1958 Crest reissue – cover art by James Meese

a collection of short stories and essays published by Dutton in 1954. “Robert Traver” was the pen name of John D. Voelker, attorney, judge, and member of the Fly Fishing Hall of Fame.

1958 Crest reissue, cover art by James Meese

1962 Signet paperback original – cover art by Robert McGinniks

cover art by Robert McGinnis

first published in Australia by Horowitz, 1962, then in the US by Signet, a paperback original

cover art repurposed for 1967 Signet by James Dark

I Should Have Stayed Home x 5

first published as a hardcover in 1938 by Knopf, his third novel

1951 Signet reissue – cover art by Ray Pease

1966 Penguin UK reissue

1996 Serpent’s Tail reissue

2018 Bibliotech Press reissue

[post updated 4/10/26]