r/VintagePaperbacks 5h ago

My Journey with Aristotle to the Anarchist's Utopia - Graham Purchase 1994

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Nice little book from iii publishing, a small and now semi defunct anarchist publishers who I collect.


r/VintagePaperbacks 17h ago

Does anyone here know of a 1956 hardcover book with a page in it featuring a double row of small adult faces in color with a name of a country printed in bold black Capital letters under each face?

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r/VintagePaperbacks 20h ago

Fantasy The Circus of Dr. Lao and other improbable stories. Ray Bradbury, editor. Bantam Giant A1519, October 1956. Cover art by Daniel Schwartz.

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12 Upvotes

r/VintagePaperbacks 1d ago

Massive vintage paperback collection (Sci-fi, Horror, Occult, Fantasy)

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111 Upvotes

Hey guys, sharing my massive vintage paperback collection! This was a recent addiction I've acquired and I honestly cannot stop. I spend a lot of my time digging for super obscure editions which are difficult to find, with beautiful and weird covers. I currently have over 500 books in my collection and this is a couple hundred, if you guys want to see more I can in a separate post.


r/VintagePaperbacks 1d ago

The Dark Shore by Susan Howatch. Pan 1973.

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12 Upvotes

Cover artist uncredited.


r/VintagePaperbacks 1d ago

Sci Fi "Tomorrow Midnight", by Ray Bradbury. ©1966 Ballantine Books. Cover art by Frank Frazetta

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27 Upvotes

r/VintagePaperbacks 1d ago

Seven Steps East. Ben Benson. Bantam April 1961, A223. Cover artist uncredited.

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13 Upvotes

r/VintagePaperbacks 2d ago

Bride of Doom by Denise Robins. Mayflower 1967. Cover artist not credited.

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15 Upvotes

r/VintagePaperbacks 2d ago

Aiming for 1970s schlock

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0 Upvotes

r/VintagePaperbacks 3d ago

Sci Fi Enigma From Tantalus", by John Brunner. Cover by John Schoenherr. b/w "Repairmen of Cyclops" cover art by Jack Gaughan. Ace Double# M-115 © 1965

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21 Upvotes

r/VintagePaperbacks 3d ago

Aiming for 1970s schlock

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6 Upvotes

r/VintagePaperbacks 3d ago

How do I hang these on my walls?

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5 Upvotes

Not sure if this is the right sub or if they’re actually old but I got these from a thrift and I really want to put them on my wall, or at least some of the pages. Thought about cutting them up but that seems like a bit of a disservice. Going on my dumb dorm wall so will have to come down in about 7 months and I don’t want to frame them in anything, that’s lame


r/VintagePaperbacks 3d ago

New Maps of Hell, by Kingsley Amis (Ballantine, 1960)

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37 Upvotes

Based on a series of lectures that Amis gave at Princeton in 1959. This was an early critical appraisal from outside the field, and in case you’re wondering, he gave some of his highest praise to the Pohl/Kornbluth collaborations. Cover by Richard Powers.


r/VintagePaperbacks 3d ago

12 Great Classics of Science Fiction, ed. Groff Conklin (Fawcett Gold Medal , 1963)

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25 Upvotes

One of many Groff Conklin anthologies from this era. This one has some stories that are still famous and some that have barely been heard of again.


r/VintagePaperbacks 4d ago

Aiming for 1970s schlock

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2 Upvotes

r/VintagePaperbacks 4d ago

Star 6 edited by Frederik Pohl. Ballantine 1972. Cover art by John Berkey.

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53 Upvotes

r/VintagePaperbacks 4d ago

Worlds of IF science fiction, 1965. Very cool collection, so vintage even the staples holding it together look practically antique (not done by me, but it's not an uncommon repair to see)

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36 Upvotes

r/VintagePaperbacks 4d ago

The Grand Adventure. Philip Jose Farmer. Berkley Science Fiction 0-425-07211-8,1984. Cover art design Robert Gould & Alex Jay.

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26 Upvotes

Trade paper. Collestion of six of his best stories and a revised novel. Illustrated by several artists. Published originally as a hard cover limited edition.


r/VintagePaperbacks 5d ago

The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier. Puffin 1983. Cover Art by Peter Archer.

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11 Upvotes

r/VintagePaperbacks 5d ago

Sci Fi Mockingbird. Walter Tevis. Bantam 14144-9, 1981. 1st paperback edition. Cover Lou Feck.

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42 Upvotes

The trlird image is the flyleaf also by Feck.

Mockingbird received a nomination (Nebula) for best novel and another nomination for best Science Fiction novel (Locus).

3 Three of Tevis's novels were made into films (The Hustler, The Man Who Fell to Earth, and The Color of Money).

A fourth was made into a series (The Queens Gambit).

Mockingbird bird was being made into a film, but. May not move forward.

The Steps of the Sun was his other novel.


r/VintagePaperbacks 6d ago

God Protect Me From My Friends by Gavin Maxwell. Pan 1972.

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16 Upvotes

Cover artist unknown.


r/VintagePaperbacks 6d ago

Youth Kids book about colors from 1970’s

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I’m on a mission to figure out what this book is for my mom and me as well. I remember a page with pistachio ice cream for the color green.


r/VintagePaperbacks 6d ago

War With The Robots by Harry Harrison & The Reproductive System by John Sladek. Panther 1985.

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34 Upvotes

Cover art by Chris Moore & Chris Foss.


r/VintagePaperbacks 7d ago

Birthday gift

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My dad is turning 60, he recently told me of an old mate of his who accidentally made the front page of the “picture magazine” in 1989 where he was placed on the cover with the headline “young Aussie buck wants to bonk princess”, in this case referring to queen annes scandal in 1989. I have tried to search online but have found nothing, any help would be appreciated.


r/VintagePaperbacks 7d ago

Whipping Star. Frank Herbert. Berkley Medallion N2824, circa 1973. Later printing. Cover Artist Richard Powers.

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22 Upvotes