
cover art by Rafael DeSoto

cover art by Arnold Lorne Hicks
Hersey swastika: “The Symbol of Good Reading – A Hersey Magazine”

gouache composite illustration on board, 11″ by 17″
1951 Dell 1st edition thus
William Irish was one of the pen names used by Cornell Woolrich

the novelette was originally published as by Woolrich in the May 3, 1941


Killer’s Kiss (United Artists, 1955). Half Sheet (22″ X 28″). Film Noir. Starring Frank Silvera, Jamie Smith, Irene Kane, Ruth Sobotka, Mike Dana, Felice Orlandi, Ralph Roberts and Phil Stevenson. Directed by Stanley Kubrick.

Time to step up. Possible study for an unknown pulp cover. Mixed media, including watercolor, gouache, graphite, and glaze on onion skin paper mounted to board. 335×198 mm; 13 1/4×7 3/4 inches, mounted to 13 3/4×8 3/4-inch board. Signed “Meese” at lower right.
1961 Gold Medal paperback original with final, finished cover

better image than previously posted