Gouache on board, 21 x 16 inches (53.3 x 40.6 cm)
Signed center left: Ace Bran
Category: paperback
1955 Dell reissue ~ cover art by Victor Kalin
1953 Doubleday hardcover, this a later, 1955, reprint
also released as A Big Hand for the Corpse by the Detective Book Club in 1955
“George Bagby” was one of the pseudonym of Aaron Marc Stein, who also published as Hampton Stone
cover art by Victor Kalin
better image than previously posted
3 Temptresses
1960 Horowitz hardcover, this the US Signet release that same year.
cover painting by Barye Phillips
cover art by Ron Lesser
Original paperback art by Ron Lesser. The model was Lesser’s wife, Claudia.
1950 Popular Library reissue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski
1951 Gold Medal paperback original
1951 Gold Medal paperback original
1951 Gold Medal paperback original
cover art by Ray Johnson
better image than previously posted
Yes, that Howard Hunt – his bosses at the CIA thought it was a great cover to be a spy novelist.
The Case of the Half-Waken Wife x 2
December 1957 Cardinal paperback reissue, first printing
cover painting by Mitchell Hooks
better image than previously posted
cover art by Robert McGinnis
SMB Noir 