1963 Regency paperback original
adapted into the 1990 neo-noir with John Cusack, Anjelica Huston, Pat Hingle, and Annette Benning
directed by Stephen Frears
Donald E. Westlake won the Academy Award for adapted screenplay
Bullitt (Warner Bros., 1968). Fine/Very Fine on Linen. International One Sheet (27″ X 41″). Restoration and air brushing to numerous areas. Now displays very well.
Dirty Harry (Warner Bros., 1971). Folded, Fine+. Insert (14″ X 36″).
Starring Clint Eastwood, Reni Santoni, Harry Guardino, Andrew Robinson, John Vernon, John Larch, John Mitchum, Mae Mercer, Albert Popwell, Ruth Kobart, Woodrow Parfrey, Josef Sommer, William Paterson, James Nolan, Maurice Argent, Jo De Winter, Craig Kelly, Max Gail, and Don Siegel. Directed by Don Siegel. An unrestored poster with good color and an overall very presentable appearance. It has a long tear on the left, a tear on the right, corner bends, and fold wear.
German poster for Fritz Lang’s 1931 influential film M, starring Peter Lorre
cover art by Rafael DeSoto
better image than previously posted
~ Dale Clark, “The Early Corpse Gets the Worm”, 25th of 28 with house dick Mike O’Hanna story, at San Alpa Resort hotel, 28th of 32 stories in BM
~ Harry Epstein, “The Case of the Mind-Reading Seal”, author’s sole appearance in BM
~ Julius Long, “Murder By the Carton”, 12th of 17 stories with ’Ben Corbett, D.A.’s chief investigator, 1st -person narrator’, 17th of 23 stories in BM
~ James R. McKenna, “Caliente”, short-short, horse racing, 1st person narrator, author’s only appearance in BM
~ Robert Martin, “Rat Race in Foxtown”, ‘Foxtown is 45 miles SW of Cleveland’, 1st of 8 stories in BM
~ Jim T. Pearce, “Always Leave ‘Em Dying”, author’s sold appearance in BM
~ William Rough, “My Gun Hires Legitimate”, ‘Ben Slabbe, p.i., who has his own agency; 3rd of 5 capers’ in BM
~ H.H. Stinson, “Unholy Matrimony”, 23rd of 27 stories in BM
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~ Frederick C. Davis, “Flaming Angel”, ‘1st-person narrator; psychopathic murderer’, 13th of 16 stories in BM
~ Dean Evans, “Frame for a Dame”, 1st of 3 stories in BM
~ G.T. Fleming-Roberts, “Something Dead Has Been Added”, ‘John Anthony Gwinn, Indianapolis reporter’, 7th of 8 stories in BM
~ Marvin J. Jones, “Sing a Song of Murder”, ‘Jimmy Bell, cop’, author’s only appearance in BM
~ John D. MacDonald, “Killing All Men”, 3rd of 6 stories in BM
~ Robert Martin, “Let’s All Swing Together”, 1st of 6 with ’debut of Dr. Clint Colby, medical detective’, 3rd of 8 stories in BM
~ Scott O’Hara, “Kiss the Corpse Good-By”, author’s sole appearance in BM
~ Edward van der Rhoer, “The High Cost of Dying”, 1st of 2 stories in BM
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