Paperbacks Of The 50s / 60s from Purpora Books
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Thrills Incorporated No. 19: Operation Space-Freeze
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- Used - Very Good Plus.
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- First Edition
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Comox, British Columbia, CAN
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€23.30
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Sydney, Australia: Transport Publishing Smallish booklet, 5 1/2" x 7 1/2", 36 pages (including the covers). Trace edge wear and a short tear on the front cover emanating from the top staple; pages tanned but clean and unmarked. Australian pulp magazine from the early 1950s. This issue has three stories: Operation Space-Freeze by Wolfe Herscholt; Lifeline on… Read more about this item Item Price
€23.30
Three Bad Girls
by Harragan, Steve
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- Used - Very Good Plus.
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- First Edition
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Comox, British Columbia, CAN
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€23.30
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New York & Toronto: Stallion Books Faint corner crease on front cover, a more noticeable corner crease on rear cover, and production creases on spine. Cover illustration is bright, but top edge cuts off half of the top line of blurb. Not dated but appears to be 1950s. Guts and cover printed in Canada. 124 pages..… Read more about this item Item Price
€23.30
The Groucho Letters: Letters from and to Groucho Marx
by Marx, Groucho
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- Used - Near Fine.
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- First Thus
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- 1967
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Comox, British Columbia, CAN
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€6.99
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Toronto: Signet / New American Library Canada, 1967. Nice condition. Originally published a year earlier by Simon and Schuster. 238 pages.. First Thus. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine.. Item Price
€6.99
The Night They Raided Minsky's
by Barber, Rowland
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- Used - Near Fine.
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Comox, British Columbia, CAN
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€4.66
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New York: Avon Nice condition. Printed in Canada for the Canadian market with cover price of 60 c. According to Hancer, published in 1961, one year later than the Simon and Schuster edition.. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine.. Item Price
€4.66
The Love Pill
by Nathan, Rick
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- Used - Near Fine.
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- First Edition, First Printing
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- 1966
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- Paperback
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Comox, British Columbia, CAN
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€37.28
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New York: Softcover Library, 1966. Minor wear to edges of covers; no spine crease or fading. "First Publication Anywhere". Softcover Library No. B953X.. First Edition, First Printing. Mass Market Paperback Original. Near Fine.. Item Price
€37.28
Song of the Axe
by McDonald, N. C.
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- Used - Very Good Plus.
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- Abridged Reprint
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Comox, British Columbia, CAN
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€9.32
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New York: Ballantine Corner crease and sticker shadow on front cover and 4" diagonal crease on rear cover; spine is square, bright and without creases and internally book is nice. Copyright date of 1957, and according to Hancer, this printed in 1960. "A tough man in the raw lumber country of the Pacific Northwest.". Abridged Reprint. Mass Market… Read more about this item Item Price
€9.32
Angela, be Bad
by Bessie, Oscar
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- Used - Very Good Plus.
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- First Edition, First Printing
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- 1965
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- Paperback
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Comox, British Columbia, CAN
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€9.32
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New York: Domino / Lancer, 1965. Minor rubbing to edges of cover, a single faint reading crease on spine (though spine is square), some short horizontal creases on front and rear covers next to spine, and a 2" corner crease on rear cover. Internally nice, with no marks. "Never before published". Domino Books no.72-799. First Edition, First… Read more about this item Item Price
€9.32
Corpus Earthling
by Charbonneau, Louis
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Comox, British Columbia, CAN
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€4.66
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New York: Zenith, 1960. First edition. Paperback original in pictorial wraps. Near fine copy.. Item Price
€4.66
Famous British Short Stories
by Blair, Lyle (editor)
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- Used - Very Good Plus.
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- First Edition
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- 1959
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Comox, British Columbia, CAN
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€5.59
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London: Pocket, 1959. Rubbing along spine folds especially at extremities, and along cover eges, spine is square with a single crease, and age tanning of pages. Pocket Book B12. Anthology of fourteen stories by Max Beerbohm, E.M. Forster, R.K. Narayan, W. Somerset Maugham, Mulk Raj Anand, Rudyard Kipling, Katherine Mansfield, Saki, Stephen Leacock, Arthur Conan Doyle, Henry Lawson,… Read more about this item Item Price
€5.59
Not Since Eve
by Donalds, Richard
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- Used - Near Fine.
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- First Edition
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- 1963
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- Paperback
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Comox, British Columbia, CAN
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€18.64
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New York: Midwood / Tower, 1963. Slight wear top of spine. Midwood F317; cover printed in USA and pages printed in Canada. "She could not resist the forbidden fruit that surrounded her in the garden of evil.". First Edition. Mass Market Paperback Original. Near Fine.. Item Price
€18.64