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Published by Self Published, Massachusetts, 1939
Seller: P.C. Schmidt, Bookseller, Kettering, OH, U.S.A.
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. 1st Paperback Edition. very good in softcover; a scarce copy of this 4 page magazine devoted to the old=time dime and nickel novels; (box 894) Size: 6 x 9".
Published by University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, 1973
Seller: Winding Road Books, Templeton, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. 1st Edition. First Printing as confirmed by McBride. The book would be fine save for shelf wear along bottom of boards and text block, slight translucent spotting of front lower text block. Else book is free of internal marking, spine is tight, boards rigid and tips are pointed. While the jacket has its price on the back flap, it has general wear all over, loss and small chipping at most edges, especially along spine and at top and bottom of spine. Actually looks quite smart in its shiny new plastic cover. Shipping box is suitable for wrapping with a non-price listed purchase order inside along with biodegradable packing.
Published by Frank A. Munsey Co., NY, 1934
Magazine / Periodical
SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good+. Vol. 249, No. 1. [Edited by Albert J. Gibner.] Cover art by Paul Stahr for "Zimwi Crater" (novelette) by Gordon MacCreagh. Includes "The Honest Forger" (complete novel) by George F. Worts; "The Sharkskin Mitten" by H. H. Matteson; "The Tin Watch" by Hapsburg Liebe; "Men of Daring: Sir Gregor MacGregor, a self-made prince" (True Story in Pictures) by Stookie Allen; "West of Apache Pass" (pt. 2 of 6) by Charles Alden Seltzer; "Flood" (pt 3 of 3) by Ray Cummings; "The Hated Man" (pt. 5 of 6) by Hulbert Footner. Features: "Stranger Than Fiction" by John S. Stuart; "Eagles" by J. W. Holden; "Accident!" by Ralph Grant; "Nine Thousand Islands" by Delos White; "Argonotes"; "Looking Ahead!" Mild damp and bug damage to spine, else much less than average wear; tanning; store stamps on both covers. An attractive copy.
Published by Ralph F. Cummings, Farnumsville, 1929
Seller: Dublin Bookbrowsers, Dublin, NONE, Ireland
Book
Soft Cover Wraps. Condition: Fair. 48pp. Covers worn, stained, frayed and nicked.
Published by Ralph F. Cummings., Fisherville, 1946
Book
Condition: good. Dust Jacket Condition: no dustjacket. 8vo pp.8. book.
Published by Ralph F. Cummings., Fisherville, 1942
Book
Condition: good. Dust Jacket Condition: no dustjacket. 8vo pp.10. book.
Published by Frank Munsey Co., New York, 1924
Seller: Clayton Fine Books, Shepherdstown, WV, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Near fine in original wrappers with light edgewear.
Published by Ralph F. Cummings, 1950
Seller: Antique Mall Books, Smyrna, GA, U.S.A.
Book
Paperback. Condition: Good. 12 issues for Vol, 18, 1950 (#208 thru 219). All are in GOOD condition and appear lightly read. 9 x 6 inches. . . . . The Dime Novel Round-Up is a monthly magazine devoted to the collecting, preserving and literature of the old-time dime and nickel novels, libraries, and popular short papers. . . . . . . . INCLUDES: 1.) Jan: Last Issue of Diamond Dick Jr. Weekly No. 72 / Pseudonyms in Popular Literature (Part 2) by Stanley A. Pachon --- 2.) Feb: Letters From Dime Novel Publishers by Ralph P. Smith --- 3.) Mar: Prowlin' Up Massachusetts Way by Hopeful Pete (Brother of Nameless Joe) --- 4.) Apr: The Art of Repairing Novels by George T. Flaum --- 5.) May: Nick Carter Detective Tales in Magnet and New Magnet Library by J. Edward Leithead --- 6.) Jun: Rare Dime Novels: #1 Indian Tales by Edward T. LeBlanc --- 7.) Jul: Our Old Story Papers No. 4 *Happy Days* by William M. Burns --- 8.) Aug: Rare Dime Novels: #2 Youths Library by Edward T. LeBlanc --- 9.) Sep: To Reckless Ralph, The Sleuth of the Sierras by J. P. Quaine --- 10.) Oct: The American Indian or Whose Top is He Blowin Now by your Nameless Joe --- 11.) Nov: Rare Dime Novels: #3 Ten Cent Irish Novels by Edward T. LeBlanc --- 12.) Dec: Newsy News by Ralph F. Cummings.
Seller: Stellar Books & Ephemera, ABAA, Moab, UT, U.S.A.
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. Reckless Ralph's Twenty-five Cent Novel Library--The Great Romances Their Influence on Minor Sensational Literature and the Dime Novel by G.H. Cordier, Ralph F. Cummings, Grafton, Massachusetts, 1935. 8pp. 5.5 x 8.25 inches. Staple bound glossy white wrapper with black imprint on front. Pulp paper interior. Wrappers separated about one inch at foot plus bent corner. Very Good Condition. No. 1 of Reckless Ralph's Twenty-five Cent Novel Library published in 1935, featuring one article, "The Great Romances Their Influence on Minor Sensational Literature and the Dime Novel by G.H. Cordier". Ralph F. Cummings was best known for his massive Dime Novel collection and his publication, "Reckless Ralph's Dime Novel Round-Up". Lesser known is this publication of which we find references to only 4 issues spanning four years. Four institutions hold at least one volume of this short-lived publication. While this issue feels somewhat academic, No. 2 featured a short story by Emmett Dalton. Safe to say this issue is uncommon.
Published by New Metropolitan Fiction, Inc., 1926
Seller: Gene Zombolas, Milpitas, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Pulp Magazine. Condition: Near VG. No Jacket. First Edition. Chip to top of front cover; moderate roll to pulp along spine; spine has several small tears and minor damage to the top; 1 1/2" accordion tear to bottom of rear cover with minor damage to the underlying few pages; small chips to top of rear color; light soiling and staining to rear cover; supple, lightly tanned pages with one page has a small tear to the top, one page has small chip to the fore edge, and staining on rear cover extends into the last 15 or so pages. A solid copy of a very scarce title.
Published by Ralph F. Cummings, Grafton, Mass., 1935
Seller: Wallace & Clark, Booksellers, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Magazine / Periodical First Edition Signed
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. (Crime and Punishment) RECKLESS RALPH'S TWENTY-FIVE CENT NOVEL LIBRARY NO. 2, 1935; FEATURING "PRISON DELIVERY" BY EMMETT DALTON; SIGNED BY EMMETT AND JULIA DALTON ON THE FRONT WRAPPER. Grafton, Mass.: Ralph F. Cummings, 1935. FIRST EDITION. 8vo - 8-5/16" x 5-7/16". Original yellow paper wrappers with titles printed in black to front wrapper, with minor toning along spine and a few light stray marks; also on front wrapper are the full signatures in ink of Emmett Dalton and his wife Julia Dalton; back wrapper with minor toning along the lower edge and other light signs of handling for what is a nice copy of the periodical. 8 pp.; staple bound and laid in wrappers as issued. Reckless Ralph's Twenty-Five Cent Novel Library was an early dime novel fanzine self-published by Ralph F. Cummings. It was devoted to the collecting and preservation of the old-time dime and nickel novels, libraries and popular story papers and all the wonderful American literature contained within them. The feature article in the issue offered here is "Prison Delivery" by Emmett Dalton. Dalton, in addition to being an author, was an outlaw, train robber and member of the infamous Dalton gang in the American Old West. The Dalton gang was implicated in a series of train robberies that began in 1889. In 1892, the M-K-T Railroad posted a $40,000 reward for the capture of the Daltons whose notoriety had increased substantially in just three short years. On October 5, 1892, short on money and long on wanting to out do the James gang's record, the Daltons robbed two banks in Coffeyville, Kansas in one day. While successful in both robberies, the Daltons were not successful in steering clear of an angry mob of local citizens that ambushed them, killing four of the five gang members and leaving the fifth, Emmett Dalton, with 23 gunshot wounds and an eventual life sentence in the penitentiary in Lansing, Kansas. After serving 14 years of his life sentence, Dalton was pardoned by the Kansas governor. After his release from prison, Dalton moved to California where he got married to Julia Johnson, wrote two books, played himself in the Hollywood movie version of his first book, "Beyond the Law," consulted on other movie projects and sold real estate. The first article in the magazine, "Prison Delivery" by Emmett Dalton, is a critique of America's prison policies and prison systems. In it he offers suggestions based on his own personal experiences and observations he made during his 14 years behind bars, as to how to improve the lot of the over four hundred thousand "prison deliveries" (Dalton's term for the men, women and juveniles released from confinement) made every year into the neighborhoods and homes next door to the law abiding masses. Dalton believed that the implementation of his ideas and observations would improve the lives of the people coming out of prison systems every year, and by extension, the lives of all the people who would be coming into contact with them. The second article in the magazine, "Two Remarkable Heroes: The Deadwood Dicks, Senor and Junior, Are the Gentlemen" was written by the magazine's publisher, Ralph F. Cummings. In this article, Cummings argues that a trace of literature from the beginning of time to his present day would "show but few heroes that in the eyes of boyhood would be even judged worthy of comparison with the two greatest heroes known to American literature . . . Deadwood Dick and Deadwood Dick, Jr." I would personally go out on a limb and say that Ralph F. Cummings really, really liked the two Deadwood Dicks! The condition of the magazine is NEAR FINE. Only seven copies located on OCLC/WorldCat. RARE; and probably unique signed by the famous outlaw author and his wife. Note: Magazine will be accompanied by a "Letter of Authenticity" from PSA/DNA Authenticating Services, authenticating both Emmett and Julia Dalton's signatures; PSA/DNA Certification Number: AL04813. Signed by Author(s).