1949 Simon & Schuster hardcover, his third with private eye Peter Chambers. Kane preferred “private richard” to “private dick”
cover art by Victor Kalin
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1950 Dell mapback ~ cover art by Victor Kalin
Category: crime fiction
March 1937 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell
Wreath for a Redhead x 3
Brian Moore’s book, later disowned
1951 Harlequin paperback original
cover art by Max Ralph
released in the US as Sailor’s Leave, 1953
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1965 UK edition with original title
1960 Crest reissue ~ cover art by Robert McGinnis
pseudonym of Robert (Lee) Martin
1959 Dodd Mead hardcover, this the later 1960 Crest reissue
cover art by Robert McGinnis
better image than previously posted
1951 Dell reissue ~ cover art by Bob Hilbert
Stewart Sterling was a pseudonym of Prentice Winchell, who also wrote under four other names.
1951 Dutton hardcover, this the later 1953 Dell reprint
cover art by Bob Hilbert
better image than previously posted
August 1933 issue ~ cover art by Jerome Rozen
March 1938 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer
cover art by Walter Baumhofer
better image than previously posted
Carroll John Daly, “A Corpse on the House” (Race Williams)
Raymond Chandler, “The King in Yellow” (Steve Grace, housedick) – first appearance of this story, one often reprinted
Frederick C. Davis, “Crimson Broadcast” (Keyhole Kerry)
William Edward Hayes, “Death by Enlargement”
Maxwell Hawkins, “Rx Murder”
September 1937 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward
October 1938 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders
June 1937 DC issue ~ cover art by Creig Flessel
Detective Comics #4 (DC, 1937) CGC Apparent FN+ 6.5 Slight/Moderate (B-2) Cream to off-white pages. This pre-Batman issue is a tough one to find in any grade, so much so that Gerber’s Photo-Journal Guide to Comic Books rates it an “8” (“rare”). The Speed Saunders cover is by Creig Flessel
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