Category: original art

The Case of the Cautious Coquette x 2

February 1959 Cardinal paperback reissue, first printing

cover painting by John Fernie

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November 1963 Pocket paperback reissue, 8th printing

cover painting by Robert McGinnis

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May 1952 Signet paperback

cover art by Lu Kimmel

oil on board, 17-1/2 x 14-1/4 inches (44.5 x 36.2 cm)
Signed center left side: Kimmel

May 1952 Signet paperback, first printing

5th novel, a stand-alone thriller

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[updated with original art 11/5/25]

September 1932 issue ~ cover art by J.W. Schlaikjer

September 1932 issue

cover art by J.W. Schlaikjer

oil on board, 29.5 x 19.5 in.

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~ Paul Cain, “The Dark”, ‘Kells & Granquist; part 5 of Fast One’, reprinted in The Complete Slayers (2011 Centipede Press), 7th of 17 stories in BM

~ Erle Stanley Gardner, “Black and White”, 46th of 73 Ed Jenkins stories, 63th of 99 stories in BM

~ Frederick L. Nebel, “He Could Take It”, 9th of 15 stories with ‘tough dick Donahue of Interstate’, reprinted in Tough as Nails (2012, Altus), 41 of 67 stories in BM

~ William Rollins, Jr., “Triple-Cross”, 3rd of 4 stories with Percy (Buck) Warren, private eye, 16th of 23 stories in BM

~ Joseph T. Shaw, “Fugitive”, 2nd of 4 parts, ‘Jack Henderson, set in Far East, eg, Rangoon’, 7th of 9 works of fiction in BM

~ Raoul [Fauconnier] Whitfield, “Blue Murder”, ‘Don Free, private dick; 3rd and last DF story’, title used for earlier story in July ’28 issue, 58th of 67 stories in BM [see also 24 stories as Ramon Decolta]

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cover art by Clarence Doore x 2

cover art by Clarence Doore

1940 Simon and Schuster hardcover as The Bride Wore Black, first novel and the beginning of his “Black” title run

1953 Pyramid reissue

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August 1961 issue of Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine