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SO WICKED MY LOVE.
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett/Gold Medal, 1961. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Later (third printing) edition. Gold Medal #S1110. Paperback original.
SO WICKED MY LOVE.
New York: Gold Medal Books/Fawcett Publications, Inc., [1954]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Gold Medal # 437. Paperback original. Hardboiled mystery novel.
THE SPIDER LILY.
[New York: Dell Publishing Compnay, Inc., n.d., (1950s)]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition.
I WAKE UP SCREAMING.
[New York: Quinn Publishing Company, Inc., 1944]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Handi-Book #27. Classic hardboiled mystery novel.
THE NIGHT BEFORE MURDER.
New York: Popular Library, [1951]. Small octavo, cover by Rudolph Belarski, pictorial wrappers. Later edition. Popular Library 317. Hard boiled fiction. Contrary to popular belief this is not the first paperback printing. Hillman-Curl produced a paperback edition contemporary to the hardcover edition.
THE SHELTERING NIGHT.
New York: Gold Medal Books/Fawcett Publications, Inc., [1952]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Gold Medal # 219. Paperback original. Hardboiled mystery.
DEATH'S LOVELY MASK.
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett/Gold Medal, 1958. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original.
THE LADY AND THE CHEETAH.
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett/Gold Medal, 1951. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original.
DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER.
New York: Perma Books, 1957. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First U.S. paperback edition. Perma Books #M-3084. The fourth Bond novel to be published in paperback in the U.S.
TOO HOT TO HANDLE (MOONRAKER).
New York: Perma Books, [1956]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First U.S. paperback edition. Perma Books #M-3070. First U.S. paperback edition of Moonraker. A James Bond novel.
TOO HOT TO HANDLE (MOONRAKER).
New York: Perma Books, [1956]. Small octavo, cover art by Lou Marchetti, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Perma Books #M-3070. First U.S. paperback edition of Moonraker. James Bond.
YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE.
[New York]: A Signet Book/Published by The New American Library, [1965]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First U.S. paperback edition. Signet # P2712. Paperback.
SHOWDOWN.
New York: Dell Publishing Company, nd, [1949]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Dell No. 351. Adventure novel set in the South Pacific.
PLAIN MURDER.
New York: Dell, 1954. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First U.S. edition. Paperback original.
OUTLAND.
New York: Warner Books, 1981. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original of the novelization of the screenplay (by Peter Hyams). Contains stills from the film.
RUNNING TARGET.
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett/Gold Medal, 1957. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original.
MARK KILBY TAKES A RISK.
New York: Pocket Books, 1962. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. Private eye/ hard boiled.
THE DANGEROUS AGE bound with BAD BY CHOICE.
[New York: Tower Publications, Inc., 1964]. Small octavo, illustrations by Frank Frazetta, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Midwood #34-395. Paperback original. Two novels bound together. 8 inserted full page ink illustrations by Frank Frazetta, four for each novel. Scarce.
PERFUMED bound with PAMPERED.
[New York: Tower Publications, Inc., 1963]. Small octavo, illustrations by Frank Frazetta, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Midwood #S277. Paperback original. Two novels bound together. 10 inserted full page ink illustrations by Frank Frazetta. Scarce.
PERFUMED bound with THE WILD WEEK.
[New York: Tower Publications, Inc., 1963]. Small octavo, illustrations by Frank Frazetta, pictorial wrappers. First thus. Midwood #34-612. First combination of two previously published novels. Two novels bound together. 8 inserted full page ink illustrations by Frank Frazetta. Scarce.
ROAR OF THE ROCKET.
[Sydney: Published by The Whitman Press Pty. Ltd.], n.d., [1950]. pictorial wrappers, stapled. First edition. First published in THRILLING WONDER STORIES, April 1940. Reginald 05665. Stone, p. 45. Tuck (1982), pp. 651; 787.
IAN FLEMING: THE FANTASTIC 007 MAN.
New York: Lancer Books, 1966. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First U.S. edition.
THE INDESTRUCTIBLE.
London: Panther Books, [1954]. Octavo, cover by John Richards, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Panther No. 114. Third book of the "Resurgent Dust" trilogy. A remnant of mankind survives on Venus following a catastrophic atomic war on Earth which destroyed most life on the planet. Ultimately, the survivors rediscover science and emerge from a long dark age of superstition caused by fear of technology that resulted in mass destruction. In THE INDESTRUCTIBLE, a small exploring expedition is sent by spaceship from Venus to Earth which is ruled by the tyrannical "Overlord" and his telepathic henchmen. The Venusians and Earth's telepathic rebels defeat the Overlord and bring peace and freedom to the planet. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 91. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 246. Reginald 02497. Harbottle and Holland A54.
VELDT WARRIORS.
London: Printed in England & Published by Curtis Warren Ltd., n.d., [c. 1952]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. African jungle adventure story, part of a series written by Hughes for this publisher, all featuring the hero Rex Brandon, "big-game hunter, famous geologist and born student of adventure for its own reward," as he is characterized in BUSH CLAWS.
LORD DARCY INVESTIGATES.
New York: Ace Books, [1981]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Ace SF 49141-3. Four stories with Lord Darcy, occult detective.