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For the Fans of Hardboiled, Pulp & Gumshoe Art

Back in 2013, our tumblr site was started and ran until 2018, when they decided it was too "adult" - too lurid, supposedly. We followed the exodus to newtumbl and four years of dedication vanished in June of 2023. That work was not only new posts but upgrades of hundreds of old tumblr posts as well. So far, there has been no way to rescue those posts, so this will be the third version of this project. And, I'll warn you in advance, I may slip in covers that are not crime or mystery but just because I like the artwork. Enjoy!

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Rough on Rats x 3

1942 Morrow hardcover as Rough on Rats

1942 Larkin, Roosevelt and Larkin digest # 1

1951 Signet paperback reissue

better image than previously posted

cover art by Rudy Nappi

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 18, 2026May 19, 2026Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags signet paperback, william francisLeave a comment on Rough on Rats x 3

Mafia x 4

1952 Random House hardcover

1954 Signet paperback reissue – cover by James Avati

1958 Signet reissue, 2nd print

1964 Signet reissue

Posted on June 18, 2026May 19, 2026Categories digest, hardcover, paperback, pulp, true crimeTags black hand, ed reid, james avati, random house hardcover, signet paperbackLeave a comment on Mafia x 4

The Big Water x 2

1953 Collins hardcover in the UK, Viking in the US


pseudonym of Harry Wilcox

1955 Perma paperback

cover art by James Meese

January 25, 2014

Posted on June 17, 2026May 19, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, hardcover, paperbackTags james meese, jungle fiction, lugar, mark derby, perma paperback, viking hardcoverLeave a comment on The Big Water x 2

The Nightwalkers x 3

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1956.

1957 Little Brown hardcover

1958 Signet paperback reissue

cover art by Robert Schulz

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 17, 2026May 19, 2026Categories british pulp, hardcover, paperback, pulpTags beverley cross, little brown, lugar, paris fiction, robert schulz, rupert hart-davis hardcover, signet paperbackLeave a comment on The Nightwalkers x 3

Call Her Savage x 5

Call Her Savage (1931) New York: Claude Kendall, endpapers below

1932, Photoplay edition, Grosset & Dunlap, New York

1942 Avon softcover #14

1952 Avon reissue

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 17, 2026May 19, 2026Categories Hardboiled, hardcover, paperback, pulp, spicyTags avon paperback, clara bow, claude kendall, grosset & dunlap, lloyd coe, photoplayLeave a comment on Call Her Savage x 5

January 19, 1929 issue ~ cover art by John A. Coughlin

January 19, 1929

cover art by John A. Coughlin

Posted on June 16, 2026May 19, 2026Categories crime fiction, magazine, mystery, pulpTags a.e. apple, demon, detective story magazine, john a. coughlin, judson p. philips, tuxLeave a comment on January 19, 1929 issue ~ cover art by John A. Coughlin

September 1930 issue

September 1930

January 28, 2014

Posted on June 16, 2026May 19, 2026Categories crime fiction, magazine, mystery, pulpTags scotland yard magazineLeave a comment on September 1930 issue

February 1933 issue

February 1933

Posted on June 16, 2026May 19, 2026Categories Hardboiled, pulp, magazine, mystery, crime fictionTags erle stanley gardner, woman with a gun, rapid-fire detective storiesLeave a comment on February 1933 issue

May 1929 issue

May 1929

Posted on June 16, 2026May 19, 2026Categories magazine, pulp, spicyTags artists and model storiesLeave a comment on May 1929 issue

The Soft Arms of Death x 2

1955 Gold Medal paperback original

cover art by James Meese

better image than previously posted

2013 Black Curtain reissue

Posted on June 16, 2026May 18, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulp, spicyTags black curtain press, dame, femme fatale, gold medal paperback, james meese, richard haywardLeave a comment on The Soft Arms of Death x 2

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