
oil on board, 16 x 12-1/2 inches (40.6 x 31.8 cm)
Signed lower left: Zuckerberg
1953 Pocket reissue


1961 Dell reissue

[post updated 12/11/25]

oil on board, 16 x 12-1/2 inches (40.6 x 31.8 cm)
Signed lower left: Zuckerberg
1953 Pocket reissue


1961 Dell reissue

[post updated 12/11/25]

1955 Gold Medal paperback original
cover art by Frederic Varady
13th in the Shell Scott series
better image than previously posted

cover art by Barye Phillips
better image than previously posted

George Ziel (American, 1914-1982)
A Kiss Before Dying, 1954 Signet reissue
oil on board, 25-1/4 x 20 inches (64.1 x 50.8 cm), not signed
Edgar award for Best Novel, 1954


1931 Collins hardcover in the UK, out the same year from Doubleday in the US.
this is the later abridged softcover edition

1947 Penguin paperback original / cover design by Robert Jonas
published under at least one other title and adapted into two different movies, both with different titles
besides being a noted novelist, Lipsky was also an attorney and served as the legal counsel for the Mystery Writers of America


cover art by Robert Abbett
better image than previously posted

1956 Horwitz paperback original from Australia
Debra Paget photo used on the cover, whether she knew it or not…
better image than previously posted

cover art by Moira Bertram

1952 Horwitz paperback original
