1944 Detective Novel Classic digest
cover art by Robert Stanley
Oil on board, 12.625 x 8.75 in. (sight), not signed
Dell #386, 1950.
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cover art by Paul Rader
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cover art by Robert McGinnis
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Charlotte Jay, Beat Not The Bones, 1952 Avon reissue
Winner of the very first Edgar Award for Best Novel in 1954
Jay was the pen name of Geraldine Halls who was born in Adelaide, South Australia on December 17,1919. After writing just nine novels in her life and traveling to exotic locales with her husband, a UNESCO official, she died on October 27, 1996 in her hometown.
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Cover art for “The Perfect Victim” by James McKimmey, published by Dell in 1958. Gouache on board. 552×368 mm; 21 3/4×14 1/2 inches. Signed “Abbett” in right image.
1960 paperback original by Horowitz in Australia and Signet in the US
cover art by Barye Phillips
Watercolor and gouache on board, 19 x 13 in.
Not signed
The Hired Target by Wilson Tucker, Ace Double paperback original, #D241, 1957
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Cover illustration for “Million Dollar Murder” by Thomas Black (Bantam Mystery, 1956), reprint of “Four Dead Mice” (Rinehart & Company, 1954), with Bantam’s inventory label on verso. Pen, ink, and gouache on board. 635×337 mm; 25×13 1/4 inches. Signed “M. Hooks” in right image.
