
1961 Dell reissue – cover art by Robert Abbett


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



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


1970 Corgi reissue from the UK

undated Signet reissue




Canadian undated (1954?) Harlequin reissue


cover art by George Erickson
better image than previously posted

undated, later, Signet reissue



`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



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

1953 Guild reissue from the UK

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


1963 Consul reissue from the UK



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






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




cover art by Darcy reused from Demars paperback



1973 Mayflower reissue from the UK


1943 William Morrow and Co., first edition

1949 Dell mapback – cover art by Gerald Gregg


1961 Corgi reissue from Australia

1961 Dell reissue – cover art by Robert McGinnis





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

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

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 Popular Library reissue, a paperback original in the US
the back of the book gave away the author’s true name



1968 Fontana reissue – cover art by Renato Fratini

1970 Fawcett reissue – cover art by Bill Johnson



