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November 1958 Crest paperback

November 1958 Crest paperback original, first printing

1934 Vanguard hardcover

February 1948 Triangle hardcover reissue

basis for the 1948 Robert Siodmak film noir starring Burt Lancaster, Yvonne DeCarlo, and Dan Duryea

[cover updated 4/30/26]

cover art by David Stone

better image than previously posted

cover art by Robert McGinnis

1941 Novel Selections digest

Also published as Laughing Girl

cover art by Allen Anderson

better image than previously posted

cover art attributed to Rafael DeSoto