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cover art by H.J. Ward
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oil on canvas, 30 x 21 in
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then used on August 1949 10-Story Detective Magazine
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gouache on illustration board, 12.5″x18″
1958 Simon and Schuster hardcover as The Last Gamble
1959 Dell paperback reissue with new title
8th with lawyer/sleuth Scott Jordan
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