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My Vintage Paperback Collection, one book at a time / aka Rex Parker aka Michael Sharp / https://salmongutter.blogspot.com

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Bald dude w green eyes whose body is a spacescape of green planets and firing spaceships 

Tales of now, then, and never by the supreme master of the strange
VISIONS AND VENTURERS
Theodore Sturgeon
12648 • 1.75
ذ لكل

Bald dude w green eyes whose body is a spacescape of green planets and firing spaceships Tales of now, then, and never by the supreme master of the strange VISIONS AND VENTURERS Theodore Sturgeon 12648 • 1.75 ذ لكل

Stare down the green-eyed monster in VISIONS AND VENTURERS (1978), latest Pop Sensation paperback

#vintagepaperbacks #pulp #bookcovers

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06.03.2026 11:39 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Cover of KILLER’S PAYOFF by Ed McBain 

Woman in turquoise dress holding white gloves being stared at by man in foreground holding a letter and what looks like a picture of the woman from her stripper days

Cover of KILLER’S PAYOFF by Ed McBain Woman in turquoise dress holding white gloves being stared at by man in foreground holding a letter and what looks like a picture of the woman from her stripper days

The naked truth about a classy dame … it’s KILLER’S PAYOFF, newest Pop Sensation paperback

#pulp #vintagepaperbacks #bookcovers

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04.03.2026 00:26 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

This memoir floored me when I read it 20 years ago. Sometimes your heroes are also monsters.

02.03.2026 10:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
EASY TO KILL Agatha Christie 

Freaky man falling backward as red hand reaches out to touch him

EASY TO KILL Agatha Christie Freaky man falling backward as red hand reaches out to touch him

He was hard to love. Fortunately, he was also … EASY TO KILL (1945)—newest Pop Sensation paperback

#vintagepaperbacks #pulp #bookcovers

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26.02.2026 22:00 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Golf ball in a tuft of grass next to hypo next to brownish leaf

PAN
books
X736
AGATHA CHRISTIE WHY DIDNT THEY ASK EVANS P
0.60

Golf ball in a tuft of grass next to hypo next to brownish leaf PAN books X736 AGATHA CHRISTIE WHY DIDNT THEY ASK EVANS P 0.60

Roll up your sleeves, it’s time to hit the links with WHY DIDN’T THEY ASK EVANS?, newest Pop Sensation paperback

#vintagepaperbacks #pulp #bookcovers

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24.02.2026 19:42 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Art Carney holding a paperback (flanked by Bill Macy)

Art Carney holding a paperback (flanked by Bill Macy)

THE TOUGH TEXAN paperback —man in red shirt driving stage w redhead beside him (probably Bob Stanley art)

THE TOUGH TEXAN paperback —man in red shirt driving stage w redhead beside him (probably Bob Stanley art)

Few things I like more than playing paperback detective ❤️

(from THE LATE SHOW, 1977)

22.02.2026 18:59 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Dead man in foreground standing ma and lady off to sides

1085
25
Agatha Christie
THE UNDER DOG
AND OTHER MYSTERIES
An exciting novelette plus eight gripping stories by the master mistress of crime
THE COMPLETE
BOOK

Dead man in foreground standing ma and lady off to sides 1085 25 Agatha Christie THE UNDER DOG AND OTHER MYSTERIES An exciting novelette plus eight gripping stories by the master mistress of crime THE COMPLETE BOOK

Take a chance on a long shot … it’s THE UNDER DOG (1955), newest Pop Sensation paperback 📖

#vintagepaperbacks #pulp #bookcovers

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20.02.2026 00:58 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Trunk w/ woman’s head emerging along with limbs of what looks like marionette. There’s also a hammer standing on end next to a red ball for some reason

DELL
6984
AGATHA GHRISTIE POIROT LOSES
AGLE T
FEATURING HERCULE POIROT
95c

Trunk w/ woman’s head emerging along with limbs of what looks like marionette. There’s also a hammer standing on end next to a red ball for some reason DELL 6984 AGATHA GHRISTIE POIROT LOSES AGLE T FEATURING HERCULE POIROT 95c

Pack your bags, it’s time to go find out what happens when … POIROT LOSES A CLIENT (1974)—newest Pop Sensation paperback up now #vintagepaperbacks #bookcovers #bookcoverart

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18.02.2026 01:00 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Trunk w/ woman’s head emerging along with limbs of what looks like marionette. There’s also a hammer standing on end next to a red ball for some reason

DELL
6984
AGATHA GHRISTIE POIROT LOSES
AGLE T
FEATURING HERCULE POIROT
95c

Trunk w/ woman’s head emerging along with limbs of what looks like marionette. There’s also a hammer standing on end next to a red ball for some reason DELL 6984 AGATHA GHRISTIE POIROT LOSES AGLE T FEATURING HERCULE POIROT 95c

Pack your bags, it’s time to go find out what happens when … POIROT LOSES A CLIENT (1974)—newest Pop Sensation paperback up now #vintagepaperbacks #bookcovers #bookcoverart

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18.02.2026 01:00 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Cover of 1000 Year Plan —- bald dude w bushy eyebrows in superfly red spacesuit w three spaceships flying in an arc behind him

Cover of 1000 Year Plan —- bald dude w bushy eyebrows in superfly red spacesuit w three spaceships flying in an arc behind him

We’re sorry, The Great Space Disco is closed for renovations. Extensive renovations. It’s the 1,000-YEAR PLAN (1955), newest Pop Sensation paperback

#pulp #vintagepaperbacks #bookcovers #bookcoverart

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12.02.2026 21:11 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Dude w bloody hands and lady w two candles squat near probably dead man

AGATHA CHRISTIE
820
a murder is announced
The fatal shots were fired exactly on schedule!
COMPLETE AND UNABRIDGED

Dude w bloody hands and lady w two candles squat near probably dead man AGATHA CHRISTIE 820 a murder is announced The fatal shots were fired exactly on schedule! COMPLETE AND UNABRIDGED

Emerging from 2-month hibernation to throw more vintage paperbacks at you!

First, an announcement: MURDER! That’s right, A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED (1951), newest Pop Sensation paperback!

#vintagepaperbacks #pulp #bookcoverart

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10.02.2026 19:28 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Cover of THE BODY IN THE LIBRARY —woman in sparkly gown collapsing into foreground

Cover of THE BODY IN THE LIBRARY —woman in sparkly gown collapsing into foreground

Liven up your Thanksgiving with … well, a dead body. But a literate one! It’s THE BODY IN THE LIBRARY (1946), latest Pop Sensation paperback #pulp #vintagepaperbacks

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27.11.2025 17:29 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Cover of THE HOLLOW —grayhaired man bends over blonde curly haired lady in mauve chair. He’s got one arm around her, she does Not seem into it

Pocket Bank 485
COMPLETE & UNABRIDGED
Agatha Christie
The
HOLLOW
Hereule Poirot solves the murder of Dr. Christow who inspired dangerous passion in many women

Cover of THE HOLLOW —grayhaired man bends over blonde curly haired lady in mauve chair. He’s got one arm around her, she does Not seem into it Pocket Bank 485 COMPLETE & UNABRIDGED Agatha Christie The HOLLOW Hereule Poirot solves the murder of Dr. Christow who inspired dangerous passion in many women

He seemed so suave, so worldly, so debonair, but between his ears was … THE HOLLOW (1948), newest Pop Sensation paperback #pulp #vintagepaperbacks

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07.11.2025 21:43 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Hawke torturing TEXAS BY THE TAIL but the pages are cut wrong???

Hawke torturing TEXAS BY THE TAIL but the pages are cut wrong???

I screamed at the screen many times because there is NO way anyone who loved vintage paperbacks, let alone a rare book dealer, would handle them the way Ethan Hawke does in this movie. Just bending covers & cracking spines left and right, like they’re 2-dollar beaters, ugh! Also … wtf is this??

29.10.2025 11:02 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Spines of vintage paperbacks, mostly Jim Thompson

Spines of vintage paperbacks, mostly Jim Thompson

I gasped

(THE LOWDOWN, 2025, ep. 1)

29.10.2025 10:56 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Man escorting lady out of a fire (?) 

25€
DELL BOOK
550
AGATHA CHRISTIE
Across Europe to the Orient, danger follows
MR. PARKER PYNE
DETECTIVE
COMPLETE AND UNABRIDGED:

Man escorting lady out of a fire (?) 25€ DELL BOOK 550 AGATHA CHRISTIE Across Europe to the Orient, danger follows MR. PARKER PYNE DETECTIVE COMPLETE AND UNABRIDGED:

Solve the Case of the Mysterious Stench with … MR. PARKER PYNE, DETECTIVE (1951), newest Pop Sensation paperback #vintagepaperbacks #pulp

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24.10.2025 20:17 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Dead body on carpet, from the shins down

DELL
937
Agatha
25€
Christie Murder at Hazelmoor

Dead body on carpet, from the shins down DELL 937 Agatha 25€ Christie Murder at Hazelmoor

Leave a well-dressed corpse ✅—it’s MURDER AT HAZELMOOR (1957), newest Pop Ssnsation paperback

#pulp #vintagepaperbacks

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17.10.2025 20:20 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Cover of LORD EDGWARE DIES

Lady in wide brimmed black hat and black veil

Britain's Queen of Crime
Agatha Christie
Lord Edgware Dies
Fontana Books | 2/6

Cover of LORD EDGWARE DIES Lady in wide brimmed black hat and black veil Britain's Queen of Crime Agatha Christie Lord Edgware Dies Fontana Books | 2/6

I keep reading Edgelord Dies and thinking, “cool” … but no, it’s LORD EDGWARE DIES (1962), newest Pop Sensation paperback #pulp #vintagepaperbacks

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09.10.2025 21:53 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Preview
MOTEL 69 - Pulp International Any sport in a storm.

the artist, Clement Micarelli, after painting masterpieces like the cover for Sexbound, retired from commercial art in 1971 and later painted many ultra-conservative Christian artworks featuring Jesus and the usual tableaux. alas!
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06.10.2025 02:47 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Cover of SEXBOUND (1961) —coy blonde sucks fingers on bed 

846CF
SEyboUN
By DEAN McCOY
IF YOU DARE - SHARE THE EXCITEMENT OF THESE COUPLES TRAPPED IN A COZY MOTEL-ISOLATED BY STORM, BY SEDUCTION, AND BY
THEIR OWN UTTER LACK OF MORALITY ...!
A NOVEL STRANGE, SAVAGE AND WHOLLY FRANK - GRAPPLING WITH THE PROBLEMS OF INFIDELITY CREATED BY AMERICA'S ROADSIDE INNS

Cover of SEXBOUND (1961) —coy blonde sucks fingers on bed 846CF SEyboUN By DEAN McCOY IF YOU DARE - SHARE THE EXCITEMENT OF THESE COUPLES TRAPPED IN A COZY MOTEL-ISOLATED BY STORM, BY SEDUCTION, AND BY THEIR OWN UTTER LACK OF MORALITY ...! A NOVEL STRANGE, SAVAGE AND WHOLLY FRANK - GRAPPLING WITH THE PROBLEMS OF INFIDELITY CREATED BY AMERICA'S ROADSIDE INNS

Take your fingers out of your mouth, it’s time for SEXBOUND (1961), newest Pop Sensation paperback

#DailyPaperback #pulp #vintagepaperbacks

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04.10.2025 10:54 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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The Turret Room by Charlotte Armstrong (Charlotte Armstrong Lewi) (Fawcett Crest T1317, 1965). Cover Art by Harry Bennett. #TheTurretRoom #CharlotteArmstrong #1960s #book #books #paperback #coverart #cover #artwork #HarryBennett #crime #mystery #thriller #thrillers #FawcettCrest

27.09.2025 07:35 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Cover of TEN PLUS ONE by Ed McBain

B&W Photo of man on urban sidewalk in gray suit recoiling like he’s been shot and man in black suit trying to help him

Cover of TEN PLUS ONE by Ed McBain B&W Photo of man on urban sidewalk in gray suit recoiling like he’s been shot and man in black suit trying to help him

Overwhelmed by arithmetic?! Start easy with … TEN PLUS ONE (1964), newest Pop Sensation paperback

#vintagepaperbacks #pulp

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26.09.2025 21:59 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Cover of CASSIDY’S GIRL (1955)

Dark haired woman lying on bed in foreground, dude w back turned and hands in pocket in background

Cover of CASSIDY’S GIRL (1955) Dark haired woman lying on bed in foreground, dude w back turned and hands in pocket in background

Dear Diary, let me tell you about … CASSIDY’S GIRL (1954), newest Pop Sensation paperback

#vintagepaperbacks #pulp

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26.09.2025 18:22 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
Silhouettes of firemen putting out house fire while giant head of lady apparently made of fire floats above them 

POPULAR LIBRARY
STORIES OF MYSTERY AND SUSPENSE
137
SIX TIMES
DEATH
WILLIAM IRISH
"WELL WORTHY OF THE ATTENTION OF ALL LOVERS OF GOOD SHORT STORIES!
NEW YORK TIMES

Silhouettes of firemen putting out house fire while giant head of lady apparently made of fire floats above them POPULAR LIBRARY STORIES OF MYSTERY AND SUSPENSE 137 SIX TIMES DEATH WILLIAM IRISH "WELL WORTHY OF THE ATTENTION OF ALL LOVERS OF GOOD SHORT STORIES! NEW YORK TIMES

Sixth time’s the charm! It’s SIX TIMES DEATH (1948), newest Pop Sensation paperback

#pulp #vintagepaperbacks

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21.09.2025 11:53 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Cover of STRANGLER’S SERENADE—Lady in a shit ton of lingerie running up stairs from a guy in a gray suit, hat and red tie

Cover of STRANGLER’S SERENADE—Lady in a shit ton of lingerie running up stairs from a guy in a gray suit, hat and red tie

Put on *all* your lingerie and run away from … the STRANGLER’S SERENADE (1952), newest Pop Sensation paperback

#vintagepaperback #pulp

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16.09.2025 22:06 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Cover of CORRUPTION CITY—man in fedora menacing woman against a brick wall backdrop

- 25°
RST
ITION
Corruption
The hoods owned the town
—and they'd stop at nothing to keep it
By HORACE McCOY

Cover of CORRUPTION CITY—man in fedora menacing woman against a brick wall backdrop - 25° RST ITION Corruption The hoods owned the town —and they'd stop at nothing to keep it By HORACE McCOY

When the hotels are full up in Graft Town, head on over to … CORRUPTION CITY (1959), newest Pop Sensation paperback

#vintagepaperbacks #pulp

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12.09.2025 20:31 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Bored blonde in shiny black leather boots and nothing else sits in a cheap chair looking bored and holding what appears to be a red feather 

SCL/S95265 95¢ MAC
Undress Rehearsal
The amateur play turned on every sexy woman in town. What an orgy!
John Carver

Bored blonde in shiny black leather boots and nothing else sits in a cheap chair looking bored and holding what appears to be a red feather SCL/S95265 95¢ MAC Undress Rehearsal The amateur play turned on every sexy woman in town. What an orgy! John Carver

Put on your orgy boots and grab your fanciest red feather, it’s time for UNDRESS REHEARSAL, the newest Pop Sensation paperback

#DailyPaperback #vintagepaperbacks #pulp

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10.09.2025 18:59 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Bored blonde in shiny black leather boots and nothing else sits in a cheap chair looking bored and holding what appears to be a red feather 

SCL/S95265 95¢ MAC
Undress Rehearsal
The amateur play turned on every sexy woman in town. What an orgy!
John Carver

Bored blonde in shiny black leather boots and nothing else sits in a cheap chair looking bored and holding what appears to be a red feather SCL/S95265 95¢ MAC Undress Rehearsal The amateur play turned on every sexy woman in town. What an orgy! John Carver

Put on your orgy boots and grab your fanciest red feather, it’s time for UNDRESS REHEARSAL, the newest Pop Sensation paperback

#DailyPaperback #vintagepaperbacks #pulp

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10.09.2025 18:59 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Orange-pantied lady vaguely menaces nightgowned lady with a cat o nine tails

V-1070- T
$1.95
IMPERVIOUS TO PAIN by David Malcolm

Orange-pantied lady vaguely menaces nightgowned lady with a cat o nine tails V-1070- T $1.95 IMPERVIOUS TO PAIN by David Malcolm

She’d have to be impervious to pain to sit on that horrific scratchy bedspread for any length of time… it’s IMPERVIOUS TO PAIN (1972), newest Pop Sensation paperback

#vintagepaperbacks #pulp

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05.09.2025 20:30 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0