Just found a small cache of Vintage Science Fiction, some H Beam Piper titles; I think these are from the 80's reprints, not the originals. Ace bought the copyrights from his estate, and reprints were supposedly an important part of their revenue stream for many years.
From his "Federation" Future history Series:
Four Day Planet and Lone Star Planet (340 pages) (Copyright 1961, 1st Ace Printing 1979) ($2.25)
Space Viking (243 pages) (1963 Ace Copyright) ($1.50)
There are at least two other titles in the series, plus the Little Fuzzy books. What is most interesting is how short these classic Space Opera's are. Space Viking could be stretched to at least a trilogy with six times the page count, but manages to tell a satisfactory story in a very efficient manner.
The "Paratime" Alternate Earth series:
Paratime (1981) ($2.25)
Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen (249 pages) (1965 Copyright) ($1.50)
Great Kings War by Roland Green and John F. Carr (357 pages) (March 1985) ($2.95)
Paratime and Lord Kalvan are some of the ur-series of Alternate Earths; Again, very compact and efficient story telling, even then the pressure to expand a successful series is present with Great Kings War, I believe 1985 is the original publication date.
And of course the rising prices, remember this is during the Reagan Administration, when the Minimum Wage was stuck at $3.25 and hour.
