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Category: paperback

1959 Pyramid reissue ~ cover art by Harry Schaare

1959 Pyramid reissue

cover art by Harry Schaare

Gouache on board, 18-1/2 x 12-1/2 inches

Posted on January 16, 2025January 2, 2025Categories crime fiction, paperback, pulpTags harry schaare, john roeburt, police procedural, pyramid paperbackLeave a comment on 1959 Pyramid reissue ~ cover art by Harry Schaare

1959 Avon paperback original ~ cover art by Robert Abbett

1959 Avon paperback original

cover painting by Robert Abbett

Posted on January 14, 2025December 29, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags avon paperback, jewel thief, norman a. daniels, robert abbett, wall safeLeave a comment on 1959 Avon paperback original ~ cover art by Robert Abbett

2 x cover art by Rudy Nappi

watercolor and gouache on board, 14.875 x 12.375 in. (sight)
signed lower right

Ace Double D-469, 1960 – both covers

better image than previously posted

the flip side of this Ace Double paperback

Posted on January 14, 2025December 29, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, mystery, paperback, pulpTags ace double paperback, bob mcknight, rudy nappi, talmage powell, woman with a gunLeave a comment on 2 x cover art by Rudy Nappi

1957 Gold Medal paperback original ~ cover art by Mitchell Hooks

1957 Gold Medal paperback original

3rd novel with Daniel Port, ex-Syndicate member

cover art by Mitchell Hooks

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 14, 2025December 29, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, mystery, paperback, pulpTags gold medal paperback, mitchell hooks, peter rabeLeave a comment on 1957 Gold Medal paperback original ~ cover art by Mitchell Hooks

1968 Signet paperback ~ cover art by Robert McGinnis

1968 Horwitz hardcover, Signet paperback original later that year

cover art by Robert McGinnis

published in the UK by Four Square as The Witches, 1969

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 14, 2025April 12, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags carter brown, robert mcginnis, signet paperbackLeave a comment on 1968 Signet paperback ~ cover art by Robert McGinnis

1956 Perma Books reissue ~ cover art by Robert Maguire

1956 Perma Books reissue

cover art by Robert Maguire

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 14, 2025December 29, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags ed lacy, perma paperback, robert maguireLeave a comment on 1956 Perma Books reissue ~ cover art by Robert Maguire

1951 Graphic reissue

Cornell Woolrich writing as William Irish

Somebody on the Phone, 1950 Lippincott hardcover

this the 1951 Graphic paperback reissued with a new title

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 13, 2025December 29, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags cornell woolrich, graphic paperback, william irishLeave a comment on 1951 Graphic reissue

1952 Arrow paperback

Crime novel by Pierre Boileau & Thomas Narcejac published in paperback by Arrow. Originally published in the UK as The Woman Who Was in 1954 and two years before in Paris as Celle Qui N’Etais Plus. Made into the classic film Les Diaboliques

Posted on January 11, 2025December 29, 2024Categories british pulp, crime fiction, paperback, pulpTags arrow paperback, les diaboliques, pierre boileau, thomas narcejacLeave a comment on 1952 Arrow paperback

The Lustful Ape x 3

1950 Lion paperback original

pen name of Bruno Fischer

cover art by Julian Paul

1959 Gold Medal reissue

cover art by Darcy (Ernest Chiriacka)

undated UK paperback

[post updated 9/30/25]

Posted on January 11, 2025September 30, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags bruno fischer, darcy, eclipse paperback, ernest chiriacka, gold medal paperback, juian paul, lion paperback, nude, russell grayLeave a comment on The Lustful Ape x 3

1956 Gold Medal paperback original

pseudonym of Brian Moore

1956 Gold Medal paperback original, set in Paris

Posted on January 11, 2025December 29, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags bernard mara, brian moore, thrillerLeave a comment on 1956 Gold Medal paperback original

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