
Double Indemnity (Paramount, 1944). Fine on Linen. One Sheet (27.25″ X 41″).

Double Indemnity (Paramount, 1944). Fine on Linen. One Sheet (27.25″ X 41″).

cover art by Charles Copeland
Criss-Cross, 1934 Vanguard hardcover, basis for the 1949 film noir directed by Robert Siodmak, starring Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner

1946 William Morrow, first edition.

Geoffrey Homes, Build My Gallows High, 1946 Morrow hardcover
1956 Ace Double paperback reissue
cover art by Harry Barton
basis for the 1947 film noir classic Out of the Past
better image than previously posted
[post updated 7/3/25]

adaptation of Raymond Chandler’s 1940 novel Farewell, My Lovely, his second novel with LA PI Philip Marlowe

1953 film noir directed by Ida Lupino
creepy film in which two guys pick up a hitch-hiker who is an escaped convict who, even when he’s asleep, always has one eye half-way open. the convict is played by William Talman, who went on to become Perry Mason’s nemesis, DA Hamilton Burger.

Linda Darnell in ‘Fallen Angel’ 1945

All Through the Night (Warner Bros., 1942). Very Fine+ on Paper. Insert (14″ X 36″).

Nichelle Nichols shooting dice in Mister Buddwing, 1966. In the background, in the shadows, is James Garner. Great cast, which included Jean Simmons, Suzanne Pleshette, Katherine Ross, Jack Gilford, and Angela Lansbury