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ACE Single Title Paperbacks

50000 thru 59999

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TITLE FRONT COVER BACK COVER EXTRA IMAGE/S AUTHOR GENRE DATE PRICE EDITION COVER BY NOTES
51200 The Real Ma Barker Miriam Allen Deford Nonfiction nd 1st ACE printing Contains 16 pages of photographs. 
51353 -0 The Macao Massacre Nick Carter Spy Thriller 1985 1st ACE printing - Charter imprint Killmaster #198
51354 -9 Macao Nick Carter Spy Thriller nd 1st ACE printing - Charter imprint
51633 -5 The Jamaican Exchange Nick Carter Spy Thriller George Gross listed as "First Time In Paperback"
51634 -3 Killer's Gun Ray Hogan Western Please note that this title is out of ACE Letter-Number series sequence.
51635 The Man From Bozeman Don P. Jenison Western 1974 1st ACE printing
51639 The Man From Colorado Louis Trimble Western c.1963; nd The Man From Colorado was originally published in ACE Double F-214 (1963) bound with Bill Burchardt's The Wildcatters. It was later published in ACE Double 51638 (nd) bound with Louis Trimble's Marshall of Sangaree.
51642 The Man From Barranca Negra Ray Hogan Western c.1964; 1972 The Man From Barranca Negrea was originally published in ACE Double F-272 (1964) bound with No Job For A Cowboy by Stephen Payne.
51700 The Hollow Crown Affair David Mcdaniel Spy Thriller 1969 Man From U.N.C.L.E. # 017
51701 The Unfair Fare Affair Peter Leslie Spy Thriller 1968 Man From U.N.C.L.E. # 018
51702 The Power Cube Affair John T. Phillifent Spy Thriller Man From U.N.C.L.E. # 019
51703 The Corfu Affair John T. Phillifent Spy Thriller 1967 Man From U.N.C.L.E. # 020
51704 The Thinking Machine Affair Joel Bernard Spy Thriller 1967 Man From U.N.C.L.E. # 021
51705 The Stone-Cold Dead In The Market Affair John Oram
(aka: John Oram Thomas)
Spy Thriller Man From U.N.C.L.E. # 022
51706 The Finger in the Sky Affair Peter Leslie Spy Thriller 1966 Man From U.N.C.L.E. # 023
51850 The Man From Nowhere T. (Theodore) V. Olsen Western c.1959; nd
51860 -5 The Man on the Blood Bay Kyle Hollingshead Western 1977 1st ACE printing
51882 Man On The Run Giles A. Lutz Western 1971 George Gross
51921 -0 The Man Who Sold Death Nick Carter Spy Thriller 1974 Charles Copeland The Man Who Sold Death was originally published by Award Books as AO1297 (1974). The Charter edition is reprinted with the same Charles Copeland cover art. The smaller "Nick Carter" cartouche portrait in the upper right is by a different artist.
51950 Marked Deck at Topango Wells William Colt Macdonald Western c.1968; nd; probably 2nd ACE printing Marked Deck at Topango Wells was originally published as ACE G-746 (1966).
52040 The Marshall of Pioche Nelson Nye Western c. 1966; nd; 2nd ACE single printing This edition has both the front and back cover with the same art.  I have seen a number of other ACE volume with this type of art arrangement.
52041 -3 The Marshall of Pioche Nelson Nye Western c. 1966; nd; 3rd ACE single printing The Marshall of Pioche was originally published in ACE M-136 (1966) bound with Ray Hogan's Panhandle Pistolero.  It was (I think concurrently) printed as an ACE single (M-136) with the same cover art as the ACE Double.  This edition has different cover art. 
52241 The Maverick Star L. P. Holmes Western 1969 1st ACE printing and PBO
52276 -9 The Mayan Connection Nick Carter Spy Thriller 1984 1st ACE printing - Charter imprint Killmaster #194
The Killmaster series appears to be another Nick Carter spy thriller variant
52447 -8 The Mendoza Manuscript Nick Carter
(house pseudonym for Robert J. Randisi)
Spy Thriller 1982 1st ACE printing - Charter imprint Killmaster #181
53401 -5 The Missing Moon Harold Adams Mystery 1973 1st ACE printing and PBO January 1973; ;  Charter imprint
53476 -7 The Saint: The Misfortunes of Mr. Teal Leslie Charteris Mystery 1982 c.1934; April 1982 1st ACE Charter edition
53500 Mission to the West T. (Theodore) V. Olson Western listed as "First Paperback Publication"
54000 Moon of the Wolf Leslie H. Whitten Mystery 1968 original title: Death of a Nurse
54381 -2 Montana Rides! Max Brand
(aka: Frederick Faust)
Western 1981 ACE Charter edition The original author notation for this volume was as by Evan Evans (yet another pseudonym).
54460 The Mucker Edgar Rice Burrough Western 1974 1st ACE printing Frank Frazetta
54560 Murder Scholastic Janet Caird Mystery 1969
54710 -9 The Murder League Robert L. Fish Mystery nd c.1968; nd
55120 My Brother John Herbert R. Purdum Western c.1966; nd; probably 2nd ACE printing
55123 -8 My Brother John Herbert R. Purdum Western c.1966; nd; probably 3rd ACE printing My Brother John was originally published as ACE G-685 (1966). This story was a "Spur Award" winner for "Best Western Novel."
55133 -5 My Brother's Keeper Giles A. Lutz Western c.1975; nd; ACE Charter edition George Gross Note this volume uses the same G. Gross cover art, but has a "Spur Award winning author of The Honyocker" banner overlain on the cover art.
55140 My Brother's Keeper Giles A. Lutz Western 1975 1st ACE printing George Gross
56020 -2 The Name Is Hart Frank Roderus Western c.1976; nd
56025 -3 The Nameless Breed Will C. Brown Western c.1960; 1977; 1985
56026 The Nameless Breed Will C. Brown Western c.1960; 1977; nd
56027 -X The Nameless Breed Will C. Brown Western c.1960; 1977; nd; ACE Charter edition The Nameless Breed was a "Spur Award" winner for "Best Western Novel."
56920 Nemesis of Circle A Giles A. Lutz Western c.1965; nd Nemesis of Circle A was originally published under Reese Sullivan (aka Giles A. Lutz) in ACE Double M-128 (1965) bound with Brian Wynne (aka Brian Garfield) The Night It Rained Bullets. It was later republished as ACE Double 57601 (nd).
57282 -0 The Cyclops Conspiracy Nick Carter
(house pseudonym for Jack Canon)
Spy Thriller 1986 1st ACE printing - Charter imprint Killmaster #213
57286 -3 The Death Orbit Nick Carter
(house pseudonym for David Hagberg)
Spy Thriller 1986 1st ACE printing - Charter imprint Killmaster #217
57287 -1 Slaughter Day Nick Carter
(house pseudonym for Jack Canon)
Spy Thriller 1986 1st ACE printing - Charter imprint Killmaster #218
57290 -1 Crossfire Red Nick Carter Spy Thriller 1987 1st ACE printing - Charter imprint Killmaster #221
57291 -X Blood of the Falcon Nick Carter Spy Thriller 1987 1st ACE printing - Charter imprint George Gross Killmaster #222
57293 -6 The Terror Code Nick Carter
(house pseudonym for Jack Canon)
Spy Thriller 1987 1st ACE printing - Charter imprint Killmaster #224
57295 -2 Blood Raid Nick Carter Spy Thriller 1987 1st ACE printing - Charter imprint Killmaster #226
57496 -3 The Night of the Avenger Nick Carter Spy Thriller 1975 1st ACE printing - Charter imprint
57502 -1 Night of the Warheads Nick Carter
(house pseudonym for Jack Canon)
Spy Thriller 1984 1st ACE printing - Charter imprint George Gross Killmaster #189
57570 Night's Evil Mark Mcshane Mystery nd 1st ACE printing
57730 Nightmare Ranch Don P. Jenison Western 1974 1st ACE printing and possibly PBO
57731 -8 Nightmare Ranch Don P. Jenison Western c.1974; nd; possibly 2nd ACE printing
58000 Nightmare in Dublin Philip Loraine
(aka: Robin Estridge)
Mystery nd c.1952; nd Original title: The Dublin Nightmare ~~ ACE Star edition
58375 The No-Gun Fighter  Nelson Nye Western c.1956; nd
58376 The No-Gun Fighter  Nelson Nye Western c.1956; nd The No-Gun Fighter was originally published in ACE Double D-180 (1956) bound with Walt Coburn's One Step Ahead of the Posse.
58602 No Man's Brand William Vance Western c.1967; nd
58603 -1 No Man's Brand William Vance Western c.1967; nd
58604 -X No Man's Brand William Vance Western c.1967; nd No Man's Brand was originally published in ACE Double G-674 (1967) bound with Merle Constiner's Two Pistols South of Deadwood. It was later reprinted as ACE Double 58601.
58612 -0 The Normandy Code Nick Carter
(house pseudonym for Jack Canon)
Spy Thriller 1985 1st ACE printing - Charter imprint Killmaster #202
58810 Not Grass Alone Nelson Nye Western nd listed as "First Paperback Publication"
58866 -2 Norwegian Typhoon Nick Carter
(house pseudonym for Robert E. Vardeman)
Spy Thriller 1982 1st ACE printing - Charter imprint George Gross Robert E. Vardeman also writes in the fantasy and science fiction genres.