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Category: british pulp

1951 Archer paperback original – cover art by Reginald Heade

pseudonym of Thomas Charles Packham Webb

1951 Archer paperback original, his 2nd of 3 paperbacks

cover art by Reginald Heade

Posted on September 15, 2025August 27, 2025Categories british pulp, finest kind, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags archer paperback, dame, femme fatale, reginald heade, tony angelo, woman with a gunLeave a comment on 1951 Archer paperback original – cover art by Reginald Heade

Syndicate Girl + 1

1958 Dell paperback original

cover art by Robert McGinis

1960 WDL paperback original from Britain

cover art by Edgar Hodges based on the McGinnis

Posted on September 14, 2025August 27, 2025Categories british pulp, crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, original art, paperback, pulpTags dell paperback, edgar hodges, erle stanley gardner, frank kane, perry mason, robert mcginnis, WDL paperbackLeave a comment on Syndicate Girl + 1

1939 Coward-McCann hardcover

1939 Coward-McCann hardcover

cover designed by Clayton Rawson, magician and mystery writer

1950 Boardman UK hardcover

cover art by Dennis McLoughlin

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 13, 2025August 27, 2025Categories british pulp, crime fiction, hardcover, mystery, pulpTags ace of spades, boardman hardcover, coward mccann hardcover, jail, king of hearts, r.l. goldman, solitaireLeave a comment on 1939 Coward-McCann hardcover

1985 Corgi reissue

November 20, 2013

Posted on September 12, 2025August 27, 2025Categories british pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, spicyTags corgi paperback, james hadley chase, lingerie, pulp illustration, stockings, woman with a gunLeave a comment on 1985 Corgi reissue

1962 Great Pan reissue – cover art by Harry Sheldon

1937 collection of short stories first published in hardcover by Collins

1962 Great Pan reissue

cover art by Harry Sheldon

November 21, 2013

Posted on September 11, 2025August 27, 2025Categories british pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags great pan paperback, harry sheldon, peter cheyney, scarlet johanssonLeave a comment on 1962 Great Pan reissue – cover art by Harry Sheldon

1948 Bantam reissue

1948

cover art by Gilbert Darling

1960 Corgi UK reissue

Oliver Brabbins

Posted on September 8, 2025August 16, 2025Categories british pulp, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags allan ullman, bantam paperback, barbara stanwyck, blood trail, burt lancaster, corgi paperback, lucille fletcher, oliver brabbins, telephone, tie-inLeave a comment on 1948 Bantam reissue

1961 Heinemann hardcover

1961 Heinemann hardcover

published that same year in the US by Doubleday as The White Savage

26th with Australia’s most brilliant detective, Napoleon Bonaparte, referred to as “Bony”

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 5, 2025August 16, 2025Categories british pulp, hardcover, mystery, pulp, whodunnitTags arthur uppfield, australian fictionLeave a comment on 1961 Heinemann hardcover

cover art by Reginald Heade

cover art by Reginald Heade

1953 Harborough hardcover

better image than previously posted

Posted on August 31, 2025August 8, 2025Categories british pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, original art, paperback, uncategorizedTags dame, graveyard, harborough paperback, michael storme, reginald heade, woman with a gunLeave a comment on cover art by Reginald Heade

2 Ladyfingers

1969 Gold Medal paperback original

later Coronet edition from the UK

Posted on August 29, 2025August 8, 2025Categories british pulp, crime fictionTags gold medal paperback, NYPD, police proceduralLeave a comment on 2 Ladyfingers

1957 Robert Hale UK hardcover

1957 Robert Hale UK hardcover, first edition

November 09, 2013

Posted on August 28, 2025August 8, 2025Categories british pulp, Hardboiled, hardcover, pulpTags dame, femme fatale, john d. macdonald, robert hale hardcoverLeave a comment on 1957 Robert Hale UK hardcover

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