The Virgin Kills x 3

WHITFIELD, Raoul (1897?-1945). The Virgin Kills. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1932.

8o. Original canary yellow cloth; pictorial dust jacket by J.V.W. Oliver (very minor chipping to ends of spine panel; short tear to lower edge of back panel).

FIRST EDITION, in the scarce dust jacket. “Death went up the river with the Virgin, Eric Vennell’s yacht, when that millionaire gambler sailed for the Regatta at Poughkeepsie with his oddly assorted guests” (dust jacket). Illustration on page 56.

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1986 Quill paperback reissue of his 1932 hardcover

Apparently, the novel was not serialized in any magazine before publication

March 14, 2013

1988 No Exit Press from the UK

cover photo by Weegee

The Double Shuffle x 5 +

1952 Hale hardcover in the UK

1953 Dutton hardcover, a Guilt Edged Selection

Oil on board, 30 x 22 inches (76.2 x 55.9 cm)
Signed lower right: Al Rossi

The present work is published as the cover of The Double Shuffle by James Hadley Chase (Signet, 1954)


1954 Corgi reissue

1963 Horwitz reissue from Australia

The Blonde x 6 +

1958 Horwitz paperback original from Australia

The Blonde, Carter Brown paperback cover, 1958 Signet
Gouache on board, 28 x 18 inches (71.1 x 45.7 cm) (image)
Signed faintly lower right: Barye

undated Dutch edition – cover art by Moriën

1967 Signet reissue – cover art by Robert McGinnis

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1969 Signet reissue

later Signet reissue – cover art by Barye Phillips

What Mad Universe x 9

September 1948 issue ~ debut of the story

cover art by Earle Bergey

1949 Dutton hardcover – first book appearance

1950 Bantam reissue – cover art by Herman Bischoff

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1951 Boardman hardcover from Britain – cover art by Dennis McLoughlin

1954 Bantam reissue – cover art by Charles Binger

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1954 Boardman paperback reissue – cover art by Pagram

1978 Bantam reissue – cover art by Paul Lehr

1978 Pennyfarthing Press hardcover, limited edition reissue

cover art by Grant Canfield

1981 Doubleday reissue

Day of the Ram x 3

1956 Random House hardcover

1957 Bantam reissue

2nd with Southern California private eye Brock Callahan

cover art by Mitchell Hooks

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1989 No Exit reissue from the UK

The Drowner x 7

1963 Gold Medal paperback original

cover art by Stanley Zukerberg

1964 Robert Hale hardcover in the UK

cover art by Barbara Walton

1966 Pan edition from the UK

1973/4 Fawcett reissue

1976/7 Fawcett reissue

1979 Fawcett reissue

1984 Fawcett reissue (they wised up and went back to the original cover…)