I went through same type of wonderment in Œold bookstores¹ downriver (from
Detroit)n (I assume you know the Œlarger¹ meaning of Œdownriver¹)...for many
years...amazing what you find...down to first editions of Jim
Thompson...etc...
Montois de Détroit
On 7/13/08 3:43 PM, "Jeff Vorzimmer" <jvorzimmer@austin.rr.com> wrote:
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> I just got back from a vacation in Michigan's upper penninsula, trying to
> interest my daughter in fishing and shooting. We're about 150 miles from
> nowhere and we stop in a small town that's big enough to have a post office
> where we buy stamps for postcards. I notice a couple of junk shops that
> claimed to be antique stores. Well, since we're only half way though the
> vacation and I've already finished the three books I brought, I figure maybe
> they have some old paperbacks. No luck in the first store, but then, in the
> second store I notice a dresser with a drawer half open. As I'm passing I
> notice there are paperbacks in the drawer--spines facing up. I pull it all
> the way open and see that's it completely full of paperbacks from the 50s
> and early 60s. There are Gold Medals, Lions, Dells, Aces etc. I open the
> second drawer, same thing. By the third drawer I'm realizing I'll have my
> pick of lots of good stuff. The guy who owns the place notices my enthusiasm
> and says, "Great stuff, eh? Two bucks each, three for five." Of course, a
> lot of it I've read and I don't want to haul them back with me on the plane,
> no matter how good the price is, but I do notice two authors I haven't
> read--in addition to all the well-known authors represented in the
> drawers--James McKimmey and Matthew Blood.
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> The Blood is a Gold Medal PBO called The Avenger and it's great and I'm
> wondering why I've never heard of this guy. When I get home I find out that
> Matthew Blood was a pseudonym of Brett Halliday. Written in 1952. He only
> wrote one other title for GM, called Death is a Lovely Dame, also under the
> Matthew Blood name.
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> I've always wanted to read James McKimmey, so I grabbed Squeeze Play (Dell),
> Blue Mascara Tears (Ballantine) and The Long Ride (Dell). I read The Long
> Ride after The Avenger and I couldn't put it down. Very original story and
> very fast paced; written in 1961. I'll definitely be reading the others
> soon.
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> In addition to those mentioned I bought a Mickey Spillane novel I missed
> previously called Killer Mine and another book called Hate Alley by Martin
> Weiss, an Ace paperback with a great cover.
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> Jeff
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