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Reference Books About Vintage Paperbacks Black Ace publishes a 24-page " mini-guide " for beginning collectors. It's just been extensively updated (November 1997) and includes descriptions of all the major reference books in the field. Sadly, many of these are out of print. We do, however, stock most IN PRINT reference books. Highlights include: [ Books are Everything ] [ Beat Scene ] [ Collecting Paperbacks? ] [ Paperbacks at Auction ] [ Hancer's Price Guide ] [ Paperback Parade ] [ Paperback & Pulp Collector ] NEW ADLART ADULT PAPERBACKS ARTISTS I.D. LIST ECKHOFF, CHRIS 12-PAGE PAMPHLET WITH TITLE, AUTHOR, ARTIST CHECKLIST OF MANY ADULT VINTAGE PAPERBACK BOOK LINES. $ 2. NEW APH AMAZING PULP HEROES (TRADE PAPERBACK WITH DUST JACKET) HAMILTON, F. & HULLAR, L. GRYPHON PUBLISHING. REVISED, EXPANDED EDITION. CELEBRATION OF THE PULPS, WITH TERRIFIC HAMILTON ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT. $ 25. NEW AUSTPB AUSTRALIAN VINTAGE PAPERBACK GUIDE FLANAGAN, GRAEME GRYPHON PUBLISHING. TRADE PAPERBACK IN DUST JACKET. WELL-RESEARCHED. MANY COVER PIX. NOT A PRICE GUIDE. $ 20. Books Are Everything, a large fanzine devoted to vintage paperbacks, was published in the late 1980's and into the mid-1990's. It ran 30-issues. In addition to the articles mentioned, it was filled with paperback cover photos, checklists (of author or artist work), ads and news of interest to collectors. It also had an extensive letters column where collectors shared opinions (pre-internet-newsgroup style) along with gossip and lots of information. Color was used for several pages of cover repros in some of the later issues. NEW BAE 1 BOOKS ARE EVERYTHING - ISSUE 1 HOLLAND, R.C. ed. IMPORTANT ARTICLE: HIGH POINTS IN VINTAGE PAPERBACKS. BEATS, (COVER ARTIST) EARL BERGEY, (AUTHOR) CHARLES BEAUMONT, VAUGHN BODE. $ 15. NEW BAE 2 BOOKS ARE EVERYTHING - ISSUE 2 HOLLAND, R.C., ed. (COVER ARTISTS) JAMES AVATI AND ROBERT MAGUIRE, (AUTHOR) FREDRIC BROWN, (PUBLISHERS) LASER BOOKS, SAINT MYSTERY LIBRARY, FLAGSHIP BOOKS, SEXOLOGY. $ 15. NEW BAE 3 BOOKS ARE EVERYTHING - ISSUE 3 HOLLAND, R.C., ed. COVER ARTIST JAMES AVATI, EARLY HARLEQUIN SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY BOOKS, DRACULA, LEIGH BRACKETT, MONARCH BOOKS, MAGUIRE'S ACE PAPERBACK COVERS. $ 15. NEW BAE 4 BOOKS ARE EVERYTHING - ISSUE 4 HOLLAND, R.C., ed. MIKE AVALLONE, JAMES AVATI, PUBLISHERS NIGHTSTAND, BELMONT AND MONARCH, PAPERBACK COVER ART, ADS, LETTERS. $ 15. NEW BAE 6 BOOKS ARE EVERYTHING - ISSUE 6 HOLLAND, R.C., ed ESSEX, BELMONT, CHECKER BOOKS. JOHN DICKSON CARR, MARILYN MONROE, SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS. $ 10. NEW BAE 7 BOOKS ARE EVERYTHING - ISSUE 7 HOLLAND, R.C., ed JIM THOMPSON & HAMMETT PPBK'S, EMBER LIBRARY CHECKLIST, (COVER ARTIST) RAFAEL DE SOTO CHECKLIST. $ 10. NEW BAE 8 BOOKS ARE EVERYTHING - ISSUE 8 HOLLAND, R.C., ed. CHICAGO PAPERBACK HOUSE PUBLISHERS, H. BEAM PIPER, SPY SPOOFS, PAPERBACK LIBRARY (PUBLISHERS), "I, LIBERTINE". $ 10. NEW BAE 9 BOOKS ARE EVERYTHING - ISSUE 9 HOLLAND, R.C., ed. HARRY WHITTINGTON TRIBUTE, (EARLY, PRE-ROMANCE) HARLEQUINS & REGENCYS, MONARCH PSEUDONYMS, MORE. $ 10. NEW BAE 11 BOOKS ARE EVERYTHING - ISSUE 11 HOLLAND, R.C.

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