1958 Avon paperback original – cover art by Robert Maguire
1958 Sphere UK paperback original with new title
republished in 1968 by Walker as A Whiff of Death
undated Lancer reissue from the 70s
The Death Dealers x 9
Category: british pulp
Dealing out Death x 4
3rd novel with Hollywood trouble-shooter Bill Lennox who works for the General Consolidated Studios
better image than previously posted
1954 Graphic reissue – cover art by Walter Popp
1958 Banner reissue in the UK – cover art by Stanley Borack
Pass the Gravy x 7
1959 Morrow US first edition
1960 Heinemann UK first edition
1961 Corgi reissue from the UK
1962 Pocket reissue, cover art by Harry Bennett
1963 Corgi reissue from the UK
1964 Pocket reissue, 3rd print
Hate Alley x 2 + 1
Ace Double-Size Books D-214, 1957 – cover art by Samson Pollen
1957 Digit edition from the UK
cover art by Darcy repurposed for 1959 Avon edition
The Gallows in My Garden x 3
1952 Rinehart hardcover, this the later 1953 Dell paperback
cover art by Robert Hilbert
his first published novel
first with series detective Manville “Manny” Moon who operated with one artificial leg
cover art by Denis McLoughlin
January 15, 1934 British edition ~ cover art by James Nivison McArdle
January 15, 1934 British edition
cover art by James Nivison McArdle – same as the US edition
contains all but two of the US edition’s stories
Playback x 24
1958 Hamish Hamilton, true 1st edition
1958 Houghton Mifflin hardcover
1959 Brazilian edition in Portuguese
1960 Cardinal reissue – cover art by William Rose
better image than previously posted
1961 Australian edition from Horwitz – cover art by Theo Batten
1965 British edition – cover design by Alan Spain
1968 Pyramid reissue – cover art by Joseph Lombardero
1975 Penguin edition – cover design by James Tormey
1977 Ballantine reissue, 1st print (owner’s copy) – cover art by Richard Waldrep
later 1977 Ballantine reissue – cover art by Richard Waldrep
1979 Pan/Macmillan reissue – cover photo by Peter Williams
late 8os UK Penguin reissue
1999 Scandinavian edition (unsure of country)
2004 French graphic novel edition
[updated 3/8/26]
The Long Goodbye x 17
1953 Hammish Hamilton UK hardcover, the true first edition of this novel
1954 Houghton Mifflin hardcover, first US edition – (owner’s copy)
cover illustration by Lorraine
final Marlowe novel, an American classic and winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel
1954 Hammish Hamilton book club edition
August 1955 Pocket reissue, 2nd printing – (owner’s copy)
cover art by Tom Dunn
1964 Pocket reissue – cover art by Harry Bennett
1971 Ballantine reissue – cover art by Richard Waldrep
1971 Penguin UK reissue – cover design by James Tormey
1972 Ballantine reissue – cover art by Tom Adams (owner’s copy)
1973 Ballantine movie tie-in reissue (owner’s copy)
1979 Pan/Macmillan reissue – cover photo by Richard Williams
1988 UK Vintage/Black Lizard reissue
1988 Vintage/Black Lizard reissue
1988 Vintage/Black Lizard reissue
The Little Sister x 15
1949 Hamish Hamilton UK hardcover, the true first by three months – cover art by C.W. Bacon
1949 Houghton Mifflin hc, 1st edition – cover art by Boris Artzybasheff (owner’s copy)
1949 Pocket reissue – cover art by James Neil Boyle
1950 Pocket reissue – cover art by William Shoyer (owner’s copy)
1957 Pocket reissue – cover art by Charles Binger
1971 Ballantine reissue – cover art by Tom Adams (owner’s copy)
1976 Ballantine reissue, 3rd print – cover art by Richard Waldrep (owner’s copy)
1979 Pan/Macmillan reissue – cover photo by Colin Thomas
1988 Vintage/ Black Lizard reissue
The Lady in the Lake x 14
1946 Pocket reissue – cover art by Tom Dunn
1959 Cardinal reissue – cover art by Morgan Kane
1971 Ballantine reissue – cover art by Tom Adams (owner’s copy)
1976 Vintage reissue – cover art by Richard Waldrep (owner’s copy)
1979 Penguin UK reissue – cover by James Tormey
1979 Pan/Macmillan reissue – cover photo by Peter Williams
1988 Vintage/Black Lizard reissue
2010 Penguin Classics UK reissue
SMB Noir 
