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Vintage Paper

Below is listed all of the titles in our Vintage Paper department, which encompasses the following categories:

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    Black Mask (1939-1953 Atlas Publishing 2nd Series) British Reprint Edition Mar 1951 VG+ 4.5

    Starts Jul 6

    British Edition. March, 1951 - Volume 8, Issue #4. A Magazine of Gripping, Smashing Detective Stories. Stories include: "Kill and Make Up" by Mel Colton, "Exclusive Sucker" by Walter Snow, "There Was a Crooked Man" by Talmage Powell, "Murder on the Make" by Robert Martin, and "Mourner's Bench" by W. P. Brothers. 6 1/2" X 9 1/2". 68 pages. B&W.

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    Black Mask (1939-1953 Atlas Publishing 2nd Series) British Reprint Edition Apr 1951 GD/VG 3.0

    Cover separating from book. Water damage with staple rust/migration.

    Starts Jul 6

    British Edition. April 1951, Vol 8 #5. A Magazine of Gripping, Smashing Detective Stories. Stories include: Tri-Kill Cutie by John D. MacDonald, Slayers Burn Slow by Robert Martin, A Bullet for Baby by Donn Mullally, and Killer's Luck by Raymond Drennen. 6 1/2" X 9 1/2". 68 pages. B&W.

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    Black Mask (1939-1953 Atlas Publishing 2nd Series) British Reprint Edition Dec 1951 GD 2.0

    Starts Jul 6

    British Edition. December, 1951 - Volume 9, Issue #1. A Magazine of Gripping, Smashing Detective Stories. Stories include: "My Bride, My Corpse" by Francis K. Allan, "Mother Kills Best" by Donn Mullally, "Too Much Rope" by Winston Bouve, "Lady on the Loose" by Dean Evans" and "Bull's-Eye View" by George C. Appell. 6 1/2" X 9 1/2". 68 pages. B&W.

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    Black Mask (1939-1953 Atlas Publishing 2nd Series) British Reprint Edition Sep 1953 VG+ 4.5

    Water damage with staple rust/migration.

    Starts Jul 6

    British Edition. September 1953, Vol 10 #10. A Magazine of Gripping, Smashing Detective Stories. Stories include: Cash Wale's Second Massacre by Peter Paige, Toast the Poison Princess by D.L. Champion, ...And Hope to Die by J.L. Bouma, and The Fifth Hood by John G. Pearsol. 6 1/2" X 9 1/2". 68 pages. B&W.

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    Buck Jones and the Two-Gun Kid (1934 Whitman BLB) 1404 VG- 3.5

    Starts May 20

    Buck Jones and the Two-Gun Kid (1934 WHITMAN BLB) #1404 Hardcover book; 3.5-in. x 4.5-in.; black and white; 432 pages.

  • Item #60591405
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    Captain Future (1940-1944 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 1 #1 GD 2.0

    1" spine split from bottom. Water damage.

    Starts Jul 6

    "Cap Future & Space Emperor" novel by Edmond Hamilton

    Winter, 1940. Cover by George J. Rozen. Stories by Edmond Hamilton ("Captain Future and the Space Emperor"), Eric Frank Russell, Oliver E. Saari, and David H. Keller. Illustrations by H. G. Wesso. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

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    Captain Future (1940-1944 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 1 #2 VG/FN 5.0

    Starts Jul 6

    Volume 1, Issue 2 - Spring, 1940. Stories by Edmond Hamilton ("Calling Captain Future"), H.L. Gold, Will Garth, and David H. Keller. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 130 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

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    Captain Future (1940-1944 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 2 #3 VG 4.0

    1" spine split from bottom. Cover oxidation. Water damage.

    Starts Jul 6

    Spring, 1941. Stories by Edmond Hamilton ("Star Trail to Glory"), Gawain Edwards, Eando Binder, and Will Garth. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 132 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

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    Charlie Chan (1939 Whitman BLB) 1478 VG/FN 5.0

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    Charlie Chan of the Honolulu Police, Inspector (1939 Whitman BLB) #1478, Andriola

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    Cosmic Stories (1941 Albing Publications) Pulp Vol. 1 #1 VG 4.0

    2" spine split from top.

    Starts Jul 6
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    Detective Mysteries (1938 Western Fiction) Pulp 1 GD/VG 3.0

    Starts Jul 6

    Volume 1, Issue 1 - November, 1938. 6.75" x 9.75", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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    Detective Short Stories (1937-1947 Manvis Publications) Pulp Vol. 3 #4 VG 4.0

    Starts Jul 6

    Short stories by Anthony Boucher and E. Hoffman Price.

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    Detective Tales (1935-1953 Popular Publications) Pulp 2nd Series Vol. 28 #2 FN 6.0

    Starts Jul 6
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    Dime Detective Magazine (1931-1953 Popular Publications) Pulp Vol. 15 #4 VG 4.0

    Starts Jul 6
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    Dime Detective Magazine (1931-1953 Popular Publications) Pulp Vol. 21 #4 VG 4.0

    Starts Jul 6
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    Dime Detective Magazine (1931-1953 Popular Publications) Pulp Vol. 23 #3 GD/VG 3.0

    Interior oxidation.

    Starts Jul 6

    Volume 23, Issue 3 - February, 1937. 6.75" x 9.75", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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    Dime Mystery Magazine (1932-1950 Dime Mystery Book Magazine - Popular) Pulp Vol. 31 #1 FN 6.0

    Starts Jul 6
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    Dime Mystery Magazine (1932-1950 Dime Mystery Book Magazine - Popular) Pulp Vol. 32 #1 FN 6.0

    Starts Jul 6

    Long running pulp magazine focusing on weird mystery stories. Cover by Gloria Stoll Karn. "Dead Men Rise Up Never" by Ray Bradbury, plus stories by William R. Cox, Francis K. Allan, Joel Reeve, Ken Lewis, Cyril Plunkett, Dorothy Dunn, Talmage Powell and D. R. Banat. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in., 98 pages, text, with B&W illustrations Cover price $0.15.

  • Item #60932663
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    Dime Mystery Magazine (1932-1950 Dime Mystery Book Magazine - Popular) Pulp Vol. 34 #4 VG/FN 5.0

    Starts Jul 6
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    Dime Mystery Magazine (1932-1950 Dime Mystery Book Magazine - Popular) Pulp Vol. 35 #2 VG/FN 5.0

    Starts Jul 6

    Long running pulp magazine focusing on weird mystery stories. Cover by ?. "Wake for the Living" by Ray Bradbury, plus stories by Francis K. Allan, Arthur Leo Zagat, Joe Kent, Wyatt Blassingame, Lix Agrabee and Charles W. Harbaugh. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in., 98 pages, text, with B&W illustrations Cover price $0.15.

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    Doc Savage HC (1975 Golden Press Novel) A Superhero Adventure 3-1ST VG- 3.5

    Writing on leaf page.

    Ends May 20 7:22 PM CST
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    Volume 3 - 1st printing. "The Ghost Legion!"

    Written by Kenneth Robeson (Lester Dent). Art by Arnie Kohn. Cover by Ben Otero.

    The Man of Bronze and his aide Monk Mayfair battle invisible supercrooks led by a criminal mastermind whose scientific brilliance may surpass Doc's own.

    Doc Savage, a man of superhuman strength and awesome intelligence, has dedicated his life to a never-ending fight against evil. Alone, this mysterious figure with bronze skin and gold-flecked eyes is extraordinary; with his partners – the five brainiest heroes ever joined in a cause – he is invincible. Together, Doc and his men face danger, thwart wickedness, secure justice, and share fantastic adventures.

    Hardcover, 5-in. x 7 1/2-in., 212 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations).

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    Donald Duck and Ghost Morgan's Treasure (1946 Whitman BLB) 1411 GD/VG 3.0

    Water damage.

    Ends May 20 7:23 PM CST
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    Donald Duck and Ghost Morgan's Treasure (1946 Whitman BLB) #1411, All Pictures Comics, Barks, reprints Four Color #9

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    Dynamic Science Stories (1939 Western Fiction Publishing) Pulp Vol. 1 #1 VG 4.0

    Starts Jul 6

    Volume 1, Issue 1 - February 1939. Cover by Frank R. Paul. Stories by Stanton Coblentz ("Lord of Tranerica"), Lloyd Eshback ("Mutineers of Space"), and more. 7" x 10", black and white with color cover. Cover price $0.15.

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    Ellery Queen the Master Detective (1942 Whitman BLB) 1472 GD+ 2.5

    Starts May 20

    Ellery Queen the Master Detective "Adventures of the Murdered Millionaire" (1942 Whitman BLB) #1472, flip pictures

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    Fame and Fortune Weekly (1905-1928 Frank Tousey) 396 GD/VG 3.0

    Cover oxidation.

    Starts Jul 6

    May 2, 1913. In Wall Street to Win; or, The Boy Who Got the Money. 8" x 11", 36 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.05.

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    Fame and Fortune Weekly (1905-1928 Frank Tousey) 418 GD/VG 3.0

    1" spine split. Cover oxidation.

    Starts Jul 6

    October 3, 1913. Plunging to Win; or, The Deals of a Wall Street Office Boy. 8" x 11", 36 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.05.

  • Item #60820297
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    Famous Detective (1949-1956 Columbia Publications) Pulp Vol. 10 #5 GD/VG 3.0

    Starts Jul 6

    Volume 10, Issue 5 - November, 1949. 6.75" x 9.75", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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    Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp Vol. 7 #3 VG 4.0

    Starts Jul 6

    "The Willow" a novelette by Algernon Blackwood.

    April 1946. Cover by Lawrence Stevens. Fantasy stories "The Island of Captain Sparrow" by S. Fowler Wright, "The Willows" by Algernon Blackwood, and "Roderick's Story" by E. F. Benson. Illustrations by Lawrence Stevens and Ronald Clyne. Softcover Pulp, 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; 130 Pages, B&W. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

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    Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp Vol. 7 #4 VG 4.0

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    June 1946. Cover and illustrations by Lawrence. "The Undying Monster" by Jessie Douglas Kerruish, and "The Novel of the Black Seal" by Arthur Machen. Softcover Pulp, 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; 130 Pages, B&W. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

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    Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp Vol. 8 #2 GD/VG 3.0

    Starts Jul 6

    December 1946. Cover by Virgil Finlay. "Unthinkable" by Francis Sibson, "At the Farmhouse" by E. F. Benson, "And Not in Peace" by George Whitley. Illustrations by Lawrence and Finlay. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; 130 Pages, B&W. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

  • Item #60669903
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    Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp Vol. 13 #4 VG/FN 5.0

    Tape on interior of cover.

    Starts Jul 6

    "Gentlemen, Be Seated" a short story by Robert Heinline

    Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

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    Fantastic Adventures (1939-1953 Ziff-Davis Publishing^) Pulp / Magazine Vol. 4 #2 GD 2.0

    5" spine split from top of comic. Water saturation. Cover oxidation.

    Starts Jul 6

    Volume 4, Issue 2 - February 1942. Cover by Robert Fuqua and Harold W. McCauley. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "Doorway to Hell" by Frank Patton, and "The Living Manikins" by David Wright O'Brien. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 146 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

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    Fantastic Adventures (1939-1953 Ziff-Davis Publishing^) Pulp / Magazine Vol. 12 #5 GD/VG 3.0

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    "Vanguard of the Lost" a novelette by John D. MacDonald.

    Volume 12, Issue 5 - May, 1950. Cover by H. J. Blumenfeld. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "The Mental Assassins" by Gregg Conrad. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 162 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Item #60836426
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    Fantastic Adventures (1939-1953 Ziff-Davis Publishing^) Pulp / Magazine Vol. 13 #10 GD 2.0

    Miswrap. Chew.

    Starts Jul 6

    "Medusa Was a Lady" a novel by William Tenn, and illustrated by Virgil Findlay and Gene Fawcett.

    Volume 13, Issue 10 - October, 1951. Cover by Joe Tillotson. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "Medusa Was a Lady" by William Tenn. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 132 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Item #60772460
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    Fantastic Story Magazine (1950-1955 Best Books) Pulp Vol. 8 #1 VG 4.0

    1" Cumulative spine split.

    Starts Jul 6

    Winter 1955. Alex Schomburg cover. Stories by Murray Leinster, Jack Vance, Kelvin Kent, Bryce Walton, and Winston Marks. Virgil Finlay (2) and Alex Schomburg illustrations. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 112 pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • Item #60924916
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    Fun Parade (1942 Fun Parade Inc.) 98 CGC 8.0

    Only copy at the top CGC grade of 8.0.

    Paper: Off white

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    Ends May 20 7:44 PM CST
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    Humor digest that features jokes and cartoons for men. Cover by Bill Wenzel. Cartoons by Stanley Rayon, George Troop, Kirk Stiles, Bob Tupper, Vic Herman, and others. 5-in x 7-in. 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Item #60884151
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    G-8 and His Battle Aces (1933-1944 Popular Publications) Pulp Vol. 1 #2 PR 0.5 (R)

    Restored (see item notes)

    RESTORATION. Piece-fill, tear seals and TRIMMED. Missing back cover with incorrect cover attached.

    Ends May 20 7:45 PM CST
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  • Item #60820303
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    Horror Stories (1935-1941 Popular) Pulp Vol. 10 #1UK VG 4.0 UK Variant

    Starts Jul 6

    UK Edition.

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    Inside Detective (1935-1995 MacFadden/Dell/Exposed/RGH) Vol. 9 #5 GD+ 2.5

    Starts May 20

    Volume 9, Issue 5 - November 1939. Painted cover by Albert Fisher. One of many vintage supermarket tabloid magazines full of high profile FBI and CIA cases of the era, accompanied by black and white photographs and testimonials from those involved in, and close to the events themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W, recommended for 16+. Cover price $0.10.

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    Jungle Tales of Tarzan HC (1919 Grosset & Dunlap) 1N-1ST VG/FN 5.0

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    No Dust Jacket. 1st Grosset & Dunlap Printing. Written by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Art by J. Allen St. John. A collection of 12 connected short stories from Tarzan's teenage years. Hardcover, 5-in.x 8-in., 320 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations).