
1952 Crown hardcover
September 1953 Signet paperback, 1st print
cover art by James Meese?
2nd with Kansas City private eye Johnny April


1952 Crown hardcover
September 1953 Signet paperback, 1st print
cover art by James Meese?
2nd with Kansas City private eye Johnny April


published in 1948 by Macmillan, this a later 1951 Popular Library reissue

September 1956 Permabook 1st printing
cover painting by James Meese
better image than previously posted

Man-Killer by Talmage Powell, Ace Double, 1960
Watercolor and gouache on board
14.875 x 12.375 in. (sight)
Signed lower right

better image than previously posted

August 1955 Signet paperback original, first printing
cover art by Robert Maguire
better image than previously posted
[cover updated 4/3/26]

Parole Breakers #2 (Avon, 1952)
cover art repurposed from Avon Books 114, 1947
cover art by William Stanke

used a third time for 1955 Avon paperback original but modified to replace gun with paper


1942 Knopf hardcover
September 1957 Signet reissue, first printing
better image than previously posted