Day: April 5, 2024

cover art by Mitchell Hooks

“The Marvelous Boy.” Cover art for the book of the same name by Peter Corris, published by Fawcett in 1982. Acrylic on board. 533×305 mm; 21×12 inches, on 22 3/4×15-inch board. Signed “Hooks” in lower right image.

3rd (of 42) in the long-running private eye series [owner’s copy]

October 1937 issue ~ cover art by Malvin Singer

October 1937 issue

cover art by Malvin Singer

Carroll John Daly, “Anyone’s Corpse” (Race Williams)

T.T. Flynn, “Burning Ice”

Fred MacIsaac, “Fall-Guy” (Rambler Murphy)

John Lawrence, “Escape Mechanism (Marquis of Broadway)

Cornell Woolrich, “Stuck with Murder”

Donald S. Aitken, “Two Heels Too Many” (Det. Pope)

[updated 11/13/25]

1944 Paramount poster

Double Indemnity (Paramount, 1944). Very Fine on Linen. One Sheet (27″ X 41″).
A film noir classic, insurance man Fred MacMurray has an affair with married Barbara Stanwyck and soon finds himself embroiled in a murder and insurance fraud scheme. The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Actress (Stanwyck), Best Director (Billy Wilder), and Best Picture.