Mastodawn

"Before you can scare others, you must be scared yourself. Ghostly fear is transmitted, not concocted." - H R Wakefield on the art of writing ghost stories, of which, of course, he was a master. #BookWormSat #ghoststories #supernatural #vintagepaperbacks

The Ghost Monk Apr 15

Weird pictures of the day are a couple of vintage Spanish Edgar Rice Burroughs' paperbacks with cover illustrations by Prieto. (Not books I own, btw). #weird #weirdart #artsky #fantasyfiction #BookChatWeekly #booksky #VintagePaperbacks #EdgarRiceBurroughs

Paperbackshow Mar 25

Short review of the recent 46th Annual Paperback Collectors Show in Glendale, CA.

#paperbacks, #vintagepaperbacks

https://paperbackshow.substack.com/p/46th-annual-los-angeles-vintage-paperback

The Ghost Monk Oct 18, 2025

My 1969 Penguin edition of 'Conjure Wife', Fritz Leiber's highly original novel about the wives of academics at a university using #witchcraft to further their husbands' careers. First published in 1953. #31DaysOfHalloween #BookChatWeekly #penguinbooks #vintagepaperbacks #Penguin

The Ghost Monk Oct 2, 2025

My copy of the 1963 Four Square paperback edition of 'The October Country' by Ray Bradbury. I meant to post it yesterday! #RayBradbury #Bradbury #13DaysOfHalloween #BookChatWeekly #booksky #vintagepaperbacks

BonnettsBooks Mar 1, 2025

The Goonies, The Rolling Stones, Kung-Fu Master, Black Viking, Demons by Daylight, and teenagers Wild in the Streets!

3/1/25 — Open 6-9p Mask recommended. No open drinks, please.

There's no escapism like #VintagePaperbacks. Other times, places, real & imagined. Visit them now with #BonnettsBooks!

BonnettsBooks Feb 22, 2025

Today's feature — 18 early books from "Casca, the Eternal Warrior" series, created by Barry Sadler, composer of "The Ballad of the Green Berets." A few have Fabio covers!

#Casca #EternalWarrior #EternalMercenary #BarrySadler #Fabio #VintagePaperbacks

Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖Dec 18, 2024

Research. 📚
#TrueCrime #VintagePaperbacks #Pulps #Books #Bookstodon

Sidney Williams Jul 11, 2024

In an odd bit of serendipity, I really dug Sol Stein's The Magician when I was in high school. Somebody has it paired with one of the Pinnacle editions of one of my books on eBay. #horror #vintagepaperbacks #vintagehorror https://www.ebay.com/itm/296554684061?itmmeta=01J2GYV6Z67VY1HJY547K86EQR

Azarius by Sidney Williams & The Magician by Sol Stein, 2 1st Edition Reader PBs | eBay

Acceptable copies but not for the strict collector.

eBay

Sidney Williams Jun 2, 2024

I was asked for a larger shot of this book, The Poe Papers, in a retro paperback group. Thought it might be of interest here as we. #vintagepaperbacks