ACE Single Title Paperbacks
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S-054
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The Naked Fear
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Carl Offord
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Adult
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1954
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$0.25
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listed as an "ACE Original"
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S-058
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Vice, Inc.
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Joachim Joesten
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Mystery
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1954
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$0.25
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listed as an "ACE Original"
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S-060
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The Marshall of Medicine Bend
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Brad Ward
(Aka Samuel Anthony Peeples)
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Western
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1954
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$0.25
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listed as "Complete & Unabridged"
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S-066
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Return to Tomorrow
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L. Ron Hubbard
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Sci-Fi
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No Date
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$0.25
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Ed Valigursky
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listed as "An ACE Original" and "Never Before Published"
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S-067
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The Will To Kill
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Robert Bloch
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Mystery
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1954
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$0.25
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Rafael de Soto
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listed as an "ACE Original"
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S-070
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Luisita
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Rae Loomis
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Adult
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1954
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$0.25
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1st ACE printing and PBO
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Robert Maguire
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S-074
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Heat Lightning
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Wilene Shaw
(aka Virginia M. Harrison)
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Adult
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1954
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$0.25
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listed as "Complete & Unabridged"
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S-075
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Cartoon Annual
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Ralph E. Shikes (Ed.)
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Cartoon
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1954
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$0.25
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1st ACE printing and PBO
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Bily Snel
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S-076
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Shame
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Emile Zola
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Adult
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1954
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$0.25
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1st ACE printing and PBO
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listed as a "Brand New Translation of This Realistic French Novel"
1st U. S. edition ~ This edition of Shame uses the same cover art as is later found on the ACE Double D-182 (1956) edition of this title.
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S-080
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The Fear and the Guilt
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Wilene Shaw
(aka Virginia M. Harrison)
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Adult
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1954
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$0.25
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1st ACE printing and PBO
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listed as "Complete Novel"
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S-082
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Kilkenny
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Louis L'Amour
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Western
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1954
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$0.25
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Jim Bentley
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listed as "Complete Novel"
Louis Dearborn L'amour Footnote 1
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S-083
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The Steel Noose
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Arnold Drake
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Mystery
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1954
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$0.25
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1st ACE printing and PBO
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listed as "Complete Novel"
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S-085
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The Bachelor's Widow
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Maurice Dekobra
(aka Ernst-Maurice Tessier)
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Mystery
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1954
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$0.25
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1st ACE printing and PBO
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Robert Maguire
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listed as "Complete & Unabridged"
Original title: Hell is Sold Out ~~ The ACE edition (1st printing) of The Bachelor's Widow is considered to be also the 1st American edition.
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S-087
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Why I Am So Beat
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Noland Miller
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Adult
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1954
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$0.25
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listed as "Complete & Unabridged"
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S-090
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The Chaos Fighters
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Robert Moore Williams
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Sci-Fi
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1955
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$0.25
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1st ACE printing and PBO
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Robert E. Schulz
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The Chaos Fighters is Robert Moore Williams first book.
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S-091
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End of the Line
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Stanley Baron
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Adult
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1955
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$0.25
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listed as "Abridged"
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S-093
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Modern Casanova's Handbook
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H. T. Elmo
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Cartoon
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1955
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$0.25
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1st ACE printing and PBO
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Bill Wenzel
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S-095
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The Naked Jungle
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Harry Whittington
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Adult
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1955
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$0.25
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1st ACE printing and PBO
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listed as "Complete & Unabridged"
This story, complete with the same cover, was also published by Star Digest (an Australian crime digest, #322)
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S-097
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Death Has 2 Faces
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Norman Herries
(aka Norman Hershman)
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Mystery
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1955
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$0.25
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Harry Barton
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listed as "Complete & Unabridged"
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S-100
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The Caves
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Henry Lewis Nixon
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Adult
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1955
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$0.25
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1st ACE printing and PBO
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listed as "Complete & Unabridged"
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S-102
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Oath of Seven
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George Albert Glay
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Mystery
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1955
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$0.25
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1st ACE printing and PBO
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Historical Fiction/Mystery
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S-104
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Left Bank of Desire
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R.V. Cassill & Eric Protter
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Adult
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1955
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$0.25
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1st ACE printing and PBO
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Verne Tossey
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listed as "Complete & Unabridged"
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S-105
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The Fires of Youth
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Edward De Roo
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Juvenile Delinquent
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1955
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$0.25
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1st ACE printing and PBO
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S-107
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The Gilded Hideaway
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Peter Twist
(aka C. P. Hewitt)
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Mystery
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1955
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$0.25
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1st ACE printing and PBO
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listed as "Complete Novel"
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S-108
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Lie Like A Lady
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C. S. Cody
(aka Leslie Waller)
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Mystery
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1955
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$0.25
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1st ACE printing and PBO
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listed as "Complete & Unabridged"
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S-111
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The Smoldering Fire
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Harry Harrison Kroll
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Adult
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1955
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$0.25
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1st ACE printing and PBO
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listed as "Complete Novel"
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S-114
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Living It Up
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Edward Adler
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Adult
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1955
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$0.25
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1st ACE printing and PBO
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Verne Tossey
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listed as "Complete Novel"
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S-116
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Words Fail Me!
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Brant House (Ed.)
(aka Donald Wollheim)
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Cartoon
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1955
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$0.25
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1st ACE printing and PBO
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Tashlin
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S-117
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Dark Rapture
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Kim Darien
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Adult
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1955
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$0.25
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1st ACE printing and PBO
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listed as "Complete & Unabridged"
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S-119
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The Driven Flesh
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Lawrence Easton
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Mystery
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1955
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$0.25
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1st ACE printing and PBO
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listed as "Complete & Unabridged"
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S-122
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The Preying Streets
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Ledru Baker Jr.
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Mystery
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1955
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$0.25
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1st ACE printing and PBO
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listed as "Complete & Unabridged"
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S-124
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House of Deceit
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Rae Loomis
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Adult
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1955
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$0.25
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1st ACE printing and PBO
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listed as "Complete Novel"
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S-126
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Washington Bachelor
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A. H. Berzen
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Adult
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1955
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$0.25
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1st ACE printing and PBO
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listed as "Complete & Unabridged"
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S-130
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Backlash
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Sidney Weissman
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Adult
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!955
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$0.25
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1st ACE printing and PBO
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listed as "Complete & Unabridged"
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S-132
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Cartoon Annual #2
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Brant House (Ed.)
(aka Donald Wollheim)
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Cartoon
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1955
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$0.25
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1st ACE printing and PBO
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Rayon
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S-133
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Adventures on Other Planets
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Donald A. Wollheim (Ed.)
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Sci-Fi
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No Date
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$0.25
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1st ACE printing
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Ed Valigursky
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S-136
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A Taste of Sin
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R. V. Cassill
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Adult
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1955
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$0.25
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1st ACE printing and PBO
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S-137
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Violent Night
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Ralph Jackson
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Mystery
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1955
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$0.25
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1st ACE printing and PBO
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listed as "Complete & Unabridged"
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S-140
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Honeymoon Humor
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H. T. Elmo
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Cartoon
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1956
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$0.25
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1st ACE printing and PBO
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H. T. Elmo
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S-141
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Blood on the Branches
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Oliver Crawford
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Adult
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1956
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$0.25
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1st ACE printing and PBO
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listed as "Complete Novel"
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S-142
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Masquerade In Blue
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Glenn M. Barns
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Mystery
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1956
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$0.25
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1st ACE printing and PBO
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listed as "Complete Novel"
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S-143
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A Woman on the Place
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Harry Whittington
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Adult
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1956
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$0.25
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1st ACE printing and PBO
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listed as "Complete Novel"
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S-145
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Little Monsters
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Brant House (Ed.)
(aka Donald Wollheim)
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Cartoon
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1956
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$0.25
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1st ACE printing and PBO
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David Lyons
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S-148
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The Man From Andersonville
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Brad Ward
(aka Samuel Anthony Peeples)
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Western
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1956
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$0.25
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John Leone
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listed as "Complete Novel"
Original cover art by John Leone for The Man From Andersonville. Tempera on board, signed lower right. 27.75" x 18.75."
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S-151
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Climb a Broken Ladder
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Robert Novak
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Mystery
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1956
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$0.25
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1st ACE printing and PBO
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listed as "Complete Novel"
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S-152
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Medic Merth
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Henry Gregor Felsen (Ed.)
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Cartoon
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1956
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$0.25
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Herb Williams
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S-153
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The Wild Seed
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Hallam Whitney
(aka Harry Whittington)
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Adult
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1956
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$0.25
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1st ACE printing and PBO
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listed as "Complete Novel"
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S-158
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Golden Girl
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Kim Darien
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Adult
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1956
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$0.25
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1st ACE printing and PBO
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Verne Tossey
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listed as "Complete Novel"
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S-159
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She Shark
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John Farr
(aka Jack Webb)
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Mystery
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1956
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$0.25
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1st ACE printing and PBO
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listed as "Complete Novel"
This is not the JACK WEBB who was the popular character of Joe Friday in the television series Dragnet. JOHN ALFRED (Jack) WEBB is a mystery writer whose books often featured the detective team of Sammy Golden and Father Shanley.
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S-161
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Gag Writer's Private Joke Book
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Eddie Davis
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Cartoon
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1956
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$0.25
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1st ACE printing and PBO
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S-165
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Love and Hisses
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Brant House (Ed.)
(aka Donald Wollheim)
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Cartoon
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1956
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$0.25
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1st ACE printing and PBO
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Kirk Wilson
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S-168
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Riverboat Girl
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P. A. Hoover
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Adult
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1956
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$0.25
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1st ACE printing and PBO
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listed as "Complete Novel"
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S-171
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Campus Joke Book
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Eddie Davis (Ed.)
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Cartoon
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1956
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$0.25
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1st ACE printing and PBO
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Pierce
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S-174
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B-Girl
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Robert Novak
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Jazz Fiction
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1956
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$0.25
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1st ACE printing and PBO
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listed as "Complete Novel"
Original cover art for B-Girl (artist unknown). Oil on canvas laid on board. 21.25" x 12.625" (image), framed to 27.625" x 19." Not signed.
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S-179
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Squelches
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Brant House (Ed.)
(aka Donald Wollheim)
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Cartoon
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!956
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$0.25
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1st ACE printing and PBO
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S-183
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The End of the World
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Donald A. Wollheim (Ed.)
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Sci-Fi
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1956
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$0.25
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1st thus
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Contains six (6) short stories predicting the end of the world by Philip K. Dick, Heinlein, Alfred Coppel, A. C. Clarke, Amelia Reynolds Long, and Edmond Hamilton.
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S-188
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They Goofed!
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Brant House (Ed.)
(aka Donald Wollheim)
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Cartoon
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1956
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$0.25
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1st ACE printing and PBO
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S-190
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The Golden Couch
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Henry Lewis Nixon
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Adult
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1956
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$0.25
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1st ACE printing and PBO
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S-198
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Tokyo Intrigue
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William Bender Jr.
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Mystery
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1956
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$0.25
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1st ACE printing and PBO
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listed as "Complete & Unabridged"
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S-212
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Hollywood Humor
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H. T. Elmo
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Cartoon
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!957
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$0.25
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1st ACE printing and PBO
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S-219
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Backwater Woman
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P. A. Hoover
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Adult
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1957
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$0.25
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1st ACE printing and PBO
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listed as "Complete Novel"
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S-256
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The General
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Karl Ludwig Oritz
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Adult
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1957
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$0.25
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Verne Tossey
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listed as "Complete & Unabridged"
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S-262
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Attack!
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Leland Jamieson
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War
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1957
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$0.25
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(c.1940; 1957; 1st thus?)
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listed as "Complete & Unabridged"
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S-263
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See How They Run
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Wilene Shaw
(aka Virginia M. Harrison)
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Adult
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1957
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$0.25
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1st ACE printing and PBO
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listed as "Complete & Unabridged"
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S-275
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Cartoon Annual #3
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Brant House (Ed.)
(aka Donald Wollheim)
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Cartoon
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1958
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$0.25
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1st ACE printing and PBO
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Bill Wenzel
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Footnotes: 1: (S-082) Louis Dearborn L'amour (1908 – 1988) was a prolific author who is well known for his Western fiction novels (he called his work 'Frontier Stories'). In addition, he also wrote historical fiction, science fiction, nonfiction, poetry and numerous short stories. Many of his stories were made into movies. In 1982 he was awarded the Congressional (National) Gold Medal, and in 1984 President Ronald Reagan awarded him with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Booknotes: 1: (S-082) The Graham Holroyd Paperback Prices and Checklist (2003) volume has this edition of Kilkenny as a PBO. My experience with ACE Books is that the notation of "complete novel" often indicated a reprint edition. |
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