
cover art by Dalton Stevens
better image than previously posted

better image than previously posted
cover art by O.K. Uzzell
~ John Nicholas Beffel, “Finger-Prints”, ‘article – can fingerprints be forged?; this prompts answer from Dashiell Hammett’, June 1925 issue, author’s sole appearance in BM
~ Erle Stanley Gardner, “Painless Extraction”, 3rd of 10, ‘Bob Larkin in Mexico’, 6th of 99 stories in BM
~ Dashiell Hammett, “The Scorched Face”, ‘the Op, called here ‘The Continental Sleuth’ by ed.’, [11th of 22], 16th of 45 stories in BM
~ Lillian W. Keenan, “The Lost Glove Needle”, ‘described as ‘shrewd detective work’”, author’s sole appearance in BM
~ C.S. Montanye (Carleton Stevens), “An Adventure in Diamonds”, 9th of 10 with ‘Captain Valentine, that ‘attractive European scalawag’, adventurer and rascal’, 25th of 29 stories in BM
~ Charles Somerville, “The Tracking of a Fiend”, 40th of 47 articles in the ‘Manhunter’ series, 41st of 49 total articles in BM
~ J. Paul Suter, “The Uncomfortable Buddha”, 5th of 15 stories with The Reverend McGregor Daunt, ‘clergyman by profession and detective by choice’, 8th of 19 appearances in BM
~ L. King Tichenor, “A Thousand Dollar Bill”, 1st of 5 stories in BM
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1955 Knickerbocker toy
package’s back includes a “Dragnet Identity Card” with spots for your photo and finger print! — as well as a note to kids from Jack Webb!

American Gangster & Other Lot (Universal, 2007). Rolled, Overall: Very Fine+. One Sheets (2) (27″ X 40″) DS Regular. Crime

1955 film noir directed by Charles Laughton – his only direction
screenplay by James Agee, adapted from the 1953 novel by David Grubb