN charged and Lance is sti11 CHARGING LESS

THAN COST for each issue. It would be suicidal to strap a brand new magazine with a debt of close to $100.00. It was thus 1ogical1y impossible for Lance to honor outstanding subscriptions as much as he would have liked to. It simply cannot be done. This left two alternatives, the first was for me to mail out refunds. The funds are there, but the idea of investing the time 4 and money (stamps, envelopes, ete.) to write out over I0O refund checks for amounts ranging from 40 eents to $1.20 just didntt seem worth it, The second alternative was to send all the monles to Lance to give him a fund to send out sample issues, to help the zine and to have some money to fa11 back on in ease of emergeneies, We have decided to take the seeond alternative.

HOWEVER if any former subscriber of TPCN would like a refund on his or her subscription money, just send me a letter or a postcard and I will immediately forward you the balanee. Please do not feel that I am forcing you to make a voluntary contribution as I am wiIling, ready and financially able to make any refunds necessary. f0 WRITE FOR YOUR REFUNDS USE I/lY ADRESS AND NOT LANCE'S. That is: touis Black P.0. Box 8222 Austin, Texas 78712, I have eomplete records on all subscriptions so it is not necessary for you to list how much is owed you. f hope this arrangement is satisfactory to the subscribers of TPCli. In all honesty that zine always operated at a huge loss but it was a pleasure to run because of the enthusiasm anci cooperation of fans and collectors. T will miss doing it.

Lo,y.iS Otacl ASS MARKET MURMURINGS

cALilil$ 0il IltE c0t0Pll0il ItColophonn is probably the most precise term for what is variously called a rrlogortt oolgrn [monograrnrf, rrinprintrrr etc. etc. Illost dictir:naries define rrcolo- phonrr as rr& publisherls distinctive emblemrrr and that m should settle it. Such enblens have always fascinated me whather on a paperback book or tube of eye salva c and llvc heard more than one collector confess that a partieular colophon was responsible for sparking his interest 5-n a gi-ven colleetion. Early in their history, ,oaperback books often used 4r m animals, especially biras, as colophon mascots. Ihe pioneering English Pengu.in (a) comes first to nind, E t Iater adding Pelieanp and Fuff'i.:rs to thc aviary. In the U.S., Po. ket fu13!g hopped onto tho scene with Ger- trude the karrgaroo (b). Then came the Bantam rooster (c), an owl who got wiser reading lt"eE""k" (d) , a e9 !r!E (c), an Eaoic. (r) and many nori. ThJ trend con- tinues with second generation publishers such as La.n- (]a:[ L, H .@,rs horse (g), Cr6vef s @b (h) and even uE- Sg fron Ballaqtinc (i). Cther publishers i-ncorporated their printed narne in a colophon design. Avon, for example, had a hand- scsre one (j) reminj-seent of the famous p courics colophon. Aftcr discontinuing theu earl-iest colophory per- @tffi haps tco sugilestive of the mystery genre (r) , Fopulrlq Li-brary resorted to probably the plainest enblern of the reajor publishers (I) cons;isting of merely their nane in typc. This is ironic since }S.p*].ar; sported some of the flashiest cover art and blurbs. Dell used a sinrilar emblem on their paperbae.irs that they employ- pEnu ed. on their magazines and comics (m), but also created the famous oye-i-n-the-keyhole colophon (n) which can now be rather hypnotic when encountered in used booh stores. Some publishers eombrned pictorial design with type sueh as Fer.uaBooks (o). Most cf the more recent eoloph':ns echo the noro N o thorough abstracticn of the modern corporate emblem. This should be no surprisa since modern puDr-ishers &re mostly owned by conglcmerates. The newcr Avog (p), lc-e (q), and Sj.Enet (r) emolems arG good. examples of this trend. a Iflhen the trGertrud.otr colophon for Pocket Books (b), the oldest U.S. publisher, wa$ streamlined last year by MiLton Glaser (s), an infornal history of Gertiets career appeared in an i"ssue of Publl,sherrs Eg$lE. Y[e Iearn she was created by Erank J. tiebernan who inex- plicably ne-med the marsupia"I after his mother-in-1ar. P WaIt Disney Studios redesigned her in the Lglr)t s (t) ai-so improvirg hcr eyesight. It seems those old glasse q @ T weronl'b good for image or sales. B5) rBB- | A a^Nr^n/S)aoox ^ EE] tBl,H ErEfi

Trr:"e colophon entln.isiasisr wiII oelilht in the ra.re occurences of colophon lar.- pconerlr. The f irst I ever encountereci appeared in the short-iiveci hUp. magizir:e o!' L957. frijt,or Harvey Krrrt,zman conceiveci of a line of rtclassicil no'rels packcg,ed ,r:itlr t,he scnsati-rn;;iis.t, or:1-6'styre- co\rers typicr,t of the l95Ots. "!,xarnp-Le: "&qS- son Cnrsoe, a t,a.le of Lonely men.rr The nane oi'this inaginary pub.iisirer w:.s Por- cr,-rl-cue Eogks l'or which ci,'rtoonist .[,c li.shcr (]rew a-, coL-onhorr (u). Krirtzma.n haci e super'h t'er:.1 i,t:- t'cr r:rreh spoofery and was responsi.Lrle t'or annthar grr1.^":ho11 rra.r<.rdy on thc' ti"+1e nz1:e to Flo.,er Priceto ilfil One: He:eci and Out the-Other" (-E-1.r,a-nti!\E L32, n56). .Sirp4 g-e" !g1r,j-gLgts seeo s.oy,'er colophon lrorn the or:5,in,,I editi.on here be- cones a w-i .'l d-e1re6 a.narchist soyr,ing bombs insteac.t ol rutebag?s (v). Bill ELcer, a Kurtzma.n a$socLate, crr:iite.ci e.n ins.enious parody of the [e!t-i3gt-1.Xts cclophon (r) on the cover of r'liow to Succeed rn Business ]litiiout Really Tryingrr by Sheplrero Meacl (!iftJgfr!4g: iZ7, t955) . He converts the @Cg!:.nr. ernl,rlem j-nto a n'a:- ter cooler (x) in keeping with the bookrs ousrnoss theme. Anotlre,r brirlesque appear$ on the cover of rrTubiets idonumentr' (Bantam AL836r L95B), The us.ually aicof Bantar,r roost,er (y) gets: booted t'rom his cartouche by an err:ent prenJrster l'rorn the cover montaile. The artist is unicjent,ified lz). The bj.rd j.s turther humili;rtcci on the cover t'or lNight Rid.err L,y Oharles Beaunont (!,&-m L2AB7, 19601 where vre flnd hi-rn ignomirrously paraaed" through a nightmarescape of oe- mons originally createcl by German artist Heinrich KJ.ey (a.a). .* -x ,F We conclude tiris tir.e with. a puzz,Ie. Unravel the verba.l mei"ning of the re.bus below by icientifying the colophons ctepicted. Some are old, sorne are con$rary. (con TEMPQ rary, get it?) Answer next issue.

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aIld never I WONDER? First of all, I wonder why no one informed me that the title 'Paper Back talk" was already in use in two other periodicals? Fortunately no one has sued me yet, and perhaps with this tirael-y change, I witl avoid having to produce the newsletter from i,rrithin a single cellecl s tructure . f need more questions! I need some questions. Thanx to Greg Phillips, Portlancl, Or. r '-I do have several topics of some interest to discuss, but he ean't carry the ball aIone.,.,so helpl Surely there is something about which you are wondering. You are all going to get bored stiff with this column if all I do is ramble on about editorial topics. The first three questions all come from Greq: How many (and which) numbers in the Avon series lvere not put out? A: To my knowledge, I am curcently saying that thq.^lollowing advertized issues were not released: #36, latqr released as #86 (t'lystery Reader) ; #36f (never aclvertizeci at all) t #385 (Reteased as Face In The Abyss as acivertized, but as a l\{urder Mystery }'tonthly; and #388, later released as #45 (Rfter Many A Summer Dies The Swan). It is also my opinion at the moment that #409 (Rites At Love) was never released, but further confir- mation is needed on that one. Does anyone have that book r or know of anyone who does? Q: Who did the cover art for the early Popular Library books, most of which pictured a person and then some large, very deadly object. Example: Pop #4t (fne Smiler With The Knife) and Pop #?2 (Who Killecl-Aunt Magsie?) A: H.L. Hoffman is your man, at least for the airbrush work, and I wouldnf t be surprised if he did the layouts as we11. He will one day be mv featured artist, when I learn a bit more about him. He did the followins covers for Popular: 1-8, 10-30, 32-l+6, 49-58 e 50-86. Q: How many Bart House books are there? A: I am for the moment only going to direct myself tovrard the first seriesr &s Bartholomew House cjid renew its efforts after its first de- cline, and f have little info on that at this time. After Bill Cricier's chapter on paperbacks is published, I should know much more. The first series of 'Baitf numbered T-36 and #39, A1most immediately, they started a'movi-e' series, which consisted of but 3 titles 101-101 as follows: 101: Mr. Ace (George Raft); L02z The Sin 0f Harolci Dicicil-ebock (Harotci LIoyci ) & 103: Honeymoon (Srrirtey Temple ) . Q: How might I get in toueh with other col-lectors (or stores) in my area? Bruce Merrill, 5IL S. 900 8., Falt Lake City, UT. 84L02, A: Hopefully, Vod will soon get some replies" Q: Do you know if Hillman ever issued leaac Asimov's "Pebble In The Sky"? It was advertized in some of the Hillman Books, but I have never seen it, David & Sue Bates, Putnam, Conn. 8 A: That particular title was never released bv Hillman. I long wisheci I cou.lcl come up with that book, j ust to upset the world of sc.'l ence fiction collectors, but unfortunately the book diC not ever reach the stands. Q: Yes, I'm still interested in the G Books in the Ace D series. Reply bv Clav Kimball to rny question last issue. A: I believe B1II Lyles may have already provided you with an answer to this, Clay, but for the interest of others, I would like to repeat that hei:e. It might be interesting to you to see if Bill and I concur in our answers. f will just list the numbers here, but if vou should need the titles, I can provide those as weII. The G numbers weret 352, 3?t,j?6,332,385,390,402,414.,440,454,474,430 & 500. startins rarith 501 the series began on its own in earnest, no longer being a part of the D series. Q: This one to the general public: A science fiction book is requested that was published probably twenty-five years ago involving a fransfer of personalities and/ or a transfer of bodies. We mav be askine about tvro riifferent books , Tt/they were translateC fron english into french and then into turkish. They supposedly took place 1000 years in the future. Can anyone help us as to titles and author?

If you are wonciering about the relationship between this newsletter & Louis Black's, please read his open letter printed herein. I will not be assuming the responsibility of his outstanding subscriptions, due primarily to the enormous finacial discrepency existing. We urould Iove to have those who v\rere vri-tir Louis join our ranks, but if you wish to .'wait and see', I don't blame you. I will maintain the psuedonirm of TPCIti and caruy the numbering system along with my or,vn, and I also hope to have Louis soon workinq as a columnist in these pages. f wish to comment on a few other letters of interest to the collector" I recommend Bi11y Lee's Paperback Quarterlv for paperback collectors with varjrinq interests @17I0 Vincent St, Frownwood, TX 768011 and Jeff lneverson's,The Poisoned Pen for mystery collectors in particul-arL- @ 50 First Plac"e, Brooklyn, llY Llz)L. You may also be interested in Art Scott's DAPA-Em, 1035J Wunderlich Dr, Cupertino, CA 950l-4, For a fine selection of mvstery books for sa1e, you should subscribe with Howard Waterhouse @ Box L6?, West Upton, Iulass, 01587, and I hope aII of vou are aware of the fine assortment for sale often by columnist Bill Ly1es. Believe it or not, f real1y have no editorial witticisms to pass orr. The entire staff thanks all who wrote in and we all encourage more letters, questi-ons, comments, aide and criticizm. We ean be only as gooci as our readers make us through their thoughts r so same are much in demand " \,{e hope you en joy this issue thoroughly. It was not mentioned in Baruy's column, because at the time of its writine, the prize.yras not available, but there is a prize book for the first person to'comectly unravel the meaning of his rebus. Send vour solutions to me and I will send the book to the first coryect one. Winner announeed next issue, KEYHOTE CONFIDENTIAT Where, you may wonder, llas #1 of thls colunn? It appeared. und.er a pseudo- IlyIIIr that of "Lylesr Columnr" in the last lssue of CP? My tltle r+asn't quLte as snappy as the the other tltles, so after rejectln6q such thlnp &s "For Whom the DeI1 To11sr" Irve atrlved at "Keyhole Confidentiall"--1n honor of the three t,ooks that Del1 issued by Latt and Mortlmer I'exposlng" three promlnent cltles. Thls eolunn w111 feature a hodgepodge of inforrnation and queries, maLnly as a result of my recent elose encounters with nany o1d lssues of Putllshers !s3]v..

PAPERBACK VENDING MACI{INES. Somehow, f never lmaglned that such thlnpp existed. But they apparently d.ld. Lou Nielsen (who edited DeII.#JB, G.f. Jokes, and. worked at Western Printlng & Lithographing for quite a while), wrltes me that Lloyd. Smith, &Litor-in-Ch1ef of the same comlnny, d.eslgned. the "Bantam Publleations of Los Angeles" 10d lnperbacks for use in vend.lng machines. Whether or not such machlnes actually appeared I d.o not know. But at least two other companles did. use vend.lng nachines (see Pub]lshe::s H-eekly, August 5, t950, pp. 5?a-5751. In Decernber of ]-94? Pocket Books tiferfy nsea a 96-tlt1e "Dadson" nachine. In 1950 Avon lntroduced the "VendAvon" machlne for 258 books, a machlne prod.uced hy the fnternational Mutoscope Corpo::atlon of Nelr York that held from )JO lo 6J0 coples of 24 d,lfferent tltles. The machine lras 3 feet wide, 1$ feet deep, 6rL feet high, with a ralnut graln flnish. Avon installed a pllot model ln the laGuardia airport. I don't know how successful this was (tut f haven't seen any recently). f wond-er lf there exists a lnpertnck book colleetor who wouldnrt t::ade key gems from hls collectlon for any one of these paperback vend"lng machines? I believe I wouId. If De11 ever lssued, such a thlng, I don't know of it--lucklly.

I,.IHAT fS A POCKET B00K? i,lhat, ind.eed.. The question arlses constantly as those of us who eollect these sil1y thinp t,ry to d.efine them to our own satls- faetion, and. oceaslonally to the satlsfaction of spouses and other lnterested parties. In Publlsher^s lleekly (July 28, 1945, p, 3i..5), an artlcle concernlns newsdeale::s I d.i-sputes about se11lng pocket books provokes the followlng comment fron a hard.ly-dislnterested nan named Joseph Masle11o, presLd.ent of thb Newsdeale:rs Fede::al Iabor Unlon: "Isn't a poeket book, a srnall book with a paper cover, whlch comes out only once ln a whl1e, a perlodical? I'Ie don't want to sell regular books or compete with bookstores, but what are pocket books?" I hope the worthy Mr. I4asle11o found out.

FLASH CARDS AND OTHER P}iOM0T\ONAL MATERIAL. I note, glanclng through issuesof@,thatDe11andothercompa,nieslssued.hundredsof ,'fllashcar@tiekinbooks)and.otherpromot1ona1itemssuchas wlndow streamers for bookstores and" sma11 pre-pack d.lsp1ay units. I would love to have any of these that De11 produced.--any help?

PONY BOOKS. In the Febnnry 16, 1945 lssue of Publlshels Ueekly, Pony Books announces its plans to publish full--slzed origlnal tlt1es as well- as paperback reprlnts. Anyone have any of these?

UNICQRN B00K CLUB. f know these aren't paperbacks, but they're lnteresting, and certainlv eollectible.-tiee}l:r A sood - arliqle^9n-fhem can be found. in the December 22, rglg-issne--of FutliSrre::s (pp. 269L-2693) ,

10 Dm,L BO0KS. At 1ast, my favorite topic. Becently I vlslted Don Uard ln New York; Mr. Irtrard. worked for Western Printing a Lfthographing on the De1I books from lpllJ lo 1955. He 6;raciorisly shared his memories with ne. Among other thinm, he rememhers an attempt to start an Alfred Hltchcock Suspense Masazine ln 1pJ0, an item unfortunately vetoed by the people at Del1. ff f keep uslng i,restern P&L and De11 more or less synonymously, lt's because the distinction is often quite fuzzy. Western d.eslgned all the Del1 books up to 1951 and sold them to De11, who then "publ-ished" (i."., sold them to retallers through the Amerlcan Nerrs Cornpany outlets). After l96]-, llestern functloned- only ai prlnters; the Del1 staff d.esigned. the books. Mr. Ward, remembers L1oyd. Snith, who lras the guid.ing foree behlnd the De11 books, as opposed" to science-fictlon, not surprislng for read.ers who find. only a few s-f titles in the early De1I serles. Mr. Iliard did manaee to slip in 211,, G, We1ls titles in the maptack serles, but that's about it. Smith preferred. mysteries, light romances, westerns. Too bad.: "rnaptecks" of nore s-f tltl-es wou1d be fascinating collectors items. I wonder if any publishe::s eonsi-d.er re-issuing such things? The famous De11 blurb, "Complete with Crime I'lap on Back Cover" I''tr. llard believes to have origlnated" as a s1lght1y deceptive devlee. Most of the early De11 books Here tailored to fit page-lenqth requlrements (f60, t9?, etc.); rather than say somethlng outright wrong like "Complete & Unabrld-Bad, " De11 used the aforementioned slogan instead,, inplying that the books were all "complete." Very sneaky. Recently, T've been checking many of the original editions of the mapbacks, to see if the originals featured rnaps that De11 might have used as the tesis for their back-cover maps. Irve been ehecklng malnly at the Library of Congress, but I uas fru-st::ated when f falled to find. hardhound editions of the Luke Short titles Del1 published in the early 1pJ0rs. The reason Has supplied by lvlr. r,Iard: these were first ed.itions, though not so 1abel1ed, the works only having been previously published in serial form. f assume at least a few read.ers rnieht be interested in this information. last item: I,ir. trlard. r+as a frlend of artist Rot'ert Stanley, who now seems to be in seclusion. I asked Don I''ard if he knew who Stanley used as models (it's :n.ther obvious Stanley only used 2 basie models--all his people Iobk alike). The models were Stanley himself and. his wife, Rhod.a, who later re-married twice. Mr. !trard renenber:s Rhod.a Stanley (now Mi1ler, I think) as qulte attractive. If the paintlngs on the DeI1 editlons are any evl-dence, I agree r+ho1ehearted.ly.

Advertlsement from recent issue of liew York Times rook Feview (t"ook rmtfisnea lv - Anchor trress/Doulledavl c10). fnteresting reversal of the fanriliar De11 1ogo.

11 T!\I0 P0iiY tsOOKS LISTED BY STA}4FORD i{OUSE AS BEI]\]G PAPERBACK ORIGI}'IALS

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12 LIVING WITH A PAPERBACK BOOK COIIECTOR

0R: "YOU'LL GET YOURS" AFTER READING THIS.

In the last issue of this visual soap opera I outlined wavs to icientify your spouse as a book collector and promised that in issue ,#2 I woulci help you in your efforts to make eollecting work for you. So if you are still married, or still living with that eolleetor and he/she'ciicin't find your copy of CP? #L, here is the long- waitecl hints from Kirklin. I re ali-ze that most states require a throe-month v",ait before the divor.ce clecree is final, so perhaps we still have a month to change his/her mincis. The secret is really simple: trick that partner of yours; they never have anything in their gray ce11s except collecting lorer so it is really quite simple for intelligent you to take the reins and lead the way. Here are a few examples: The o1d ildangle the carrot in front of the horse't trick: What is vour pleasure? Travel? Excitement? Easy! Your collector is alra,ays savinq something like "I will go no where except where I can look for books in some disruptible old junk shop or dust laden book store, and, preferably, someplace where no one else has ever gone" . Fine. Simply convince that mate of yours that there are books of that nature and uncliseovereci shops where ypg want to 8O. l/lexico perhaPS. . . .V/e1I, I just happen to know that near Puerto Vallarta, Yalapa to be exact, there is a largle paperback exchange bookcase at Lorenzors Yacht CIub. The1lact that nearly all books are irrepairblv urater-damaged I forget to mentiorr.0.. 0rr how about a cruise? Simply remember in a casual wav what olcl l,r1rs" Harliquin said about those marvelous exchange libraries about each and every major cruise liner. How about Europe? Be sure to mention that Iittle gold mine in Copenhagen. I don't remember the name or the store, but you will know it when you see it, just one block off l"iorregrogade on Elmegade about a half-block down on the right. There is also that Comic book store ( take that as you please) htrat has funkv books in it just two blocks from central Soho. And finaIIv, anywhere you wish to travel by auto ( if you own your own gas station) is a snap if you just ptan on taking the scenie, l-ess-traveled, un-paved back roads anci cow paths through out-of-the-way plaees which just might have a second hanC store even though they donf t have toilet faeilities. You see, you can go anywhere, just a11ow a 1itt1e extra time. 0r, how about the i'Bait and switch trick'/? Do you want that beautiful antique desk you saw at Ma's Attic Shoppe? Te11 your spouse about the marvelous piece of furniture that you saw that would be just perfect for displaying the Del1 l0A collecti.on....then, when you've ati- riveci at l,{a's anO ctiscovereO she's sold his/her item of interest, just qo aheaci and buy ireur's, since you are there already, and vou did bring enough money. Or perhapsr you could remember that next to l,4a's is a ciingy 1itt1e harclware store, not normally open, but through whos" y,in- dows you thought you saw a paperback book. Then, while your mate is running up and down the street trying to get a phone.number for the proprietoi of the stiIl-closed shop next door, VoB simply slip into I{ars ancl gpab what is rightfully yours for your efforts. t3 |leed anotherT Use the fThreat trickt. Want some extra cash for the nev,r fishing pole or new pair of needle-fashion high heels? Just casuallv remark about that ad you sa\^/ in which somebody was offerins \?5 for a copy of JUlKfE, and ihat you thought vou r,uould ansv,er because you thought you rernembered seeing a eopy of one taying around the house sornewhere, anci vou would so much like to pick us the much-needed clothing for work.....It's amazing hor,v fast that money becomes avail-- able. Don't use this one too often, though, as soTne of these divorce clinics are pretty cheap these days.

If al1 else fai1s, and none of the above "trickst' of the trade seem to be rvorking for you, you can always resort Ifuge PiIe of BooHs to more positive behavior, such as is -^xemplified by the article at the right, IfiIls nl.Y. Womanr-70 submitted bv Pat Lyles, beieagured mate NEW YORK, Dec. 2r (AP) A ?G of that DeIl maniac better left unmen- year-old Long Island woman is dead tioned here, This was recently clipped after being buried under a huge pile of books, newspapers and i:ress cliy from the Washinqton Post and Pat wonders pings. if her fate is seen in its paragraphs. ' Police said the pile fell on nlea- Actually, from what I have heard all nor Berry as she lay in her bedroom beclroom uncier Sunday and the weight of the papers the booiis in the Lyles d?e muffed her eries for hetrp. the bed, rather than stacked around it, Police said they hdd to use an ax so I believe she is safe for the moment. to smash open the door to the rvom- Hov.,ever, that clause in the an's bedroom because the collapsed if there is pile blocked their entry. ins ui:an ce pol i cy whi ch cove rs your mate They said t}e enLire house rvai in such a caser yotr just might consider filled. with towers of books, nervs- this las l; ( very last) trick. . . , , You will, papers, shopping bags lnd as'sorted or course. forget larhere you got the idea. paPers.

In issue #L, the problem of the piles and piles of books existing with no place to move about arose. fn issue #3, if my spou-ce does not in the meantime discover who the author of this column is, I will give a constructi\re means of dealing with particular problem. Until then, say hello to Lorenzo for me and be sure to take old l,{rs, Jorgensen a nice array of flowers.

By- the w&V, alth6uSl f receivecl a great number of letters about this column, r only receiveci one book frdm ,y ii=t-( r"orn Bruce TavIor) so letrs see v,,hat we can cio this rnonth:

PERI{A HARDBACKS: Bt How To Reaci Palms by" Litska Rarrmoncj 90 Essentials 0f Arithmetic Henrv sticfer 55, Bb % 99 Titles Unknown

DELL I{APBACKS: II'i VERY FTI]E + CONDITIOI\I OIILY # 8 The Tuesriay Club l,{urcjers by Agatha Christie 22 llbgrty Laughs Antholosy 1?,50,Qg ,79,73;76,?? ,8g ,g4,L2? ,L?g,Lg),19 5,205, 279, 228, 229, 23A, 23t, 2 33, 235, 2? B

14 RARE BOOKS ARE GETTING SCARCE To those of you who took the time to eomment on the last eolumn: Thank vou. Jeff Meverson's letter is reprinted in this issues letter column and Richard Lackritz added some dates I had omitted. For those of you who were critical of the first column: my attor- ney has your letters and you witrl be hearing from us! In CP? #L, the question was askedabout how many Department 0f Queer Complaints stories were written by rTohn Dickson Carr. First, anci for the purist, these stories were written as bv Carter Dickson. The American first eclition was published ( in hardcover) in 1940 by W, l,{orrow k Co. containing 1I short stories of which ? feature Colonel IVIarch and the Department 0f Queer Complaints. These stories are:

The Itlew Invisible I',{an ,+ The Footprint In The Sky * The Crime In Nobody's Room x Hot lflonev rr Death fn The Dressing Room 'tr The Silver Curtain .lt Error At Davbreak .}t The 0ther Hansman New Murders For 01d Persons 0r Thines Unknown B1ind I'{an's Hood While all the above are of the'impossible crime'type, onlv those with the * feature Colonel March of the Department 0f Queer Complaints. This book has been printed in paperback in this country twice (tfrat I'm aware of ) as Bestseller }4vsterv #34 and Delt l\tapback #55, The Bestsel-ler contains one less storv than the hardback (gf inO l,tan's Hooci is omitterl) and the DeII contains only the 7 stories featuring Colone1 I{arch. (I do not own a copy of DeIl #65 ancl would love to either trade for one or purchase one) John Dickson Carr published his first mystery novel in 19)0. During the next 4Z years he produced over 70 books under at least four names % almost all of them have been issued in paperback. Carr uras master of a classic type of mystery storv, that being the locked room puzzle. He wrote historical and costume pieces, a couple of which bordered on fan- tasv, and some non-fiction; but his main cla,im to fame lies in his con- struetion of the impossible crime. A11 the windows and doors are lockedr there are no secret panels or stiding walls; but somehow the damrdest thinss keep happening. A man is found beheaded in a locked (ancl guarded) room; another has his throat slashed in front of a crowd of onlookers and no one seeEi it happen; another corpse is found stabbed to death in the middle ofl.a snow covered street and only his footprints mar the sno\^/i bodies claw their wav out of qraves and people fline themselves out of tower uri-ndows. All seems quite hopeless until an olci friend (usual1v Dr. Fell or H.M. ) shows up and fits the pieces together. Then suddenlv everything fal1s into p1aee, makes sense, and has the reader savinq " of course, I knew it aI1 the time". What follows is a list of the Carr titles with notes as to the earliest known paperback printing:

L5 Bv John Dickson Carr: Featurinq Henri Bencolin: It Walks By Nieht P8101 1941 The Lost GalIows PB 436 L947 Castle SkulI PB 448 L947 The Corpse In The l/axworks Avon )3 L94J The Four False Pop 282 L950 ",Veapons Featuring Dr. Gideon FeIl: Hags llook )t* Pen f2 L944 The l'4ad Hatter lt{ysterY Pop 6t L945 The Blind Barber Pen 528 L943 The Eight 0f Swords Berk c-48 1957 Death Watch De11 564 L952 The Three Coffins ** Pop L74 L949 The Arabian I'iiehts l''lurder Hill I L94) fo Wake The Dead Pop t0 L9t+3 The Crooked Hinee *''\)t Pop 19 t943 The Problem Of The Green Capsule Ban 101 L947 The Problem Of The Wire Cage Ban 301+ L948 The l,'lan 'rVho Could Not Shucicier Ban 365 L949 The Case Of The Constant Suicicles Dell 9I L945 Death Turns The Table PB )50 L945 TiI1 Death Do Us Part Ban ?9) L950 He V.Iho Whispers .'t+t Ban 895 L95l The Sleeping Sphinx Ban 996 1952 Below Suspicion Ban 1119 L95) The Deaci Man's Knock Ban A 2f 0B L960 The Spite Of Thuncier Ban A 225? L96-L The House At Satan's Elbow Sig P )102 L951,. Panic In Box C Berk x 158? L968 Dark Of The Moon Berk S L656 L959 I'ion-Series: Poison In Jest Pop 349 t95t The Burning Court Pop 28 L944 The Emperer's Snuff-Box'tttrs PB )?2 L945 The Bride 0f Newqate Avon 4?5 :.952 The Devil In Velvet Ban A 1009 1952 The lline Wrong Answers '*)t Ban t)25 l.955 Captain Cutthroat Ban A Lt+?z L9 56 Patrick Butler For The Defense Ran L682 L957 Fire, Burn! Ban A t347 1959 Scanclal At High ChimneYs Ban A 2L55 L950 The Witch 0f The Low Tide Ban A 2559 L953 The Demoniacs Ban F 2?6? L954 Ivlost Secret Berk s L70g LgSg Short Story Collections: Dr. Fe1l, Detective & Other Stonies l\ilereury Mystery #I10! a paperback original and an only edition. very valuable. t6 f he Thii:d Bu1let t Other Stories Ban L44? 7956 The Exploits 0f Sherlock Holmes written in collaboration urith Adrian Conan Doyle in Ace D lSI L956

The i\,Ian Who Explained l,Xiracles Prd R L08) L91L+ con iains 2 additional Colonel l,,{arch stories: William Wilson's Racket anC The Emptv Flat I'jon-Fi cti on: The Murder 0f Sir Edmund Gorifrev Dol C 359 Lg(,Z The Life 0f Sir Arthur Conan Doyle fin Y 'oOZ L9?8 rli" Cs.r:te r Di cks on: Featuring Sir Henry l,Iarrivale (U.t',1)

The Plague Court l"lurders '?*)t Avon 7 l94:. The White Priory illurders -*)tx PB L55 Lg42 The Red Widow l."lurders PB q6 L940 The Unicorn l.liurCers DeI1 15 rg43 The Punch And Judv l"{urders PB 2L9 L9L+3 The Peacock Feather i'iurCers PB 130 Lg42 The Judas ll'indow PB 23L L94.," Death Ir Five Boxes Dell 108 L945 The Reader Is 't/arned PB 30) l-945 And So To lr/iurder DelI L?5 L947 I'line - And Death l'dakes Ten PB 3)5 l-946 Seeing Is tselieving Pts )85 L946 The Gilded l,'lan FB L+78 tg\? She Died A Lady PB 507 2948 He iVouldn't Kil1 Patience DeI1 37a L950 The Curse 0f The Bronze Lamp PB 568 1949 Ir'ly Late Wives PB 5T tg|g The Skeleton In The Clock De1l 481 L95L A Graveyard To Let *rt Dell 543 L95t liight Of The Llocking Widow DelI 650 Lg53 Behind The Crimson Blind DeIl 6gO 1953 The Cavalier's Cup not in paperback Irion-Series

The Bowstrine liurders PB L+5 l9/-j.0 Fatal Descent (wrl ,loirn Rhocie) -;r* psp S? L94? Fear Is The Same Bnn A 2000 L959 Short Storv Collections The Department 0f Queer Complaints Bestseller #34 Dell #55 L944 Sr:me oi"the uncoilected short stories of John Dickson Carr mav be f au.nd ir back issues of Elle::y Queen lr{vstety I'ragazine. If vou like this t7 kind of story, some other authors of interest are: Cla;rton Rawson, Herbert Breen, Hake Talbat and Anthony Boucher, In addition, I list belov,, some books of special interest: 8 Dooors To Death Del1 2257 L970 8 Keys To li'iurrler DeIl 2255 L9?0 The Saint0s Choice 0f Impossible Crimes tsonded 11 1945 Sleight 0f Crime !,r'* ( Clute ) Reg 7977 Rim Cf The Pit *+!c (Talbot) Dell L73 Death From A Top Hat )*+t (Rawson) Dell 5q For the col lector of cligest-size paperbacks, the follor,ving Carc/ Dickson titles are knov;nr Jonathan Press: #& Bovrstrine I'lurders ( C.D. ) abridqed #tt ReC lVidow lr'iurclers ( C. O. ) #L4 whi.te Priory Ulurciers ( C. o. ; abri.riged 419 Plas,ae Court l.{urders ( C. D. ) abridged #25 I t Watks tsy lJiqht (.r. n. C. 1 abridged l'ercury I'lysterv: 452 The Ur.i corn llurders ( ,f .1. C . ) ,#1lO Dr. Fell t Other Sto::ies (J.D.C.) L947 Bestselier l,{ystery: #3L rne Department Of Queer Complaints (C.D.) +45 Death In Five Boxes ( C.D. ) abridqed {bz rne Three Coffins (J.D.c. ) #Zg Death V/ateh (J.D.c. ) a 0rr clge cl Thrilter iiovel Classic #23Poison In Jest (J.D.C.) A11 additions and/cr corliections are welcomeii;

JrrFAm ors h j. s bes t r+*x His best

John Dickson Carc, A"K.A. Carter Dickson, Carr Dickson & Roger Fairbairn died Febv'uarr,r 27r 197?. He is already missed! ff#.

18 George Ke11ey Apt. 503 505 North Carroll Street Madison, Wisconsin 53703

VAULT OF THE AGES:

"Brian Stableford's Puzzt.e Novels"

At first, most SF readers thought Brian Stableford was a haek, turnlng out pot-boilers for ACE at the speed of right. Now, at the age of thirty, Stableford has over twenty books pubrished, some of them drek, some of them brilliant. A readlng of all hls books shows incredible growth and sophistleation from the vampid Cradle of the Sun (1969) to the excellent

The Realms of Ta"rtarus (t977) . Ilere's a bibliography: Cradle of the Sun. Ac'e, 1969

The Bl1nd Worm. Sphere, L97O The Days of G1ory. Ace, L97l. In tbe Kingdom of the Beasts. Ace, L97l Day of lfrath. Ace , L977- J'! To Challenge Chaos, DAW, 1,972

Ilalcyon Drlft. DAW , L9'12 Rhapsody in B1ack. DAIfl, t9'73 Ptgplqed Lan4. DAW, 7974 The Paradise Game. DAW, L974

The Fenri-s Device. DAW , t974 Swan Song. DAW, 7975 t9 Man in a Cage. John Day, L975 The LIind-Riders. DAIY, L976 The Florians. DAW, ]-976 ,I C::ltieaI Threshold. DAW, t977

The Realms of Tartarus. DAW , L977 Mys-terleF of Modern_Sciencg. Routledge & Kegan Pau1, lgIT

lYi1dbIo_ot's Empire.. DA1T , L97'7 The City of _the Sun. DAIY, 1978 Balance of Pcwer. DAIf , 1979

Most of Stableford's books are out-of-print in the US although

some editions are sti-ll available in England. SF collections may have passed over many of stableford's early ACE efforts, perhaps deservingly so. In Halcyon Drif! (DAW, L972) Stableford begins his "Grainger" series and begins to dlsplay promise his first six books disgui-sed. Grainger is a top space pi1ot, tough, cynical, 'aod smart. lYhile

marooned on a stark planet, Grainger aceidently contracts a mlnd-symbiont ',vho increases his powers of strength and endurance. Grainger cal}s tne mind-symblont "the wind" and resents its presence in his mind" "?he wind" tries to conviuce Grainger to fuse mlnds for their mutual benefit, but Gralnger's having nooe of it: hls personal xenophobia gets the best of him. Added to thj-s complication is Titus Charlot, a crusty tycoon who owns a two*year servlce contract over Graioger, and owner of tbe Ilooded Swan, the most advanced starship in the Galaxy. The fastest, too.

20 Put the best space pilot and the best starship together and you have the basis for a 1ot of adventures. In this first adventure, Grainger and the llooded Swan take on the I{alcyon Drift, a nebula where time aod space convulse, b1ur, and warp into madness. With the heLp of "the wind" Grainger trlumphs over the Halcyon Dri-ft, surviving and able to undertake new adventures. Rhapsody in Black, Pto4rse-d_!9n4, The Paradise Game, and The Fenris Device are all pttzz:..e stories. Most of the plot rely on Stableford's knowledge of biological and ecological sciences for suspense. The problems with these four books are Stableford never real1y developes the characters. In one instance, Eve Lapthorn, one of conslstant series charaeters, never rea11y grows in her relatlonship wlth Grainger. Titus Charlot remains & charicature. It is to Stableford's credlt he realized the fatal flaws of this serles and k11led it off in Swan Song. Next tlme, I'11 cover Stableford's new seri-es "Daedalus" and his best work to date: The Realms of Tartarus.

21 WHO DREW TTIAT GIRI?

Frior bo in't,r'oducing the featu.red artist fcr this issue, allo1,, me tc arid tivo rcore titles bearinq Freenan ElIictt covers in refet'errce to Las t issue's ai^tic1e. ihese 3.,':e: 'Anrirea Holl-anC.' brr ,3art F:rane , t3e1"l-m ont L92-\" 5, ApriL i964 I 3en l{echt's "The Sensualr.sts' , )elt D?9b, C cr.-obe r 19 59 , 0ne ar,'litional rote has beer bi:ousht to mv attentior,, thanx to Bil-1 D:r. ro1.n: the :;i:;6ll i.- nf El-1iott. DeIl lists it as Ilici, fv-a.r'i'l nr EIliot, anr Selrnont aird F::eeman himse. 1f as llliott. ,+11 'r'or'r's are \rei't/ riuch ti-ie s,:.r'e artist, but the spell irt of that artist's rane has lrea:' in rru:h ccntert:o:^, evilertIl.. I s hal1 s ti ck vri b }i l'r-e cna:. ' s nle ni aa v1-\rruu a

l.ly featured ifl.ustrator for this issue will quicklv be reco,snized bv Science Fiction anci Pu1-p collectors as the creator of the 'iror, bra' lool< in fer"nale attiz-e arlorninq rnanJr pul_p co',,el s riurins the forties anij earl-v f ifties. Earle 3ersev lot-lg worl

Gentlemen Prefer Bloncies #zzt Anita Loos Drums 0f Destiny 232 Peter Bourne The Big Eye )a.) I\1ax Ehrlich The Hero 274 I'Ii11ard Lamprell

The Curtain I\ever Falls Joey Adams The Leather Pushers 2BB H.C. Witwer

Her Life To Live 307 Oriana Atkinson Behind The Flying Saucers 326 Frank Ssulty Tonight Is Forever 35t Charles ltlerganciahl I\4rs. Candy Ancl Saturciay Night 358 Robert Talant Shadow 0f l4adness )77 Hugh Pentecost The Great Mail Robbery 4jz Clarence Kellanci

Dragon's Tsland 442 Jack I/{i11iams on

21 PIJZZLED? Complete the acrostic bel,ow by filllng in the last names of the authors described in the clues girien. There are twenty-one writers described all of whom were published in paperbacks as mystery, science ficti-on, wester:r & fiction authors. 0nce the twenty-one have been identified, the first letters cf iheir names vrill spell out our mystery author to match the clue given at the bottom of the page. The first person to mail in the cor.reet solution of tr,ven-Ly-two names will win a bool. v;ritten b.y' Lur mvste::y author" i{appy pLlzzling! Secono most famous deiective is wine-se11ing Montague Egg.

tWanted; Somesne Innocentr . In a ship upon a pool, he saw a shadow from a burning vritch. Qne of three juciges for the DelI Greater l/lystery Librarv. President of llvstery Writers of Arnerica 1977'L978, The origin anci nature of his stori-es according to areheological ancl climatological evidence is fabulously early and unsolved. Plagued by tPunch anci Jucly' behind the 'Crimson Blind'. l'llovie star writing about vrhat he knew most in the west.

A 0 Touch of Strange I cornpl imented his works . Dreams about Cirnmerian Barbarians. "l,{ary Jane t 'Si1as l,{arner' anC 'ACam tseCe' were two good friends. 'l{ass market I',{urmurings' Issue #1, Con jured up a rrrife, Avon #245, Hancii Book a,*'trior for #2r7r33 % ILz, Featured a homg-sexual spy in his only non-series book. Hacl something shareii by Joe Dil/laggio. With 'Duke', he walked the 'Stairway To Nowherer. t1{ith rBluffers Luck', he solved the '}'ilystery of the Red Triangle'.

Autobiographrc u Ead Bc'y' . CLUE: This author once ij-r"ed off the stones of the rich, dealt with a real ca:'cl and urrote about a foreign avis.

24 DENHOTM'S tAW #1 ttA collection will expand to fill the space ava11ab1e, and then continue to expand rr A column(?) by Bill Denholm for COI,IECIING PAPERBACKS?.#2 - l$ay 79 184 Centre Stieet Lpt #5, I{ountain view, CA 94041 (415) 964-5a59 I tm a collector of various things. I got my start in 1959 when a girl I knew gave me an almost complete run of F&SF. That formed. the nucleus of my collection and I have been collectlon Scj.ence Fiction paperbacks and magazines ever since. I now collect in the followlng cate.gories: Science Fiction paperbaeks and magazi-nes Comic books Other paperback books Car magazines Mens magazines Bond.age magazines and. art Petty Glrl and other Calendar art Books and magazines on Glamor & figure photography Books and magazines on exersizer Yog&r gymnastics ete. with illustrations and. pictures of female models Qne of my reasons for collecting is that I d.o lots of reading. Another is my interest in paperback eover art. As a collector, I have a natural- interest in bibliographical material. I seek out checklists for any of the categories above. E'yen ads and catalogs are valuable sources of information. I recently flnished. the research neeessary to produee a checklist of the science fiction published by lancer Books. A by-prod.uct of this effort is a ehecklist of the Howard books published by lancer. This checklist will pe published. shortly in an amateur magazine cal1ed P*S*trxQ. In the eourse of this research an interesting problem arose. The first lancer orintine of Arthur C. Clarkers Prelude to Space, titlecl foaster 5f space (lz-slol was puffi The second. @ The space Dreamers (l+-lz+) shows as printing history: Flrst -Edition August 1962 -, Sdeond Edition MaY 1969 Now obviously 1962 is the wrong year, the questlon is, is August the comeet month? After a year of research I can say that it is. In the course of researehing this question I became interested j-n the books laneer published in its first two years, 1961 and 1962. These books are easily identifled since the early lancer books had a green edge color rather than the familiar purple of the later books. What little information about these books I have is based. on ads from the back pages. I have llsted the data I have now. Any one who can supply some of the missing titles or the books should either write or caIl. fhe * symbol means I have the book. Next issue f would like to list some of the books f have found' with MeGinnis covers that are not in [1'1; scottis iists' 25 lancer Books - 75d x 71-301 The Knife, I{a1 E1lson 3A2 l,ust of Private Cooper, James Gordon 103 1O4 Dead in Bed, Henry Kane 105 3A5 Country Nurse, Maude McCurdy Weleh r+ 7O7 Dark Hazard, W. R. Burnett ,t 3OB Doctor Kild.are, Robert C. Aclcnorth 1A9 Too l,ate Blues, Stuart James 110 ts 311 Curtains for a lover, Robert Dietrich 312 Blood Red Osear, Elsie I,ee It 313 Premature Burial 314 315 love Cult, Harry Whittington 116 Robert Taylorrs Detectives, Norman Daniels r( 117 Red.-Head,ed Sinners, Jonathan Craig 118 119 Hitl-er, Michael Sherldan 32O Escape from Hell-, Stan Smith 721 122 321 524 725 Poers Tales of Terror, Bunice Sudak 525 Nursel Dormitory, Alice Brennan

26 Laneer Books 4Od 70-00'l Which Way to Mecca, Jack?, William Blatty * oo2 Therefore be Bold, Herbert Gold" )e oo3 What Became of Anna Bolton, Louis Broomfield o04 Natural Child, Cald"er Willingham .tt o05 What is Jack Parr Real1y Like?, William H, A. Carr * 005 Ben Casey, William Johnston * 007 Dr. Kild"arers Secret Romance, Norman Daniels 008 Ivlemory of Passion, Gil Brewer 009 * 010 My Body, Robert Dietrich JT all Ben Casey - A Rage for Justice, Norman Daniels l+ 012 Two Surgeons, Richard. Mead"e Jf o11 Frenzy, Jonathan Craig 014 015 015 o17 01B 019 020 o21 o22 o23 o24 o25 o26 o27 tE o29 The Golden Key, William 0rFarrell It o10 The Creepers, John Creasey 031 Dr. Reailets Decislon, Bruee Cassiday 072 Dr. Kildarets Finest Hour, Norman Daniels

27 franCer Books 5Od 72-601 Number One, John Dos Passos

602 Wasteland, Sinclair -t.I 601 504 The Foolish Immortals, Paul Gallico 'F ,e 605 Catalina, W. Somerset Maughm .t+ 6a6 Georgie May, Ma:o,vell Dodenhej-m 6a7 608 * 509 The Career of David. Noble, tr'rancis Parkington Keyes )T 610 Master of Spaee, Arthur C. Clarke 611 512 613 ,( 614 She, H. Rider Haggard 615 616 517 The Strumpet Sea, Ben Ames Williams 618 619 Psychoanalyse Yourself, E. Pickworth Farrow 520 Dream Book, Zolar 621 JFK: An Informal Biography, William H. A. Carr 622 Here is your War, Ernie Pyle 625 Aphrodite, Pierre louys 624 625 ozof6a 627 628 629 610 The Black Swan, Rafael Sabatini

28 f,ancer Books 6Od 73-401 A Peculiar Treasure, Edna Ferber t+ 4OZ Paris Mitchell of Kings Row, H & K Bellaman 4A3 Tomorrow will be Better, Betty Smith 404 4O5 The Hearth and Eag1e, Anya Seton * 406 The Sixth of June, lionel Shapiro 407 tt 408 Up tr"ront, Mauld.in r+ +O9 f,onesome Monsters, Algren 410 Prince Bart, Jay Richard Kennedy r( 411 Teaser,Orrie Hlt

lancer Books - 75d 7 4-801 ',F 8A2 Martyrs and Fighters, Paul Fried,man BO7 Selected. Writings of the Marquis ile Sade )F 804 Modern Sex Techniques, Robert Street 805 100 years of lynchings, Ralph Ginzberg BO5 * 807 [he Dying Earth, Jack Yance It 808 A Martian Odyssey, Stanley G. Weinbaum BOg t+ 810 Recalled to life, Robert Silverberg ')+ 81 1 The Twenty-Second Century, John Christopher tF 812 The Humanoids, Jack Williamson 811 ',i 814 fhe Autobigraphy of Will Rogers * 815 The Stars like Dust, Issac Asimov 'r 816 The Cuments of Space, Issae Asimov 817 lF 818 The End. of Eternity, Issac Asi-mov

?o REPORT TO THE CHAIRMAN c.w.c.F.T.0.0.P.B.c.A.* r,Ve managed to place our man on the inside with l-ittle problem. He acl- vised us that the scheduled activity was set for April L4, L9?9, early evening of same date. The first characters of suspect to arrive were B, Taylor anri L. Casebeer, each with pi.zza in hilnd. Xleither appeared to need one. They were soon joineci by I,{. Kirklin, C. faylor and a very short individual named Cristo- pher. fhe latter proved to be the only sane person at gathering. By 7z)0 P.l,{. things began to happen. BilI Pronzini arrived with a foreign clish who answered to the name of Bruni. This second inciivi,'lual seemed to share ,'ny own thoughts throughout the evening when she was overheard to ask: "What in the .... are all these people talking about?" B, Pronzini was seen entering the building with an arm load of paperback books and a bottle of white wine. I noted many hours later that urhen he left he carried with him a different armload of books, but no white r^,ine, It was apparently some form of wampum with which he first entered. This individual throuqhout the evening spoke in violent opposition to our democratic form of government by continually repeating hor,r' i6p6ssible it r,vas to find a good monarch! Events beqan to move b::iskIy shortly after the arrival of the wine. Geoffrev Chambers and mate Jerry showed up with several large saeks of !h* brorrn paper type (contents unknown) anci several large six-packs (contents known) . It is mv belief that J, Charnbers is tfre secietarv of this nefarious gatherin*, for she was continually referring to a small black book. She usrd this for both making notes and checking some secret code hidden in a myrid of columns, numbers and symbols. I at- tempteci to steal this notebook when she was diseussing the many fine attributes of B. Pronzini's white wine, but was met with instant hostili- ty and some muttering about she would rather part with Jeff. I betieve the key to understancling the behavior of thrs group is to be found in that book, l4ary Groff ( A.K.A. D.E.A.T.H. ) arrived next and spent some time eye- balling the contents of the several paper contai-ners which were now beginning to litter what had been the living room carpet. fn an obvious drug-related context, she was heard to ask: "Is it tea time yet?" She was the only one throughout the evening to dwell on this subject, as all others seemingly preferred liquid inebriants. Bob Strand and his faithful, but disguised companion, Abe, arrived next. Not once was I to see this Abe without his hat, so he was obviously trying to cover up something of import. More large paper con- tainers came with them, but tlirs time f was able to confirm that the contents were paperback books. This pair provided an invocation r; ight out of the sayings of the Great Book of Jesus anci bemoaned a.: recent de- velopment in American Historical Research which cast new and rather unnervine light upon Bunker Hi11. A l{r. Denholm walkeci in at this point, brazenly carrying a porno- graphic calanctrer ( circa t95L) and was heard to mutter the word 'EIliott' over anci over againr causing L. Casebeer to get quite agitated and-begin-frothing ri"tf," mouth i; his obvious neeci for what Bill was offerinq.

30 Bill was also heard to use the names McGuire, McGinnis, Belarski ancl Shomburg; these perhaps being his Iega1 counsel in some reeent porno laws uit. Someone calling himself rArtr with a second handle of Seott was next in the room. He earriecl a leather (is this significant) case from which he immediately began passing out literature. Something called a trap' sheet anci in an undecipherable cocie which t-he others all seemed to in- stantly understand. He spoke in hushed tones of other cult members not present, specifiacally a Harry Whittington, Dashiel Hammett and Cornell Woolrich. He was also overheard to say several things about a dwarf and 'three short beers'. Most strange and unIikely. Gary MacDonald was next, providing immediately some staange coded dates for something B. TayIor was planning to write for the next scandel sheet, When he left (ttz45) he was seen with 5 hardbaek books dealing with such varieci subjects as Hungry Goblins, Wire Cages, Miracles and Secrets. He spent the majority of the evening opening beer bottles, inspecting their contents and then lamenting the unavailability of someone ca1Ied the oGreat l,{e11in1r. D. tittlefield rounded out the group and spent all evening carrying about something entitled rThe Window 0f The Sleeping Nuder. His obvious purient interests \^/ere further manifested by his expressed clesire to acquire 'the Hardbolled Dieks' and a rather vulgar sounding item entitled "Sa11y In The A1ley' . ( Further observation of thia inclividual i.s suggesteci) The following outline provides the majority of saliant points of activity occurring during the evening: 1. Great quanti ties of beer and wine were consumed. 2, Paperback books were everywhere and many of same article exchanged hands during the course of the meeting. 3, Some money changed hands, but the majority went to M. Kirklin, who identified a title as a manager' and the money was I t 'subscription going for gne services .

4, G. Chambers informed the group of several recent encounters of a third nature with bookstore owners. 0f special interest were those involving a daneing drummer ( Berkley) anci a undulating prone in- ebriant (san Jose). 5, Much of the evening was given over to a ciiscussion of the joys of 10d Marajuana, This is the first encounter f have had with same, but judging from its rlrishe source, I woulci cleem it of inferior quality. 6, C. Taylor was notecl paying particular attention to the cliscussinn of whips, chains and iron bras, the names of Bergey and Warci being of most import in this talk. Several references were also made of a synidicate eontact, one F. Frazetta. (Do we have a folio on him?) 7, lJearly all conversation was conducted in a semi-literate psudo- language unique to this group. Words such as 'Avont, 'Checklistr, rDeIIr, rRunr, and tPopt were heard frequently and when interspersed with phrases like'Is there any beer left" and "Has anyone seen my 3r wantlist?", they formed nearly completely incoherent sentenees. B. Additional large quantities of beer ancl wine ?/ere onsumed ancl everyone departed by midnight, although in mj;nd all haci departed much soonerr if I am any judge. There was some tal-k of setting up future cult meetings of this sort and many were going to return to their respective areas of infiltration and begin immediately to find initiates into their group" It is the opinion of this asent that there will indeed be future meetings and that this group should be watched very closelyl1est it increase to a size wherein we will no longer be able to control it.

EIID OF REPQRT AS SUBi',/iITTED BY S. AGENT X.9 , COi{lrlEtiT: What you have just read is a slightly s.it/lized account of a paperback book party held in San Francisco ( cult heaiquarters?) at the home of Bruce and Carol Taylor. While some literary license has been taken, the faets about the beer and wine are absoiutely correct.

r|Citizens Watchciog Committee For ?he Observation 0f Faperback Eook Co- llectors Annonymous

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t_ ********?K********PAPERBACKS WANTED BY PAUL PAYNE PO BOX 45, NORWALK, CA. 90650 ,r?krr****PHONE 213) 941-6006*****WILL BUy OR TR]\DE****HUNDREDS OF TMDE ITE >k*r<:k:!*-*r<:krk ttlT- HARLEQUIN: (ORIGINAL ART WORK -N0 LATE REPRINTS-HAVE OVER 200 DUPLICATES BELOW /i500 FOR TRADE-UNDERLINED, GOOD OR BETTER WANTED): 3,5,6,15,U,L&,19, 22,26,27,29,30,f4,35,36,38,39,40,43,44,46,52,53,55,56;60,66,@,69,71, g, 7 3,U,7 5,7 9,82,W,&J, 90, L,96,98, L90, 106, 107, lgE, L12,7)7,LL4, 119, 1 1 L22,L2j,t25 ,126 ,W,128 , 13 0, 133, 134 , 153 , 155 , 156, 15 9 ,L7l ,L7 2 ,W,t84 , 188,189 .L_9_f ,t98,202,203,206,2L2,220,22L,224,225 ,226,228,231,235 ,237 , 238,2!),247,25L,254,U, 259.,262,263,W,UJ JU,27 3,290,296,297, 299, 308.311 .3L4-315.318 -32t-322-323-328-331.335.34t-345.350.353.354.358. 37 0 .37L ,!J ,3_82 ,386 ,13J ,398 ,399 ,!02 ,404 ,406 ,417 ,42L,422 ,43O ,43L ,45L , 452,461,464,465,469,473,414,483,487,49I,495.(wrli, ALSO TAKE ANy NON- ROMANCE NOT ON THIS LIST THAT IS VERY GOOD OR BETTER).

LA BANTAMS: Al(rnn nnO THREADS,REX STOUT),2(LITTLE KNOWN FACTS ABOUT FAMOUS PEOPLE, NTIT CENNEGIE),8(FAVORITE POEMS :POPULAR SEIECTIONS FROM THE WORLDI S LITEMTURE),13(PONUS OF PASSION), 15(CTTILONEN'S tr'AVORTTE STORIES), 17(PRTVATE LrvES OF THE MOVrE STAffi,ELEANOR PACKER,18(r.OVn ON THE RUN, FFno uactSAAC,23(TARZAN AND THE FORBTDDEN crry,EDGER RrcE BURROUGHS. ANY I^IITH ART WORK 0N COVERS, ANY ABOVE lf28-have dupes for trade.

AVON. 27 (BooK oF PUZZLES ), 36(cnnA.r MYSTERY STORIES),L62(CnosswORDS/CRYPTO- cnar"rs, c. KTNNATD), 295(BOOK OF ?IJZZLES #2 ), 309(mSUMMER PASSTON,E. CALDWELL ), 357 (ALL ETOUT GIRLS, ANTHOLOGY ), 36TT? ), 386 ( ? ), 388 ( ? ), 402(DANGEnous t ovn,J. wooDFoRD),409(THE nrres or tovn,fiooopoRD), 456(rnn cHAsrrry oF GLORTA BOyD)l;

DELL "MAPST': 77 ,89 ,152,205 ,278(cnosswono) . POCKET BooKS :67191zql t36e\3br7,g)s;q$

N.y. BANTAM: L46,L48,L49;151(ALL 4 HAVE BANTAM DUSTJACKETS OVER SUPERTOR REPRTNTS. WILL ALSO TAKE ALL MERICAN PAPERBACKS THAT HAVE DUSTJACKETS-DELL, POCKET BOOK, BALLENTINE,BANTM,CARDINAL, SIGNET/PENGUIN ETC. RED CIRCLE BOOKS: 4,12. LION BOOKS: 97

AVON'MURDER MONTHLY:7 ,L9 ,28 ,42 ,47 ,48 ,49 , PENGUTN/ SIGNET: 500, 509, 678

CENTURY: (OtCUSt AND SMALL FORMAT) 1-9,11 ,20,26,3L,34,36-49,64,65,67 ,69,72,73, 7 4,7 6,77,7 8,82,85,88,92,96,98, 99, 101, 106, 107, 108, 109, 113, 115,117, L20,L22,L23,128, 130, 131, L32,134.

QUICK READER:102,105,106,107,108,110,111,112,115,116,118,119,L20,121,126,129, 130, 131, 134,L40,L41,142,144,L45,L46,L47, 148. .

GOLD MEDAL: 193,204,245,255,263,267,27L,275. nJboN,305(THE MALE RESPONSE)

ACE: D140, c516,5L7,7L4, K141 ,254,256, A1,7,20. POPULAR LTBRARYi i{o,2.\?,?91

BALLENTINE: 98,L21,144,153,158,159,176,L78. PYRAMID:1-13,67,78,79,80,83,86,87

HILLI{AN: . . . .19 ,22 ,33 ,36,42 ,44 ,47 ,48 . PERMA: 8 ,26 ,53 ,56, B1 ,84, 93 MOODY BOOKS: NONE HANDI-BOO*5. 11broi op'TtrE-$cr seir',l.rrd ?E rtr.E)r 2.( oecca, CLFIF Nlm;)t a(qwll€rilv- 1,,oip, no 6'af psnrtSi, g(ixieordtiis.'a-ist

FTRSTS ONLY (PREFERABLY ENGLISH) ALTTIOUGE 1 WrLL ffi,o&&m CONSIDER OTTIERS IF THEY ARE IN VERY GOOD CONDITTON. HARDBOUND ONLY EXCEPT WEERE PAPERBACKS /,ftfdlrrd; ARE INDICATED. EXCEPTION IS JAY PAPERMCKS WHICE I WIUL BTry Al{Y OR AI,L OF. PRICES MUST BE M*rrn&rrrt@nyu,n REASOMBLE & fiIE CONDITTON MUST WARRAI{T TIIE PRJCE. AIJ" OFFERS WILL BE ACKNOI,JLEDGED.

John Creasev (as Anthoav Uortou) John Creasey

1) Lorre for the Barou 1) Men, Maids & Murder 2) Stradow the Barou 2) Seven Tirses Seven 3) Ihe Baron Comes Back 4) The Baron Goes a-BuYing John Creasev 5) The Baron Goes East 1) The Dasm of Darkuess Jobn Creasey (as Gordon Ashe) 2> The F3.ood 3) The Whirlwind 1) A Puzzle in Pearls 2) Death in a IIurry John Creasev (as Mlchael llal1ldav) 3) Death io Dlamonds 4) Death in Flames 1) Crlme Wlth l{any Volces 5) Death in Hlgh Places 2> Dine Wlth Murder 6) Death io the Trees 3) Flve to Klll 4) Ilelr to Murder 8) Engagement Wlth Death 5) Murder Assured 9) Invltatlon to Adveoture 6) Murder at End llouse 10) MLsslng or Dead 7) Murder at Klagrs Kitchen 11) Murder Most Foul 8) Murder Cones Eooe L2) Terror By Day 9) No CrLue More Cruel 13) The Dark Clrcle 10) No End to Danger L4) There Goes Death 11) No A1lbl 15) Tno l'Ien Mlssing 12) Quarrel With Murder t6) tware Danger 13) Tlso Meet trouble 14) Who Dled at the Grange John Crea-sey (as Gordon Ashe) 15) Who Killed Rebecca 16) Who Said Murder 1) The Man Who Stayed Alive Joha Creasev (as Jereqv York) PAPERBACK ONI,Y 1) Who Was the Jester? 1) Mur$er Unseeo (also The Masked Gunoan) ?) Voyage wLth Murder 3) Yesterdayrs Murder John Creasev

John C 1) A Score for the Toff 2) Break the Toff 1_) Death Looks On 3) IntroducLng the Toff 2) l,furder ln the illghlands 4) Kisa the Toff 3) Murder Maoor 5) The Toff & the Crooked CoPPer 4) No Escape Frm Mr.rder 6) The Toff Goes On 5) Staad By for Danger V) The Toff Steps Out 6) Ihe Circle of Justlce 7) The Crlme Syndlcate John Creaseu 8) Thlef ln the Nlght e) Three Days Terror A Sharp li.ise ln Crlme 1) PAPERBACK OIILY 1) the Greyrale School MyeterY l'Iarve1 34 2) The Midget John Creasev (as Brlan Hope) (PAPERBACK) 1) Four Motlves to Hurder

John Creasev (as Co1ln Hughes) (PAPERMCK) 1) Trlp1e Murder (also l{hat Dark Motlve?) John Creasey (as Rodney Mattheson) (PAPERBACK) /21J/J//-J/;! 1) The Dark Shadow 2) The Secret of Ferrars

John Creasev John Creasev (PAPERBACK ONLY)

L) Carrlers of Death 1) Dazzle -- Alr Ace No. 1 2) Dark Perl1 ?) Dazzle & the Red Bomber 3) First Came a Murder 3) Dlxon llawke, Secret Agent 4) Go Away Death 4) Documeats of Death 5) Menace 5) Flve MLssing Meo 6) Murder Must Walt 6) John Brand, Fugitive 7) No Darker Crlme 7) I'lottled Death 8) Prepare for Action 8) Murder By Maglc 9) Redhead 9) Mystery at Manby llouse 10) Sabotage 10) Perll By Air 11) The Day of Dlsaster 11) The Black lleart LZ) The Death Mlser LZ) The Blue Flyer 13) The Island of Perll 13) The Caslno Mystery 14) The Mark of the Crescent 14) The Cineroa Crimes 15) The Terror Trap 15) The Crlme Gang 16) The Day of Terror John Creasey (as Norman Deane) 17) The Doublecross of Death 18) The Double Motive 1) Double for Murder 19) The Dr:my Robberies 2) Gateway to EscaPe 20) The Fear of Felix Corder 3) Incense of Death 2L) The Fightlng Footballers 4) Look at Murder 22) The Fighting Tramp 5) Murder Ahead 23) The lladfleld Mystery 6) No l{urry to K111 24) The Hiddeu Hoard 7) Return to Adventure 25) The Jr:mper 26) The Killer Squad John Creasey (as RLchard Martio) 27) The Laughing Lightweight 28) Ihe Moat Farn Mystery 1) Adrian & Jonathan 29) The Men Who Died Laughing 30) The MlssLng lloard John Creasev (as M.E. Cooke) 31) The Mysterlous Mr. Rocco (PAPERBACK ONLY) 32> The Mystery at Blackmoor Prlsoo 33) The Nlght of Dread 1) Fire of Death 34) The Polson Gas Robberles 2) No Onets Last Crlme 35) The Sacred Eye 3) Successful A1lbl 36) The Shlp of Death 4) The Death Drive 5) The ilypnotic Demon John Creasev (as Patrlck Gl11) 6) The I'louatain Terror (PAPERBACK O}ILY) 7) The Movl.ng Eye 8) The Raven 1) The Battle for the Cup 9) Ihe Secret Fortune 2) The l.lystery Centre Forward 10) The Stolen Formula I{YsterY 3) The Secret Superchargee 11) The Verrall Street Affalr 4) 10,000 Motor Rally Mystery

11 Bunker Books P,O.Box 3638 SprS.ng rralleyrCA" 92{17t All of the following De1I First Edltlons Are eomplete.Mlnimun order Ls postage per paperbaak* $1. is loc each iffg ) h6g-1.1g6 WSAtllg Al":.0 lE Grove r?tr Dor+re F-G .6r'! 6's o, ".Riders west...... Fa.6O I+ AlbeerGrS Gtrl- on beach il ,5o frlltr GondonrI..ELg success... i..,i .jj 5 EinsteinrC Rloody spur tt A1L5 Athanasrlf.llaverick.., ...... F-G.5O 7 Shortrl B.o1d rider F*., "6O A1l-7 KanerF. ;J,tr lddeL1I s morgu€r .Fa.6O 8 FullerrW Back eountry F-G.60"35 A12O OtFareLlrW".Hetback...... F-O.6O L? Macdoni.ldrJ Area of Susp" tt *e AI22 ShortrL..Branded man.... o.. ..G.6O 13 ViekersrA Fever heat nt ,60 A126 KangeF., "Key rl"tness..... c...0.60 1I+ FlynnrT,T lvlan from Lararnie $1 .U"27 ForemanrL".Lone hand...... Fa.35 17 KylerR Grooked city Fa..35 AXZS Sturgeonr?.King ,four queensn .35 19 FentonrC Conduct unbecom .6q 41.34 ?hompsonrC Under the badge F-G.5O 23 Savagerl Teresa Fa.35 A}.3b LockerR"D""Taste of brasgoro, ,5O 2l+ PetersrM Joys she chose.G.SO AI3? SavagieJ...Shady place to dLe .5A 26 PhillipsrJ Deadly mermaid.G.SO AI38 Wayr:erJ Showdown-Stony Crest,..35 27 HamlltonrD Night 'yralker G.60 A139 Fi.nneyrJ House of numbers..Fd..6O 28 Fuller,W Goat Is1and G.6O ALi+& KenelEl..Death for sale.,...F-G.6O 29 Falsteinrl SoLe sun"iyor G.6O AL45 Bryan,M l,lurder in Ma.iorea..,.G.6O )O F'oresterr0 PLaln murder G til AL16 FrayrA..Dice spell murcier,.G-F.f I 31 Shortrl lrlan on the Blue .r0 A1l+9 BrennanrL Death at floodtide G.6o )Z CrossenrK.F Year of eonsent tf AL5? MacDorraldrJ Priee of rmrrder Fa.60 33 FlynnrT.T t\so fa.ces west .35 A156 ?IorraserrR- Body looks familiar .3 j )t' Cort rD CaLm man G.5O AL57 0fR0urkerE. .The bravados. . . ..G fL t+2 FinneyrJ Body enatehers tt t2 A36o KrrigerrP:.Eu1let for a blonder.6O l+) GoodmanrR.B Worci power F-G.rO 4161 FrayrA o . . . CoEe back for nore. . .35 L5 TalbotrD CJ.ty of lose G-F fI A168 Ehr1ichrJ.,.Revenge.. . o. .,.F-G ttl l+7 ELnsteinrC Cnl:r game in tr*:i.J5 Al-?O Danie1srH.R..The snatch.....D .50 l'9 ThompsonrC.H Gun for B.Reo G.6O A17t FerberrR...The raiders...... G.6O 5L KylerR,.Niee guys flnish Lst.5C A176 HugginsrR..77 Sunset strip.Fa..6O 52 Wellman,M.W Fort Sun Dance $a A186 EonhamrF..Last st,age west..F-G.6O 55 Wi.lliamsrR.L llow to drlnk F'a.6O A189 Fu]'lerrWn ..Tight squeeze. . .G-F.$1 57 ForenanrL.t Woman of Avalon.j5 A198 FerberrR..Dr.with a gtrr..,...G.50 58 Gordonrl After lnnocence .)5 "q20r) BbnsonrO.O,.Calnt s woman... ..G.6O ,9 0rrourkerF The big flfty .35 BlOl+ HaberrH..Our frl.end the atom .5O 65 SavagerL Return to '#arbon.60 E1L9 MerrllrJ 3rd annual Sci-Fi. S2 66 KyIerR Tiger Ln nighr c $X Bl,r+2 Poker aecor. to i,laverick f-G $2 7l RlcerJ.A Local eolor C.6O 8128 JohnsonrG..The five pennies G.6o ?.7 HallidayrE Dangerous daraes if BI53 Fu11er"1{.. .Loeal talent. . ..G-F.$I 8? RiflrinrS Texas,blood reci .60 815, KanerH]... "Peter Gunn.. o. r.F-G $1 88 tsryanrlt! Inteni, to kilL .,a5 B15b Loomi.srN..Have gunrWill travel tll 92 JessuprR Nlght boat Paris.5O 8166 Berensiainrs. .Bedsi.de lover boysl' th Ha1perrA Atlantic ave,p-G.60 BL73 EanerF. o. " .Key ritness., o....G.60 ?2 CarserR DevLlrs spawn n .5O BI78 Kyie6n..Kiil now,pay later...F {i} ?Q Roberts rl'I Locomo, chaee pa.3 j EL89 l{arksonrD. "Epitafh for a O""Orrfit I03 FlynnnTi Angry fran F-G.6O 105 Ful}errW Pace thae kiUs .35 8191" Cox.W"R..Death comes early G-F SI lQQ DietrichrR Be my riertm 3i E1192 MeKimmeyrJ..The wrong onei G $I l0g OrRourkerF Seeu;do ea.fO 81"95 MathesohrR..Shock..... o . . ...Fa.!tI Io9 JessuprR Gry passLon n"ro 8199 Togi Beai goes to college F-c.tz {or you cover eollectors write and r?LL teLl- you whieh ones are McGtnlisrKalinrStanleyoHooksrBates,EtenBuy 1O or nore and get l(fr ott Hext flyer will conei-nfie w:ii,h BrcrDoete ,ser$.es. Alternates are apprecnated as these wlIl- go fast. Sal"r*sidem&s edd 6S sales U&x,

36 BilI lippincott Box 75 North Ner,v Portland Maine O49Of This is a complete list, by number, of paperbacks I have for sale. If any numbers here coincide with your wants, list them to me, with SASE, I will quote condition & price (generally Good 1.5O). A1l p6s Good & better. For ggc! publishgTr.I have-a list witb author,/title/grade & price. Send l5A U SASE for each list. f also beve a.-ltst of Avon f-45O, Deli 1-,OO, Pocketbook 1-5OO by #/author,/titLe, These lists 2.O0 each. ACE. Doubles 2-1 fi? :29,21 l? ,99 ,14q , ]t? , ??L ,164 ,+t5,419 ,t+45 ,45:- ,461 ,48V, 51o F-120 ,11O 1147,166 G-6Og ,621 lvi-lrl Sinsles D-IIO ,tS7;TLg ,72? ,1?? ,4O5 ,422,4gB r-1og , 198 , 211 G+8 ,255 ,16 Jtt ,756 5_114 AVOr Jff+ t4? t4g ,5a r55 ,59 ,62",94 ,98 ,Ltj,116,120, 12r rt7g ,t&,149 r 151 , L52, 16? , 224 ,226 t,279,4O9 t522 r57L,582 r,617 ,675,626,B6*rt 'L15 'r-1o8, ]46, f5O rL77, fB5, 211 1251, 268 r279r446 Eton 1O8 DEIT rg:?6 Tilit, i\,92 p2t log r !L? tlLZ t\z|t\a2ilgt !5gr \61 t\6? ,r6e , t?t ,LBl tr86 , t_27,?l? ,???,?27,?>_g ,??!,?92,?g? ,??1,?B_2,?g? ' 199 ' ,2?2,2e6 ,10t ,1i1|ii+ ,iir;- 1?+,???,??!,)?7,??9,??g\7!2,??7,?g\,??? ,2?+ ,ng ,nz ,7arilgoi+o> ,+o6;i tlg ,tlp ,!1_1,*18-++o ,4+2 ,441 ,44) ,465,481 ,483,"1Q7 5r+ $L9 ,>zo ,>egi>ltiS+i ,>+zi 546 ,J49 t552,'.577 De1] 1Od L ,7 ,B ,2+ JO POCKETBOOK (printing number noted on list) +4,!? f3'ffig-Fz,+9! t2,9r*e:t2,?:1e: !?,!?:52 :52,5, ,56\,59t26 t?2,?9*2,?9te?t ,?6,99. te?t 1o?10?r109-r11gr]2tr\22toi rlo9-r11gr12tr\22*108.110. i t\2?,)29 ,t1o ]1l-,l-14,1)6,:-1?,l-14 J16,11 , Llo 186 ' \1^?,\29 ,\22,1^t?'111^,\22,119'111 , \!Z,llP'\!?,1a9 !2?,\97,199'+5?,\qZ ,168 \79,\72'lqg,t71' ,\2?,\9?-,$q,L92,L91-,$a,2ot;z6a"L1t raoiizlaiz6g ,.16g ,.' ??2,??2,?2!,?2?,,?2? ,?*g;?tg' ,ez*,zzl,qzz;l2e;29\izi+itoii--' zbo:iie,af o,2i;a 2g'/,2+?,.2?2,12\,2\!,29?,181,197 ,2!?,2?Q,12!,2*yiZpqitatifiaitg6 )88 J96,.4o2,4o4 ,.+oei+o+i+o9 ,4og ,i25i4t>i+o>,+ey,+l>,+o>,,449',4?2,4?g ,iLg;nii',qi, ,. 486+Eb, ; 545,5L5 ;519 519 ;.658 o>a ,i. 725 z> .818i-ats POPIILAR IIBRARY W?o,?g'B8',91']o6'1oB,136,l63'182,185,19B'2oo}21o,222,224,213,251,271,288,451 a smal1 assortment of mystery & science-fiction paperbacks (Includ"e 750 postage-p1us 5OA insurance if desired- and SASE: BlochrRobert 'IHE DEAD BEAI Popular Library 1960 G 1.50 TllE LIGHTHOUSE Fantastic Vo1 Z #L (Jan-Feb L95r) c completes an unfinished story by &lgar Allan Poe 2.2' BoucheroAnthony ROCKET fO 'IHE I,iORGUE DeIl #,. ];g)- lgSA G 1.50 Mervin rSam MESSAGE X'ROILI A CORPSE Prize Mystery # Za l9+O G 2.2' mLIRDm IN MINIATURES Black Car # t9 c-VG 1945 2.75 Brown,Fredric rHE FABUIOUS CI,]PJOINT BANTAM (ANA) D5' G+ 1.50 rHE LIGHTS IN 'IHB SKY ARE SIARS Bantam 195+ VG-F 2.OO MADBALI Del1 lst Edition 1951 G 2 ROGUE fN SPACE Bantam 1957 VG 1.75"OO 'IHE SCREAI'TING MIMI Bantam ( anO ) 1955 G-YG 1 SPACE ON Fif HANDS Bantam tgSZ VG 2.OO"ro WHAT I{AD Lil\lIvuRSE .Bantam (Ana) l-95+ G 2.OO $Ierril, Judith( editor) Caf,axy OI' cHOili"S l,ion L955 G-YG 2.OO HUHAN? trion # e_O5 l-954 G-Vc $reat cover 2.25 SHO,I' rN TI{E DARK Bantain L95O (2nd) G 1.50, WoolricbrCornell Beyond the Nisht Avon lgSg G' 2. O0, ffi Graphic'lt rc Lg4g G+ (wm rrisrr) 2.29 I{IGHI HAS L000 ErES De1l # 6?9 1955 G-VG ( " 't ) 2.OO 1/ )

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)8 Bob W. Ragan

(2 I 3) 462-058 i 7 I 6 r\. vaientino Place, Suite 3 I l, Hollywood, cA.'90038 *

To complcte my run of ETLERY QUEEN I,{YSTERY IIAGMINES, I needr

LgLP!t JALL ti)42t I'U.RCH, MAY, JUNE 1943r JAI'IUARY \944. I',AY t9L5t APRIL, OCTOBER U4?'t JATiUARY, JtlfiE, AUGUST, SmTEi,iBER, i\iOVElSEn, DECEI'IBER L948t MAY T9+9T APRIL, MAY 7950t MAY 1952t JUNE L95-?t IANUARY, SIPIEF{BER 1.9#t luNE 7957t APRIL

FOR TRADE, I have many dupllcates, other dlgest-slzed, nagazlnesr AND IIANY OLD PAPEABACKS.

ALSO WAI'ITED: ALFRED HITCHCOCK IIfSTERY MAGAZINE - Many lssues Pre-1964,

ALSO I{ANTEDT THrl SAINT i'lYSIIRl |.A,.IAZ]i;fl * I{any lssues needed, all yeara.

Please send me your want l1sts and a SASE so that we can help each other complete our collections of the above magazlnes.

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We feature a fine selection of the oIcler and colleetable paperbaek books as well as 1000's of current titles in alI fielcls of collecting, whether it be science fiction, western, fiction or non-fiction.

If in Portland, Oregon, please stop anci see us at the corner of S . E. 14th anci Division. We are open from 10 to 6 six days a week. You will never leave empty handed.

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40 I am selling the following paintings that were usecl as cover art on Ace paperbacks. The paintings are unframed and in very nice conclition. These will greatly enhance any collection and I feel they are a solici i-nvestment. IVIoney orders are preferred, personal cheeks will have to clear. Michigan resicients please adci Vy'o sales tax. D-79 ATTA 12x17 ? $loo D-729 THE DANGLII{G CARR0T t1xZl Bobertz 204 D-157 STAB Ilr THE DARK Llx20 BArton ?00 D-2)5 THE LADY AI\D THE SI'IAKE L7x2l Barton 200 D-2?5 LEAD Ili HIS FISTS 2ax2g Lesser 200 D-)66 THE TNVADERS ARE COt,{ItrG t?x26 Emsh 254 D-387 F,iRE PREY LBx23 ? 250 D-4L6 THE BIG QUESTIOI'r L)xlg ? 150 F-107 l',IY PAL, THE KILLER L2x22 ? 200 H-39 EYE II\ THE SKY 10x1J Freas 300

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As our last noter we present: UIACBETH HAS I,{URDERED SLEEP? The ravelled sleeve of care, 0 Sleep, Kni t up or not . I s ha11 not v/e ep . I'{ake up your mindr -or leave it lay, I'm fortified, whichever way. Farewe11, farewell to I\,{orpheus I arms ! Ide1 come e xc urs i ons and al-arms I Iu'lurder will out, so will the night, Far sooner than this bedside light. When boogaves grow over-mims€y, Destrolr them with Lord Peter Wimsey; When landlords lurk upon the morrow, Sneer GallicIy with Hercule Poirot, Or with your thunb in some forlorn ciyke, Refresh your soul with Doctor Thorncivke. Let Strephon dream of merry mayinq; I much prefer a ghastly slayi.g, And find myself a sounder man For Father Broln and Charlie Chan. Indeed I'11 even take a chance 0n Ellery Queen and Philo Vance, Enduring barely in the latter The mannerisms for the matter. l,lore soothing than the genial toddy I hold a mutilated body. I've watched with fascinated eyes Detectives fal1, detectives rise, And racing through a thousand tomes, Reflect, There's no police like Holmes.

from Ogden Nash HAPPY DAYS