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GENERAL GUIDELINES: We seek first printings of early mass-market paperback books in nice, collectable condition. They date mostly from the forties through the mid-sixties. They usually have 25¢ or 35¢ cover prices - or sometimes no price shown at all.

With few exceptions, we need books in exceptional condition, with minimal scuffs or creases. That is, a book which will satisfy a collector without requiring an upgrade to another copy in better condition.

This list is incomplete and only covers some of our MAJOR wants.

BY TYPE OR GENRE:

• American, Australian, British and Canadian DIGESTS of all types. These are often wider and thinner than regular paperbacks and some have stapled spines. They may be multi-author publications or complete novels.
• Beat Literature in books or periodicals
• Australian, British and Canadian vintage paperbacks
• Fifties, Sixties and Seventies SLEAZE (adult paperbacks)
• Gangs/Hoodlums/Hookers/Juvenile Delinquents/Mobsters and Molls
• Hard-boiled Detective/Mysteries/True-Crime/Who-Dunnits
• Lesbian and Gay themes or characters (serious or exploitation)
• Sixties Counterculture/Drugs/Heroes/Music/Protest
• Vintage Paperbacks with pulp-like, lurid cover art (NOT photo covers)

BY AUTHOR:

• ALLISON, Clyde
• ARD, William
• BLOCK, Lawrence
• BREWER, Gil
• BROSSARD, Chandler
• BROWN, Frederic
• BROWN, Wenzell
• BUKOWSKI, Charles
• BURROUGHS, William S.
• CHANDLER, Raymond
• DE ROO, Edward
• DI PRIMA, Diane
• DICK, Philip K.
• ELLISON, Harlan
• ELLSON, Hal
• GEIS, Richard
• GOODIS, David
• HAMMETT, Dashiell
• HIMES, Chester
• IRISH, William
• KARP, David
• KEENE, Day
• KEROUAC, Jack
• L'AMOUR, Louis
• LOVECRAFT, H.P.
• MacDONALD, John D.
• MARLOWE, Dan J.
• MATHESON, Richard
• MAYO, Jim
• MELTZER, David
• PERKOFF, Stuart Z.
• RABE, Peter
• SWENSON, Peggy
• THOMPSON, Jim
• WHITE, Lionel
• WHITTINGTON, Harry
• WILLEFORD, Charles
• WILLIAMS, Charles
• WOOD JR., Ed
• WOOLRICH, Cornell

BY PUBLISHER:

• ACE (books with prefixes A, D, G, H, K, N, S before the number)
• AVON (any WITHOUT numbers; many with plain numbers under 400)
• BEACON
• BELMONT
• BERKLEY (numbers under 400, with or without letter prefixes)
• BERKLEY DIAMOND (numbers in 2000's)
• BLACK CAT (imprint of Grove Press)
• BRANDON HOUSE (numbers under 6000)
• CHECKERBOOKS
• CHEVRON (adult books)
• DELL (numbers under 1000, also those with letter prefixes)
• DELL FIRST EDITION
• DELL 10¢ BOOKS
• DOMINO (adult books)
• ESSEX HOUSE (adult books)
• GOLD MEDAL (numbers under 1200)
• GRAPHIC
• HANDI-BOOKS
• HARLEQUIN (numbers under 500)
• HOLLOWAY HOUSE
• JACKET LIBRARY
• LION (includes LION BOOKS and LION LIBRARY)
• MERCURY (adult books)
• MIDWOOD
• MONARCH
• PERMA (with M prefixes and numbers under 5000)
• POCKET BOOKS (numbers under 100 and must be first printing)
• POPULAR LIBRARY (especially with plain numbers under 400 and those with EB prefixes)
• REGENCY BOOKS
• SATAN PRESS (adult books)
• SIGNET (also U.S. PENGUINS and SIGNET-PENGUINS - numbers under 1000)
• ZENITH
• and many SMALL PAPERBACK AND DIGEST PUBLISHERS