
1948 Dell mapback reissue
cover art by George A. Frederiksen, map by Ruth Belew
better image than previously posted


1948 Dell mapback reissue
cover art by George A. Frederiksen, map by Ruth Belew
better image than previously posted


Oil on board, 23 x 19 in., not signed
1988 Ballantine release, first US print

owner’s copy

1953 Dell reissue – cover art by Bill George
better image than previously posted

1964 Dell reissue – cover art by Robert McGinnis
better image than previously posted

1951 Graphic paperback original
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1953 Phantom edition from Australia

1956 Dell paperback original
cover art by Victor Kalin
non-series, often said to be his best novel

unknown artist – Howell Dodd?

November 1950 Smash Detective Crime Cases
cover art reused for March 1954 Best True Fact Detective

cover art repurposed for 1958 Beacon paperback original



May 1948 issue – cover art by Rudolph Belarski
better image than previously posted

cover art repurposed for 1949 Popular Library reissue

better image than previously posted