
cover art by George Gross
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1956 Crest edition – cover art by James Meese
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1958 Crest – cover art by Darcy (Ernest Chiriacka)

1961 Gold Medal reissue – cover art by Barye Phillips
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undated Fawcett Gold Medal reissue – cover art by Robert McGinnis

1951 Gold Medal paperback original
cover art by Gene Widhoff
his 3rd Shell Scott novel

~ Carl Clausen, “The Turquoise Ring”, last of 3 stories in BM
~ Cyril J. Conrad, “A Breath of Suspicion”, only story in BM
~ Erle Stanley Gardner, “Buzzard Bait”, 2nd of 7 with Black Bear, 18th of 99 stories in BM
~ Donald MacGregor, “Full Speed Ahead”, last of 10 stories
~ Lt. Col. J.H. [John Henry] Patterson, D.S.O., “The Man-Eaters of Tsavo”, 1st of 7 serialized parts of this ex-British Army officer’s account of building a railway in Kenya, 1898-1899; book published in 1927
~ Hal Rammel, “So Spake the Prophet”, author’s only appearance in BM
~ Sarah Harbine Weaver, “A Knight’s Night Out”, 2nd of 2 stories in BM
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