The Fast Buck, paperback cover, 1952
tempera on board, 19 x 11.25 in. (sight), Signed twice lower left
This illustration was published as the cover for The Fast Buck by Ross Laurence, Ace D-29, 1952, as well as the basis for the Australian edition of the novel with the same title and author, Phantom Books No. 660.
Gouache on board, 18.5 x 12.5 in.
Signed lower center
This illustration appeared on the cover of Leslie Edgley’s novel, Tracked Down, Ace Double #D-45, 1954.
pseudonym of Robert Bloomfield, joint pen name with Mary Edgley
1947 Doubleday hardcover as The Angry Heart
October 15, 1933 issue
T.T. Flynn, “The Bell-Tower Terror” (Tony Grenville)
Erle Stanley Gardner, “The Crimson Scorpion” (Small, Weston & Burke)
Maxwell Hawkins, “Mr. Murder, MD” (Det. Henderson Coe)
Edward Parrish Ware, “Talons of Doom” (Commissioner Durant)
better image than previously posted
[original art added 8/14/25]
The Brass Shroud, paperback cover, 1958
gouache and tempera on board, 19.75 x 14.625 in. (sight)
Signed lower right
JOHN WALTER SCOTT (American, 1907-1987)
Mystery Tales, May 1939
Oil on canvas
29.5 x 20.5 in.
Not signed
better image than previously posted
Henry Kane, “Watch the Jools” (Peter Chambers)
[updated with original art 8/5/25]
SMB Noir 
