
cover art by Victor Kalin
better image than previously posted

cover art by Robert McGinnis

1944 Jefferson House hardcover – see Signet reissue below

1948 Farrar Straus hardcover – cover art by Bill English
3rd with PI Max Thursday

1949 Sampson Low hardcover from the UK – cover art by Tansley

1949 Signet reissue – cover art by James Avani


Gouache on board, 17-1/2 x 22 inches (44.5 x 55.9 cm)
Not signed
– white lines show where the original work was re-touched for the new cover –


1957 Phantom edition from Australia



1960 Gold Medal paperback original
pen name of Robert Terrall
cover art by Mitchell Hooks

1952 Gold Medal paperback original

reissues normally do not use a different version from the same photo shoot

1954 Phantom edition from Australia


1951 Little Brown hardcover, this the later 1952 Avon paperback
cover art by Ray Johnson
last in her Asey Mayo series, the 25th with the Cape Cod sleuth
better image than previously posted


1956 Dell reissue
cover art by Victor Kalin

cover art by Harry Bennett
better image than previously posted

1944 Dodd Mead hardcover, first edition
author’s first novel, Lew Archer was a few years away

1950 Lion reissue – cover art by E. Walter

1955 Lion reissue with different title
cover art by Clark Hulings



1983 Bantam reissue – cover art by James Marsh
