The Long Wait x 13 + 1

1951 Dutton first edition hardcover

Spillane’s 5th book, first without Hammer

1953 Arthur Barker hardcover from the UK

May 1952 Signet paperback, first printing – cover art by Lu Kimmel

better image than previously posted

1952 Signet paperback, later printing – cover art by Barye Phillips

better image than previously posted

1954 movie poster

1955 Signet reissue

1958 Dragon reissue in the UK

1960 Signet reissue – cover art by James Avati

British 1960 Corgi reissue – cover art by John A. Richards

1963 Corgi reissue from the UK

1964 Signet, 31st print

1970 Corgi reissue from the UK

undated Signet reissue

1979 Signet reissue

I’ll Bury My Dead x 8

UK 1953 Hale hardcover

1954 Dutton hardcover

Canadian undated (1954?) Harlequin reissue

US 1954 Harlequin reissue

1955 Signet reissue

cover art by George Erickson

better image than previously posted

undated, later, Signet reissue

UK 1968 Panther reissue

UK 1979 Corgi reissue

The Case of the Lucky Legs x 19 + 1

`1934 Morrow hardcover, Gardner’s third Perry Mason mystery novel

1935 First National picture – Warren William as Perry Mason

1941 Pocket reissue – cover art by Pierre Martinot

1945 World Publishing/Tower edition

Feature Books #49 Perry Mason (David McKay, 1946) Condition: VG+. Perry Mason in “The Case of the Lucky Legs.” Vernon Greene art

1947 Pocket reissue

1951 Pocket reissue

1952 Morrow Collector’s Edition hardcover reissue – cover by Charles Lofgren

1953 Guild reissue from the UK

1956 Pocket reissue

better image than previously posted

1959 Cardinal reissue – cover art by John Fernie

1960 Great Pan reissue from the UK – cover art by Sam Peffer

better image than previously posted

1962 Brazilian reissue

1963 Consul reissue from the UK

1960s Consul reissue

1967 Pocket reissue

1967 Sphere reissue from the UK – cover illustration by Bill Botten

1973 Pocket reissue

1990 Ballantine reissue

2015 Ankerwycke reissue

The Case of the Grinning Gorilla x 13 + 1

1952 Morrow hardcover

1953 French edition

1958 Heinemann hardcover edition in the UK

1956 Pocket reissue – cover design by Milton Herder

cover photo of Suzy Parker

1961 Great Pan reissue – cover art by Pat Owen

April 29, 1965 title card for CBS episode

1966 Pocket reissue

1966 Pan reissue

1968 Ballantine reissue

1969 German edition

cover art by Darcy reused from Demars paperback

1969 Mayflower reissue

1973 Pocket reissue

1973 Mayflower reissue from the UK

1974 Heinemann hardcover reissue

Cats Prowl at Night x 9

1943 William Morrow and Co., first edition

1949 Dell mapback – cover art by Gerald Gregg

1956 Dell reissue

1961 Corgi reissue from Australia

1961 Dell reissue – cover art by Robert McGinnis

1967 Four Square UK reissue

March 1968 Dell reissue

1975 Dell reissue

1991 Avon reissue

The Real Gone Goose x 5

1959 Doubleday hardcover in the US – dust jacket designed by Margot Tomes

1959 American Mercury digest – cover art by Dick Shelton

1960 Boardman hardcover in the UK – cover art by Denis McLoughlin

1960 Perma Books reissue

cover art by Harry Bennett

later Consul issue from the UK

pseudonym of Aaron Marc Stein

30th with Inspector Schmidt, head of the Manhattan Homicide Squad

The Satan Bug x 12

1961 Collins hardcover, true first with original title – cover designed by Pino Dell-Orco

1962 Collins hardcover, 2nd printing

1962 Scribners hardcover in the US

1963 Fontana reissue

1963 Popular Library reissue, a paperback original in the US

the back of the book gave away the author’s true name

1964 Fontana reissue

1968 Fontana reissue – cover art by Renato Fratini

1970 Fawcett reissue – cover art by Bill Johnson

1973 Fontana reissue

1974 Fontana reissue

1978 Fawcett reissue

2008 Sterling reissue