ACE Single Title Paperbacks
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| TITLE | FRONT COVER | BACK COVER | EXTRA IMAGE/S | AUTHOR | GENRE | DATE | PRICE | EDITION | COVER BY | NOTES | ||
| 00296 | -X | Across The Border | Kyle Hollingshead | Western | 1978 | 1st ACE printing | The cover art for this volume is used on both the front and back cover. It is mirror-image reversed on the back cover. This is the first time I have seen this use of the same cover art on both covers of an ACE single. | |||||
| 01276 | -0 | The Algarve Affair | Nick Carter (house pseudonym for Jack Canon) |
Spy Thriller | 1984 | 1st ACE printing - Charter imprint | Killmaster #185 | |||||
| 01350 | -3 | The Saint: Alias The Saint | Leslie Charteris | Mystery | 1980 | c.1931; 1980 | ACE Charter edition Two stories in one volume. Includes The National Debt and The Man Who Could Not Die. Leslie Charteris (1907-1993) was born Leslie Charles Bowyer Yin in Singapore, to a Chinese father and an English mother. He attended private school and then went to Cambridge University. In 1926 he dropped his studies and changed his name to Leslie Charteris because of his success as an author. In 1932 he moved to the USA, worked in Hollywood as a scriptwriter and became an American citizen in 1942. |
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| 01990 | Ambush at Yuma's Chimney | Nelson Nye | Western | c.1965; nd; probably 3rd ACE printing | Ambush at Yuma's Chimney was originally published as ACE M-120 (1965) bound with John Callahan's Ride the Wild Land. It was also reprinted as ACE western single M-120 (c. 1965; nd). | |||||||
| 02272 | And to My Beloved Husband | Philip Loraine (aka: Robin Estridge) |
Mystery | 1952 | original title: White Lie The Dead | |||||||
| 02273 | And Hope To Die | Louis Charbonneau | Mystery | 1970 | 1st ACE printing | |||||||
| 02276 | The Angel of Death | Philip Loraine (aka: Robin Estridge) |
Mystery | 1961 | 1st ACE printing | |||||||
| 02277 | -4 | And Next The King | Nick Carter | Spy Thriller | 1st ACE printing - Charter imprint | George Gross | ||||||
| 02592 | -7 | Appointment in Haiphong | Nick Carter (house pseudonym for David Hagberg) |
Spy Thriller | 1982 | 1st ACE printing - Charter imprint | George Gross | |||||
| 03125 | The Assassin Who Gave Up His Gun | E. V. Cunningham | Mystery | 1969 | c.1969; first thus | Adams | Interior illustration by Jack Gaughan | |||||
| 03180 | -3 | The Asian Mantrap | Nick Carter | Spy Thriller | 1978 | Charter imprint | listed as "First Time in Paperback" | |||||
| 03655 | -4 | The Saint: The Avenging Saint | Leslie Charteris | Mystery | nd | ACE Charter edition Original title: Knight Templar |
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| 03800 | -X | The Azetec Avenger | Nick Carter | Spy Thriller | Charter imprint | |||||||
| 04700 | The Badge and Harry Cole | Clifton Adams | Western | 1973 | George Gross | |||||||
| 04725 | -4 | Ballard | Wesley Laing | Western | 1979 | |||||||
| 04730 | Bancroft's Banco | Nelson Nye | Western | c.1963; nd | Prezio | Bancroft's Banco was originally published in ACE Double F-224 (1963) and ACE Double 75968 (nd) bound with The Seven Six-Gunners. | ||||||
| 04739 | -4 | Bandido | Nelson Nye | Western | 1977 | c.1957; 1977 | ||||||
| 04745 | The Bandit of Hell's Bend | Edgar Rice Burroughs | Western | nd; listed as "First Time In Paperback" | ||||||||
| 04755 | -6 | Barbed Wire | Elmer Kelton | Western | c.1957; nd | Barbed Wire is a reprint of a Ballantine Books original western. Elmer Stephen Kelton (1926-2009) was a journalist (farm and ranch related topics) as well as a western genre writer and novelist. In 1977, Kelton received an Owen Wister Award for lifetime achievement (named for Owen Wister, the author of The Virginian). |
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| 05074 | -3 | Bancroft's Banco | Nelson Nye | Western | c.1963; nd; ACE Charter edition | Bancroft's Banco was originally published as an ACE Double F-224 (1963) and ACE Double 75968 (nd) bound with The Seven Six-Gunners as well as ACE western single 04730 with cover art by Prezio. | ||||||
| 05901 | -5 | The Bhunda Jewels | Anne Worboys | Mystery | 1981 | 1981; 1st thus | ||||||
| 06000 | Big Country, Big Men | Brian Wynne (aka: Brian Garfield) |
Western | c.1968; nd | Gerald McConnell | A "Marshall Jeremy Six" novel. Big Country, Big Men was also published in the "Tall Twin Western" ACE Double 06001-2 (November 1972) bound with Brian Wynne's Brand of the Gun. |
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| 06147 | The Girl in the Trunk | Bruce Cassiday | Mystery | 1973 | 1st ACE printing | |||||||
| 06290 | Bitter Grass | Theodore V. Olsen | Western | c.1967; nd; 2nd ACE printing | Bitter Grass was originally published as ACE G-695 (1967). | |||||||
| 06331 | Bitter Grass | Theodore V. Olsen | Western | c.1967; nd; 3rd ACE printing | ||||||||
| 06505 | -8 | The Black Angel | Cornell Woolrich | Mystery | nd | c.1943; nd; 1st ACE printing | Postscript by Michael Avallone dated October 27, 1968. Thus, the printing date is probably 1968. | |||||
| 06550 | The Black Curtain | Cornell Woolrich | Mystery | nd | c. 1941; 1968; nd; 2nd ACE printing | The Black Curtain was originally published as ACE H-104 (1968). | ||||||
| 06578 | -3 | The Black Death | Nick Carter | Spy Thriller | c.1970; nd; 1st ACE printing - Charter imprint | George Gross | ||||||
| 06640 | The Black Path of Fear | Cornell Woolrich | Mystery | nd | c.1944; 1968; nd; 2nd ACE printing | The Black Path of Fear was originally published as ACE H-066 (1968). | ||||||
| 06682 | -8 | The Black Day | Giles A. Lutz | Western | 1974 | ACE Charter edition | ||||||
| 06740 | The Blind Trail | Giles A. Lutz | Western | c.1964; nd | The Blind Trail was originally published by Reese Sullivan (aka Giles A. Lutz) in ACE Double M-106 (1964) bound with Tim Kelly's Ride of Fury. | |||||||
| 06861 | -8 | The Blue Ice Affair | Nick Carter | Spy Thriller | 1985 | 1st ACE printing - Charter imprint | Killmaster #197 | |||||
| 06983 | -5 | The Body Beautiful Murder | Kin Platt | Mystery | 1981 | 1981; 1st thus | A new Max Roper mystery. | |||||
| 07295 | The Bravos | Brian Wynne (aka: Brian Garfield) |
Western | c.1966; nd; 2nd ACE printing | A "Marshall Jeremy Six" novel. Note the "Read Easy/Large Print" banner. The Bravos was originally published as ACE F-415 (1966). |
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| 07800 | Brand of the Gun | Brian Wynne (aka: Brian Garfield) |
Western | c.1968; nd; 2nd ACE printing | A "Marshall Jeremy Six" novel. Brand of the Gun was originally published as ACE G-720 (1968). Brand of the Gun was also published in the "Tall Twin Western" ACE Double 06001-2 (November 1972) bound with Brian Wynne's Big Country, Big Men. |
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| 07830 | Bucko | Cliff Farrell | Western | c.1965; nd; listed as "Complete & Unabridged" | ||||||||
| 07890 | The Break in the Circle | Philip Loraine (aka: Robin Estridge) |
Mystery | nd | Gil Cohen | Original title: Outside the Law | ||||||
| 07920 | The Bride Wore Black | Cornell Woolrich | Mystery | nd | c.1940; 1968; nd | Original title: Beware the Lady | ||||||
| 07921 | The Bride Wore Black | Cornell Woolrich | Mystery | nd | c.1940; 1968; nd | Original title: Beware the Lady The Bride Wore Black was originally published as ACE G-699 (1968). |
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| 08330 | Brute Brasada | Dean Owen (aka: Dudley Dean Mcgaughey) |
Western | 1974 | 1st ACE printing | Dudley Dean McGaughey (1909 - 1986) was a full-time freelance writer from the early 1950s until his death. He produced a large number stories in the western, crime and detective fiction, and adult (in the 1960s) soft-core genres. He had a number of pseudonyms (Dean Owen, Hodge Evens, Dean McCoy, Owen Dudley, Dean Dudley, Owen Evens, and a variety of others). | ||||||
| 08360 | -9 | Bucking for Boot Hill | Tom West | Western | 1970 | 1st ACE printing and PBO | ||||||
| 08380 | The Buffalo Runners | Fred Grove | Western | 1968 | The Buffalo Runners was a "Western Heritage Award" winner for "Best Western Novel of the Year." | |||||||
| 08390 | -0 | The Buffalo Wagons | Elmer Kelton | Western | 1978 | c.1956; 1st ACE printing | ||||||
| 08551 | Bushwhack | Edwin Booth | Western | nd | Prezio | |||||||
| 09031 | -1 | Call The Beast Thy Brother | William O. Turner | Western | c.1977; 1st ACE printing | |||||||
| 09157 | -1 | Caribbean Coup | Nick Carter (house pseudonym for Robert J. Randisi) |
Spy Thriller | 1984 | 1st ACE printing - Charter imprint | Killmaster #184 | |||||
| 09223 | A Case With Three Husbands | Margaret Erskine (aka: Margaret Wetherby Williams) |
Mystery | nd | ACE Gothic Mystery A Case With Three Husbands is that curious blend of gothic and straight mystery with Inspector Finch (listed as "An Inspector Finch Gothic Mystery #7"). |
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| 09272 | -1 | Caulder's Badge | Will C. Knott | Western | 1977; 1st ACE printing | G. Gross | Listed as "The Vengeance Seeker #4." | |||||
| 09274 | -8 | Cauldron of Hell | As Nick Carter (house pseudonym for Mike Jahn (aka: Michael Jahn) |
Spy Thriller | 1981 | 1st ACE printing - Charter imprint | George Gross | Original cover art by George Gross for Cauldron of Hell. Mixed media on board, 19.5" x 13.25." Title labeled on bottom of board and signature (G. Gross) in lower right of artwork. Michael Jahn appears to be a very prolific author. His pseudonyms include Mike Jahn under which he wrote a lot of TV or movie tie-in books. For instance "The Six Million Dollar Man" series for Berkley, "Switch" for Star and Berkley, "The Invisible Man" for Gold Medal, and "Rockford Files" for Popular Library. His other pseudonym includes Nick Carter - which is the house pseudonym used by author for the ACE series "Nick Carter." |