cover art by Harry Fisk
better image than previously posted
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October 1944 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto
October 1944 issue
cover art by Rafael DeSoto
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“A Sleight Case of Murder” (Jeffrey Wren) by G.T. Fleming-Roberts
“Thanks for the Lovely Funeral” (Bill Brent) by Frederick C. Davis
“A Corpse Grows in Brooklyn” (Insp. Allhoff) by D.L. Champion
“Pool of Death” by Henry Norton
“Pass the Bullets, Miranda” by Ken Lewis
“Typical Killer” by Julius Long
August 22, 1925 issue ~ cover art by John A. Coughlin
1951 Signet reissue ~ cover art by Warren King
The Moving Target x 13
THE FIRST LEW ARCHER
1949 Knopf hardcover – cover illustration by Bill English
first in the long-running and deservedly respected Lew Archer series by Kenneth Millar, aka Ross Macdonald. After using his father’s name as the pen name for this novel, he was forced by John D. MacDonald to alter it for future novels, and Ross Macdonald was born.
March 1950 Pocket paperback, first printing
cover painting by Harvey Kidder
British 1951 Cassell hardcover
1954 Pan reissue – cover by Sax
better image than previously posted
1959 Pocket reissue, third printing – cover art by Jerry Allison (owner’s copy)
1966 Fontana movie tie-in edition
1977 Bantam reissue – cover art by Mitchell Hooks
1984 Bantam reissue – cover art by James Marsh
1998 Vintage/Black Lizard reissue
1990 Warner edition – cover art by Gary Kelley (owner’s copy)
[updated 9/6/25, 8/27/26]
April 1950 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders
cover art by Norman Saunders
better image than previously posted
Robert Martin, “Sheath Your Claws, Hellcat” (Jim Bennett)
R.M.F. Jones, “Holiday for a Harpy”
Scott O’Hara, “Blood on the Midway”
Robert Turner, “It’s Time to Squirm”
John Bender, “Rock-a-Bye Killer”
Tedd Thomey, “All Burned Up”
Alvin Yudkoff, “Derelict’s Dereliction”
[updated 5/8/25]
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