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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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Day: July 29, 2025

1947 Dell mapback – cover art by Gerald Gregg

1947 Dell mapback

cover art by Gerald Gregg

better image than previously posted

map by Ruth Belew

Posted on July 29, 2025July 13, 2025Categories mystery, paperback, pulpTags baynard h. kendrick, dell mapback, gerald gregg, ruth belewLeave a comment on 1947 Dell mapback – cover art by Gerald Gregg

1945 Pocket reissue

1945 Pocket reissue

the book where Lord Peter Wimsey meets mystery writer Harriet Vane and falls in love

November 01, 2013

Posted on July 29, 2025July 13, 2025Categories mystery, paperback, pulp, whodunnitTags dorothy l. sayers, golden age mystery, harriet vane, lord peter wimsey, poison, skull and crossbonesLeave a comment on 1945 Pocket reissue

May-June 1952 issue

May-June 1952 issue

November 03, 2013

Posted on July 29, 2025July 13, 2025Categories crime comic, gangster, Hardboiled, pulpTags crime detective comicsLeave a comment on May-June 1952 issue

1954 Popular Library edition

1954 Popular Library edition

rear cover

Posted on July 29, 2025July 13, 2025Categories paperback, pulpTags cad, jack willard, noir, popular libraryLeave a comment on 1954 Popular Library edition

November 1931 issue ~ cover art by John Drew

November 1931

cover art by John Drew

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 29, 2025July 13, 2025Categories magazine, mystery, pulpTags flapper, illustrated detective magazine, john drewLeave a comment on November 1931 issue ~ cover art by John Drew

1954 Lion paperback original – cover art by George Geygan

1954 Lion paperback original

cover art by George Geygan

1962 Lancer “2 for 1” reissue – top half of front cover of paperback

Posted on July 29, 2025July 13, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags dame, day keene, george geygan, lancer paperback, lion paperback, noirLeave a comment on 1954 Lion paperback original – cover art by George Geygan
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