
1959 Gold Medal paperback original
better image than previously posted

published by Funk in 1955 as Search the Dark Woods
this the 1959 Dell paperback under this title
cover art by Mitchell Hooks

1949 Dodd hardcover, this the later, 1964, Dell softcover
cover art by Robert McGinnis
better image than previously posted

March 1950 Pocket paperback, first printing
cover painting by Harvey Kidder

first in the long-running and deservedly respected Lew Archer series by Kenneth Millar, aka Ross Macdonald. After using his father’s name as the pen name for this novel, he was forced by John D. MacDonald to alter it for future novels, and Ross Macdonald was born.
1959, third printing
cover art by Jerry Allison

1990 Warner edition
cover art by Gary Kelley
[updated 9/6/25 ~ all copies mine]