Spill the Jackpot x 8

1941 Morrow hardcover
4th in the Bertha Cool & Donald Lam series

1946 Dell mapback

cover art by George A. Frederiksen/ mapback by Ruth Belew

1951 British Pocket paperback edition

cover art by Roland Davies

1959 Panther edition from Britain – cover art by Ley Kenton

1952. Dell reissue – cover art by Carl Bobertz

1957 Dell reissue – cover illustration by by Push-Pin Studios

April 1962 Dell reissue – cover art by Harry Bennett

1967 Dell reissue – cover art by Robert Abbett

Bats Fly at Night x 6

1942 Morrow hardcover

7th with private eyes Bertha Cool and Donald Lam

1948 Dell reissue – cover art by Gerald Gregg

better image than previously posed

1953 Dell reissue – cover art by Robert Stanley

cover art by Robert McGinnis

1960 Dell reissue

1963 Dell reissue – cover art by Ron Lesser

1966 Dell reissue – cover art by Robert Abbett

Christmas Cheer x 6

1948 Dutton hardcover – a Guilt Edged Selection

1949 Bantam reissue

1951 Boardman hardcover – cover art by Denis McLoughlin

1952 Boardman softcover – cover art by Denis McLoughlin

better image than previously posted

1953 Dutch hardcover

1958 Corgi reissue in Britain

What’s in it for Me? x 4

1938 Simon and Schuster hardcover

1950 Avon reissue – cover art by Ray Johnson

1955 Avon reissue

1963 Giant Cardinal edition

cover art attributed to James Avati

nice cover – nice dame, but his right leg simply doesn’t work right… it’s completely out of proportion to his body and left leg – too long!

better image than previously posted

The Money Trap x 3

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1963. First Edition.

Basis for the 1966 film noir, starring Glenn Ford, Ricardo Montalban and Rita Hayworth.

1964 Monarch reissue

cover art by Harry Barton

better image than previously posted

Guilty Bystander x 7 + 2

1947 Farrar Strauss hardcover

1947 Handi-Book digest

1948 Penguin/Signet reissue – cover art by Robert Jonas

1950 Film Classics

1954 Signet reissue – cover art by Saul Tepper

1956 Phantom reissue

1958 Signet reissue

Mitchell Hooks (American, 1923-2013)
Gouache on board, 30 x 18-1/4 inches (76.2 x 46.4 cm)
Initialed center right: MH

1963 Signet reissue