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BonnettsBooks

5/29/24 — Open 6-9p Mask recommended. No open drinks, please.

By request, a little flashback to a 1966 newspaper article about the shop. This story mentions Dad (Walter Bonnett) too, so – early Happy Father's Day!

We've got great Father's Day Gift ideas on hand for all types of Dads!

#BonnettsBooks #DaytonOhio #BrickAndMortar #Since1939 #WorldsOldestComicShop #Comics #ComicBooks #FirstIssues #KeyIssues #GoldenAgeComics #GAComics #UsedBookStore #VintagePaperbacks
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From page 20 of the JOURNAL HERALD, Wednesday, April 27, 1966 in Dayton, Ohio; Staff Photo by Ed Johnsey. "Harold Bonnett Displays Collector's Items. ... Prices of original comic books up in the sky, too." A black and white photo of my grandfather in front of a rack of paperbacks in our family shop, Bonnett's Bookstore. He's holding four old comics fanned out. The comics are: BAT MAN № 1, SUPERMAN № 1, FLASH COMICS № 1, & WALT DISNEY COMICS and Stories № 1.
[article text carefully edited for length] "10 Cents Worth Of Batman Will Bring You $75 Now" by Tim Bleck, Journal Herald staff Writer. Look. Up in the sky. It's a bird. It's a plane. It's the price of old comic books. For the price of a small set of encyclopedias you can purchase the 26-year-old original version -volume I, number one of the adventures of Batman at Bonnett's book store, 502 East Fifth street. Well, maybe you can. "We don't really want to sell it," said Walter Bonnett, son of proprietor Harold Bonneft. They have a volume I, number one of "The Complete Story of the Daring Exploits of the One and Only Superman," too. That dates to 1939 and sells for $60. The original Walt Disney comic (1940), with Donald Duck on the cover, is available for $30. "We've got quite a few $10 ones. That's about as much as most people will go," said Harold Bonnett. "I've been here over 30 years and built up quite a collection. This comic book collection craze started about 10 years ago, I guess." When his son returned from the service a year ago, he began exploring his father's gold mine and answering the requests, mostly from out of town, from collectors. "Right now the hot thing is Marvel Comics" said Harold. "This is the age of super-heroes I guess. And Marvel has them-the Fantastic Four, Thor and Captain America.
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BonnettsBooks

5/21/24 — Open 6-9p Mask recommended. No open drinks, please.

Sex & relationship advice in the 1970s was vastly superior to that of the '50s, which were better than the '30s... We should know. We've been here the whole time!
These seem a little mansplain-ish by today's standards, & probably so. Still useful, though. Maybe good for laughs!

#BonnettsBooks #DaytonOhio #BrickAndMortar #UsedBookStore #VintagePaperbacks
#TuesdayTwosome #RobertChartham #AdviceToMen #AdviceToWomen #TheSensuousCouple

A composite image of two photos, each a Signet paperback book by Robert Chartham, author of "The Sensuous Couple." Advice to Men/Advice to Women. What every man/woman should know about his/her sensuous woman/man. These books are nearly identical except for their gendered perspective; "Men" has a red cover, "Women" has a pink cover.
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BonnettsBooks

5/18/24 — Open 6-9p Mask recommended. No open drinks, please.

There's a pleasure in reading a rough old pulp paperback. Will new books, with generic graphics on "immortal" acid-free paper catch the interest of a reader 3 or 4 generations hence?

Older books instantly transport a reader into their stories. Texture makes the world feel real, organic, and lived-in, the art gives you a clue what's in store, & they absolutely grab your attention!

Two vintage paperbacks, showing their age in creases and scratches. He Hunted a Money-mad Killer! The Case of the MEXICAN KNIFE (aka THE STREET OF THE CRYING WOMAN) by GEOFFREY HOMES. A BANTAM BOOK. Complete and Unabridged. Cover is a painting of the head and shoulders of a red-haired man in a green suit jacket, seen from behind. Another man's arm, tattooed "CORTEZ", is about to plunge a narrow dagger into the suited man's back. SIGNET Books. The exciting new book by Irwin Shaw, author of THE YOUNG LIONS. Memorable stories of love, intrigue and illusion Now a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production starring Robert Taylor and Dorothy Malone co-starring Gia Scala. Tip on a Dead Jockey, and other stories. A SIGNET BOOK Complete and Unabridged. Near the top of a line illustration in white. against sky blue and purple tarmac, of two men running from a parked twin-engine airplane. Across the lower cover is a black & white photo from the film, the cast seemingly watching a horse race from the grandstands.
#BonnettsBooks#UsedBookStore#VintagePaperbacks
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BonnettsBooks

4/23/24 — Open 6-9p Mask recommended. No open drinks, please.

It's insect season. Some are good, some aren't. These will help you know the difference. You might look the bugs up on your phone; but real books are better... You can swat the bad bugs with an old book. Try that with your phone and you could be out a few hundred bucks!

#BonnettsBooks #DaytonOhio #BrickAndMortar #UsedBookStore #GoldenGuides #GoldenBooks #Insects #PestControl #VintagePaperbacks

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A composite image of 3 books about insects, arranged side by side and overlayed on a motion-blurred background. The first two books are the classic Golden Nature Guides: Insects and Insect Pests; the third is Simon and Schuster's Guide to Insects. The Golden books both appear to have seen better days, each sporting creased covers and worn edges from decades of use; and the cover of Pests is considerably sun-faded. The last book is newer and in much better condition.
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BonnettsBooks

4/12/24 — Open 6-9p Mask recommended. No open drinks, please.

New to our Biographies... In '72 Hughes' Corp. built the Glomar Explorer mining/salvage vessel. To build it, a giant crane barge was made by Sun Shipbuilding. It was all a CIA cover, to recover a wrecked Soviet sub. That crane, the Chesapeake 1000, still works today at the MV Dali-shipwrecked Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore, MD.

#BonnettsBooks #DaytonOhio #VintagePaperbacks #HowardHughes
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A composite image of 2 paperback books, side by side. On the left: NOW IT CAN BE TOLD. "The Real HOWARD HUGHES Story: His Life and Death 1905-1976" by NELSON C. MADDEN. A bold red tabloid-style banner holds the white-lettered title above a small black and white bust portrait photo of Hughes. On the right: A CLOSEUP VIEW OF THE WORLD'S RICHEST RECLUSE. "I CAUGHT FLIES FOR HOWARD HUGHES – THE FIRST INTIMATE PORTRAIT OF THE BIZARRE BILLIONAIRE" BY RON KISTLER, A PERSONAL AIDE TO HUGHES FOR THREE YEARS. A close-up illustration of a greying bearded man's face with a fly on his nose, eyes crossed to see the bug, a look of magic annoyance on his face.
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BonnettsBooks

4/6/24 — Open 6-9p Mask recommended. No open drinks, please.

If "The Spirit of '76" makes you think of Will Eisner instead of America's birthday, you might be a pulp fan.
When you hear "Psycho" and think of Robert Bloch instead of an ex, you might be a pulp fan.
Will Eisner's Spirit Casebook 1: True Haunted Houses & Ghosts (1976, 1st print, 1st ed).
Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper (1962, 1st/1st).

#BonnettsBooks #DaytonOhio #WillEisner #RobertBloch #VintagePaperbacks
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A composite photo of 2 vintage paperback books. On the left is Will EISNER'S Spirit CASEBOOK 1. TRUE HAUNTED HOUSES & GHOSTS. DOCUMENTED CASE HISTORIES ASSEMBLED FOR YOUR FRIGHT AND ENJOYMENT BY THE GREAT CRIMEFIGHTER. A small tabbed manila folder in the upper left contains the title and a drawing of The Spirit, a detective character created by Will Eisner that began in 1940. The subtitle fills the top half of the cover with ghostly lettering. The lower half features a buxom blonde ghost in a white gown, with a look of terror on her face, flying above a stone parapet at night. A rickety wooden house is visible in the background. The woman's hands appear to have been severed, blood staining the ends of the gown's long sleeves. Cover & interior art by Will Eisner. 1976. On the right is Yours truly, JACK the Ripper. TALES OF HORROR by ROBERT BLOCH, author of PSYCHO. L92-527 Belmont 50¢. The text appears as roughly brushed lettering on a very old brick wall. 1962.
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BonnettsBooks

10/16/23 Open 6-9p. No open containers, please.

Cryptic books from the cobwebbed stacks in the dark secret vault of the hidden cellar in the deepest chamber of the dank tunnels and haunted passages beneath the innocent looking bookshop named BONNETT'S. What more waits for you? Do you dare enter to examine the tomes of a forgotten age?

#BonnettsBooks #DaytonOhio #BrickAndMortar #UsedBookStore #VintagePaperbacks #StrangeStories #Prophesies #Nostradamus #PsychicPowers
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The World's Strangest Stories, Compiled by the editors of Fate Magazine. A bright red cover with white titling and black illustration. In the upper left corner is a line drawing of an exploding dirigible with blowing smoke and large flames. Below it are three people descending by parachute. In the bottom right foreground, observing the disaster, are three men wearing suits and hats in silhouette. The man in the left holds a clipboard. The center man has a briefcase. The man in the right is wearing a trenchcoat and has a camera around his neck. ——— THE PROPHESIES OF NOSTRADAMUS. A flocked black felt cover with gold embossed lettering. ——— The Llewellyn Practical Guide to the Development of Psychic Powers by Melita Denning and Osborne Phillips. A full cover photo of woman with long black hair and slightly arched eyebrows standing in a wooded area wearing jeans, a thin gold necklace, and a loose red blouse with puffy sleeves. She's behind and holding onto a skinny, crooked tree it vine with her right hand at about neck height. Her left elbow is leaning against the tree at forehead height, the back of her wrist against her head, palm facing forward. She's looks mysterious, staring directly at the camera.
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BonnettsBooks

10/7/23 Open 6-9p. No open containers, please.

Tonight's Vampire Ball at Next Door Lounge has inspired today's post. But, who can think of vampires without also conjuring werewolves? The King book is illustrated throughout by horror art icon, Berni Wrightson!

These 2 terrifying tomes are available here, now!

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#DaytonOhio #UsedBookStore #VintagePaperbacks #JohnSteakley #Vampire$ #Vampires #StephenKing #CycleOfTheWerewolf #BerniWrightson
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A composite photo of 2 paperback books. Each cover black with pink and orange highlights. ——— On the left is: A RAZOR SHARP FANTASY THRILLER OF MODERN-DAY VAMPIRES AND THE MEN WHO HUNT THEM. VAMPIRES  [A dollar symbol is used in the title in place of the letter "S" in the Victorian/Western stylized titling.] A NOVEL BY JOHN STEAKLEY, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ARMOR ROC A lonely rural farm spread is silhouetted against a partly cloudy dusk sky in shades of pink with a hint of orange near the horizon. Title text is blue with a pink outline. Author name is in pink. Other lettering is in white and grey. ——— On the right is: SIGNET•451-XE2111•(CANADA $9.95)•U.S. $8.95. STEPHEN KING CYCLE OF THE WEREWOLF ILLUSTRATIONS BY BERNI WRIGHTSON The bust of an open-mouthed brown werewolf, highlighted with yellow and shadowed with black, is visible holding aside a gap in trees or shrubs which could be mistaken for a gap in fog or horizontal slash of claws. The background through the gap is pink with hints of orange. ###
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BonnettsBooks

10/3/23 Open 6-9p. No open containers, please.

A few days ago I shared a 6 vol serial novel from Fawcett in '97. This is the set that inspired it, from Signet in '96. Note, the first vol of this 1st ed, 1st print set is embossed in silver. Later printings were embossed, but plain white. The other volumes are not embossed. This set is available here, now!

#BonnettsBooks #DaytonOhio #BrickAndMortar #UsedBookStore #StephenKing #TheGreenMile #1stEdition1stPrinting #VintagePaperbacks
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A composite photo of all six books of Stephen King's "The Green Mile" serialized novel, as follows: 1) "The Two Dead Girls" - The serial thriller begins. A silhouette of an old prison. This edition of this volume has the author's name embossed with silver metallic letters. 2) "The Mouse on the Mile" - The serial thriller continues. An old prisoner transport truck drives along a lonely road. 3) "Coffey's Hands" - The serial thriller continues. A man's long shadow ominously covers a medium-sized dog house with an empty leash hanging from it's doorway. 4) "The Bad Death of Edward Delacroix" - The serial thriller continues. A cropped close-up of a man's face, showing only his nose, right eye, and corresponding cheekbone in front of the long shadow of an electric chair. 5) "Night Journey" - The serial thriller continues. A nice small house at night with a single room illuminated from within. 6) "Coffey on the Mile" - The serial thriller concludes. A close-up of a man's hand, palm up, thumb raised, with a white mouse inside.
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BonnettsBooks

7/13/23 - Schedule Update / Bonus Post

The shop will be closed Tuesday through Friday next week (July 18th - 21st, 2023). I need to get some dusty, sweaty work done–which doesn't mix well with the customer service aspect of retail. Stop in Tomorrow, Saturday, or Monday if you can't wait until next Saturday. Closed Sunday, as usual. Hope to see you soon!

#DaytonOhio #VintagePaperbacks #BrickAndMortar #UsedBookStore #ShopSmall #IndieShop #SmallBusiness @bookstodon

Six old paperback books, each solid and readable, all in good condition with varying states of wear. Each has an enticing cover meant to tempt readers and illustrate a portion of their contents. Dell 2206, 50¢ — "Earthmen & Strangers", Robert Silverberg, ed., Feat. Poul Anderson, Isaac Asimov, Algis Budrys, Arthur C. Clarke, Harlan Ellison, Randall Garrett, Damon Knight, Eric Frank Russell, and Robert Silverberg. Lancer Books 73-550, 60¢ — Richard Wilson's "The Girls from Planet 5" – When the beautiful invaders took over, only Texans fought back! A 'different' science-fiction novel. Monarch Books 392, 40¢ — James Kendricks' "Beyond Our Pleasure" – Temptation and sin in the suburbs. Timescape Fantasy 83451•7, $2.75 — William Barnwell's "The Sigma Curve" — The stunning conclusion to 'The Blessing Trilogy.' Cover art by Carl Lundgren, 1981. MB 75-407, 75¢ — John E. Muller's "Day of the Beasts" – Earth was paralyzed by the attack of the beats–and helpless to fight their masters on a different star. Ace Books 66900, 50¢ — Planet of Adventure #2, Jack Vance's "Servants of the Wankh" – Quest across the planet Tschai—for freedom...or death?
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My entire #vintage Shirley Jackson #paperback collection. The Popular Library with the fancy font (& art by William Teason, I think) is the series I had been missing one from, UNTIL NOW. The others are miscellaneous vintage paperbacks I've collected, including two rare ones (The Corgi HILL HOUSE & the golden cat CASTLE one.)

#paperbacks #PaperbacksFromHell #VintagePaperbacks #bibliophile #BookCollector #ShirleyJackson #collection #books @bookstodon #horror #HorrorBooks #WilliamTeason

Popular Library editions of 11 Shirley Jackson books with her name in a fancy font and fantastic artwork (I think from William Teason but I may be wrong)
10 miscellaneous editions of Shirley Jackson paperbacks
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