
1939 Dutton hardcover – spine and front of dust jacket

cover design by Paul Galdone

1952 Crown hardcover, this the later 1954 Dell paperback
cover art by Frank Cozzarelli
5th novel by the screenwriter and novelist, brother of Robert Siodmak

1941 Holt hardcover – cover art by Charles Lofgren
5th Michael Shayne

1944 Detective Novel Classic digest

1949 Popular Library reissue – cover art by Rudolph Belarski
better image than previously posted

1953 Dell reissue – cover art by Robert Stanley

1959 Dell reissue – cover art by Robert McGinnis

1966 Dell reissue – cover art by Robert McGinnis

a collection of short stories by Cornell Woolrich, writing as William Irish
better image than previously posted

1954 Simon and Schuster 1st edition, signed

1955 Cardinal reissue – cover art by Clark Hulings

1957 Panther movie tie-in from the UK – cover by Cy Webb

1960 Panther reissue – cover art by Darcy (Ernest Chiriacka)


1964 Panther reissue from the UK
better image than previously posted

1966 Dell reissue – cover art by James Bama

1976 Avon reissue – cover art by G.D. Lang

first published in 1920 by Ward as The Daffodil Mystery. it was published the following year by Small Maynard in Boston with this title
cover art by Richard Lyon repurposed from G-Men Magazine, May 1938


Field, Temple (pseudonym of Raoul Whitfield). KILLERS’ CARNIVAL. New York: Farrar & Rinehart Incorporated Publishers, [1932]. Octavo, pp. [1-10] 1-274 [275-278: blank], publisher’s red cloth stamped in black, top edge stained gray, other edges rough trimmed. First edition. A violent tough guy novel of murder and revenge on the mean streets of New York City, first published in six parts in BLACK MASK. The dedication is one of the best in hard-boiled fiction: “This book is warningly dedicated to all them fellers whose rackets are so tough they figure guns are sweeter things to pack around then umbrellas.” Hubin, p. 282. A clean, tight, very good copy in price-clipped dust jacket with wear and shallow fraying and short tear, several with small internal tape mends, along top and bottom edges. Quite presentable overall. From the library of a well-known mystery writer with his library stamp on the front paste-down.