1944 Dodd Mead hardcover, first edition
author’s first novel, Lew Archer was a few years away
1950 Lion reissue – cover art by E. Walter
1955 Lion reissue with different title
cover art by Clark Hulings
1983 Bantam reissue – cover art by James Marsh
WHITFIELD, Raoul (1897?-1945). The Virgin Kills. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1932.
8o. Original canary yellow cloth; pictorial dust jacket by J.V.W. Oliver (very minor chipping to ends of spine panel; short tear to lower edge of back panel).
FIRST EDITION, in the scarce dust jacket. “Death went up the river with the Virgin, Eric Vennell’s yacht, when that millionaire gambler sailed for the Regatta at Poughkeepsie with his oddly assorted guests” (dust jacket). Illustration on page 56.
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1986 Quill paperback reissue of his 1932 hardcover
Apparently, the novel was not serialized in any magazine before publication
1988 No Exit Press from the UK
cover photo by Weegee
1952 Hale hardcover in the UK
1953 Dutton hardcover, a Guilt Edged Selection
Oil on board, 30 x 22 inches (76.2 x 55.9 cm)
Signed lower right: Al Rossi
The present work is published as the cover of The Double Shuffle by James Hadley Chase (Signet, 1954)
1963 Horwitz reissue from Australia
1956 Edgar Mystery Writers of America Award for Best Novel of the year
cover art by Mitchell Hooks
1942 Dodd Mead hardcover/Red Badge Mystery
cover art by Gerald Gregg/map by Ruth Belew
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1949 Dell mapback reissue – cover art by William George Jacobson
1955 Dell reissue – cover art by Robert Schulz
1961 Dell reissue – cover art by Robert McGinnis
1936 Vanguard hardcover (this the 1944 Triangle reissue)
cover art by Rhoda Field
1950 Avon paperback reissue
cover art by Ray Johnson
published as Evidence Most Framed in Guilt in London, 1950
his second published novel
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1953 Harlequin edition – cover art by Roy Hewetson
2nd with Southern California private eye Brock Callahan
cover art by Mitchell Hooks
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1989 No Exit reissue from the UK
1963 Gold Medal paperback original
cover art by Stanley Zukerberg
1964 Robert Hale hardcover in the UK
cover art by Barbara Walton
1966 Pan edition from the UK
1984 Fawcett reissue (they wised up and went back to the original cover…)
SMB Noir 
