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Friday, October 30, 2015

Paperback 913: One More Unfortunate / Edgar Lustgarten (Bantam 360)

Paperback 913: Bantam 360 (1st ptg, 1949)

Title: One More Unfortunate
Author: Edgar Lustgarten
Cover artist: Bernard Safran

Estimated value: $15-20

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Best things about this cover:
  • "I was Mr. Arm Veins 1938, 1939, and 1941. Don't ask about 1940. Here, drink this."
  • "First, let me show you this here invention I come up with. I call it, 'The Butt Scratcher'...."
  • Wow, when he rolls up his sleeves, he really Rolls Up His Sleeves.
  • That knife-arm, everything about it, is really striking. And yet I'm weirdly mesmerized by the torn wallpaper patch (authentic seediness!) and her shoes, which I really wish I could see in profile. And closer up.

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Best things about this back cover:
  • Young Ronald Reagan was not allowed to ride the children's choo-choo train. Would / he / die?!
  • I love how the issue here isn't the horrific fate of Kate Haggerty, but how her horrific fate might reflect on Captain White Man.
  • Damn evidence. Always with the mounting.

Page 123~

He gave his answer in loud, almost truculent tones.

Ooh, I like that. I think I'm gonna steal it. "Almost Truculent: The Rex Parker Story"

~RP

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