The Body Beautiful x 6

1949 Harper hardcover

1950 Signet reissue

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2nd book with private eye Barr Breed

1951 French edition

1956 Signet reissue

1960 WDL reissue from the UK

1962 Norwegian edition

1965 Harper and Row hardcover

New York: Harper and Row, 1965. First Edition. Basis for the Academy Award-winning 1967 Norman Jewison film starring Rod Steiger, Sidney Poitier and Warren Oates. Jacket design by Luiz Woods.

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February 1935 issue ~ cover art by Fred Craft

February 1935 issue

cover art by Fred Craft

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~ Dwight V. Babcock, “Murder After Midnight”, ‘Al, bodyguard, 2nd story in series’, 4th of 21 stories in BM

~ W.T. Ballard, “Confessions Means Death”, 1st of 2 with radio host/”people’s pal” Jimmy DeHaven, 12th of 43 stories in BM

~ Clue Club, “Clue Club Mystery Story Contest”, ‘short-lived contest sponsored by Warner Bros & BM with prizes, etc.; not indexed beyond this issue’

~ George Harmon Coxe, “Casey – Detective”, 8th of 27 with Flashgun Casey, 8th of 31 stories in BM

~ Raymond Jae Moffatt, “Dunnigan of the Morning Call”, ‘cub reporter & cops’, 2nd of 2 stories in BM

~ Frederick L. Nebel, “It’s a Gag”, 29th of 37 with Captain Steve MacBride and local reporter Kennedy, reprinted in Too Young to Die: Complete Cases of MacBride & Kennedy, v.3 (Altus, 2013), 57 of 67 stories in BM

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1956 Gold Medal paperback original – co0ver art by James Meese

James Alfred Meese (American, 1917-1971)
cover of The Young and Violent by Marijane Meaker under the pseudonym Vin Packer (Gold Medal, 1956)
Oil on Masonite, 34-3/4 x 24 inches (88.3 x 61.0 cm)
Signed lower right: Meese