Category: australian pulp

1952 Gold Medal paperback original – cover art by Barye Phillips

1952 Gold Medal paperback original

cover art by Barye Phillips

first of two uses of this joint pen name of Davis Dresser (aka Brett Halliday) and Walter Ryerson Johnson

1952 Phantom paperback original from Australia

The Underground Man x 11

1971 Knopf hardcover, first edition – cover design by Hal Seigel (owner’s copy)

London: Collins Crime Club, 1971. First UK Edition. The 16th novel in the Lew Archer series.

1973 Fontana UK reissue

1974 Bantam reissue

1979 Bantam reissue – cover art by Mitchell Hooks

1989 Fontana UK reissue

1992 Warner reissue – cover art by Gary Kelley

1996 Vintage/Black Lizard reissue

Australian 2012 Penguin reissue

Australian 2024 Penguin reissue

The New Yorker, March 3, 2025

[post updated 8/20/26]

Whittington and more

1950 Handi-Book digest original

cover art by George Gross

undated Australian edition

1960 Berkley Diamond reissue

cover art by Darcy (Ernest Chiriacka)

1963 Beacon paperback original with updated artwork

Blonde on the Rocks x 4 + 1

1963 Horwitz first printing

1964 Horwitz International reissue

cover art by Robert McGinnis

Gouache on board, 22 x 15 inches (55.9 x 38.1 cm)
Signed lower center right: R. M.Ginnis

1963 Signet first printing

1971 Signet reissue, third printing

cover art by Robert McGinnis

[updated 11/5/25, 3/29/26]