New York: Harper and Row, 1965. First Edition. Basis for the Academy Award-winning 1967 Norman Jewison film starring Rod Steiger, Sidney Poitier and Warren Oates. Jacket design by Luiz Woods.
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1955 Coward McCann hardcover, Crescent Press in London the same year
her third novel, first of four she would write about the enigmatic and sociopathic Tom Ripley
first published in 1926 by Hodder & Stoughton
1960 Great Pan reissue
3rd with Detective Sergeant (later Inspector) Elk
cover art by Fred Craft
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~ Dwight V. Babcock, “Murder After Midnight”, ‘Al, bodyguard, 2nd story in series’, 4th of 21 stories in BM
~ W.T. Ballard, “Confessions Means Death”, 1st of 2 with radio host/”people’s pal” Jimmy DeHaven, 12th of 43 stories in BM
~ Clue Club, “Clue Club Mystery Story Contest”, ‘short-lived contest sponsored by Warner Bros & BM with prizes, etc.; not indexed beyond this issue’
~ George Harmon Coxe, “Casey – Detective”, 8th of 27 with Flashgun Casey, 8th of 31 stories in BM
~ Raymond Jae Moffatt, “Dunnigan of the Morning Call”, ‘cub reporter & cops’, 2nd of 2 stories in BM
~ Frederick L. Nebel, “It’s a Gag”, 29th of 37 with Captain Steve MacBride and local reporter Kennedy, reprinted in Too Young to Die: Complete Cases of MacBride & Kennedy, v.3 (Altus, 2013), 57 of 67 stories in BM
©Seattle Mystery Bookshop
1955 Popular Library paperback original
cover art by Rafael DeSoto
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1962 Belmont reissue as Jailbait Jungle
James Alfred Meese (American, 1917-1971)
cover of The Young and Violent by Marijane Meaker under the pseudonym Vin Packer (Gold Medal, 1956)
Oil on Masonite, 34-3/4 x 24 inches (88.3 x 61.0 cm)
Signed lower right: Meese
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