What is WANTED - SONNY TABOR? This book is a compilation of five Sonny Tabor stories that previously appeared in WILD WEST WEEKLY. They were mashed together to make one continuing story and then released under Street & Smith's imprint, Chelsea House, in 1931.
There aren't many copies around. I have one copy and I believe my aunt has at least one or two copies. It was also published in England. You do see them on abebooks.com once in a while, and there is one right now - it's located in the United Kingdom and I don't know if's the UK or the US version.
Even rarer is finding one with a dustjacket. I have one the dustjacket (below), but it's very fragile and so I don't even keep it out.
It'll be interesting to see how this auction goes.
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Ah-ya got me to go over to ebay and check it out--I have bought a few old first editions on ebay, all westerns.
For many years I collected the Chelsea House books which were published by Street & Smith and reprinted fiction from their line of pulps. There were hundreds of titles reprinting detective, western, adventure, and romance fiction.
For some reason most collectors seemed unaware of the Chelsea House treasure trove. A few years ago, in a vain attempt to free up some shelf space, I sold the whole collection at Pulpcon and at Adventurecon in Bordentown, NJ.
Most were without dust jackets because readers in the 1920's and 1930's thought it looked more dignified to have the bound volumes on shelves without the garish jackets. They often ripped off the jackets and threw them away, an amazingly silly practice which decreased the value of the first editions.
It wasn't a silly practice - it was just what the mind set was at the time. Who knows what we throw away today will end up being highly collectible in the future. My grandfather did the same thing and he was a serious book collector. One of the many books I have that was his is a first edition of For Whom the Bell Tolls, with the "A" on the copyright page, and NO dust jacket. All the books in Daisy Bacon's collection (which I own now by the way) are without their dust jackets. Me thinks that books, not e-books, will end up being the thing to collect in the future. At least I hope so. the market has been depressed for a very long time.
Laurie:
You mention you own "all the books in Daisy Bacon's collection".
Are they all reprints from Love Story? Are they Chelsea House editons or other editions as well?
Just one copy of each title or various editions? This could be a great source for Pulp Reprint information.
Wanted - Sonny Tabor looks like a great candidate for a reprint edition.
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