September 15, 1933 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

September 15, 1933 issue

cover art by William Reusswig

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Frederick Nebel, “Murder & Co.” (Cardigan)

Frederick C. Davis, “Carrion Cargo” (Eliot Knox)

Erle Stanley Gardner, “Snatch as Snatch Can” (Paul Pry)

Ralph Oppenheim, “Brand of the Beast” (Glen Kelsey, PI)

6 x Give ‘Em the Ax


1944 Morrow hardcover

9th with private eye team Bertha Cool and Donald Lam

1950 Dell mapback

August 1950 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

published in 1951 by Heinemann in London as An Axe to Grind. this the 1960 Australian edition by Horowitz

1958 Dell reissue

1962 Dell reissue

cover art by Harry Bennett

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The Venus Death x 3

1953 Mill hardcover

cover art by Isabel Dawson

1st of 7 books in his series with Massachusetts State Trooper Ralph Lindsay

1954 Bantam reissue

cover art by Mitchell Hooks

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1953 Presses de la Cité, French paperback edition

Texas by the Tail X 4

1965 Gold Medal paperback original

cover art by Barye Phillips

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1992 Xanadu trade paper reissue from the UK

1994 Vintage Crime/Black Lizard reissue

2012 Mulholland reissue