February 2024 reissue
cover art by Claudia Caranfa
Category: paperback
cover art by Robert Stanley
cover art by Darcy (Ernest Chiriacka)
cover art by James Avati
James Avati (American, 1912-2005)
Oil on board
13 x 18 inches (33.0 x 45.7 cm)
Signed lower left
This illustration was published as the paperback cover of A Murder in Paradise by Richard Gehman (Avon, 1956).
The Girl in the Death Seat
The Girl in the Death Seat, paperback cover
Gouache on board
18-1/2 x 12-3/4 inches (47.0 x 32.4 cm) (image)
Not signed
The present work is on the cover of
The Girl in the Death Seat by Fan Nichols (Ace, 1961).
original title, Be Silent, Love
Simon and Schuster hardcover, 1960
pulp art by Robert McGinnis
Robert McGinnis (American, 1926)
Gouache on board
10-1/2 x 13 inches (26.7 x 33.0 cm) (image)
Signed center left
Mike Shayne’s 50th Case, Dell reissue, 1965
cover art by Glen Orbik
Glen Orbik
Oil on board
21-1/4 x 16 inches (54.0 x 40.6 cm)
Signed lower left
October 2013 Hard Case Crime reissue
one of a handful of thrillers Crichton wrote under a pen name while in medical school
cover art by Gregory Machness
cover art by Darcy (Ernest Chiriacka)
The Big Fix, paperback cover, 1960
Watercolor and gouache on board
10 x 13-3/4 inches (25.4 x 34.9 cm) (image)
Signed with pseudonym lower right
The present work is published on the cover of The Big Fix by Ed Lacy (Pyramid, 1960). It was also republished as an interior illustration in ‘The Demonstration’, Man’s Magazine, May 1964.
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updated 12/20/23
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