Category: paperback

artwork by Robert Maguire

Oil on board, 12.375 x 10 in. (sight)
Not signed

A variation of this illustration was published as the paperback cover for The Joy Zone by Anthony Dare, All Star Books AS 85 variant, 1966:

~ her hair is different

~ she’s now looking out at the reader

~ her ‘garment’ is different

~ pillows have different brushwork

~ shadow and background are different

1966 Signet paperback original

1966 Signet paperback original

pen name of E. Howard Hunt

Everette Howard Hunt, Jr. (October 9, 1918 – January 23, 2007) was an American intelligence officer and writer. Hunt served for many years as a CIA officer. Hunt, with G. Gordon Liddy and others, was one of the Nixon White House “plumbers” — a secret team of operatives charged with fixing “leaks.“ Hunt, along with Liddy, engineered the first Watergate burglary, and other undercover operations for Nixon. In the ensuing Watergate Scandal, Hunt was convicted of burglary, conspiracy and wiretapping, eventually serving 33 months in prison.

His CIA superiors thought being a writer of spy fiction was a good cover.

Hardest of the Hardboiled #2 x 7

1933 Doubleday Doran advance reading copy

1948 Avon reprint, 1st paperback edition

cover art by Ann Cantor

Fast One was Cain’s sole novel

Chandler termed it the “high point in the ultra hard-boiled manner”

1952 Avon reprint

cover art by Victor Olsen

1978 Southern Illinois University Press

an entry in their “Lost American Fiction” series

1980 Popular Library 1st print reissue

cover art by Jin Campbell

1987 Black Lizard reissue

cover art by Kirwin

February 2012 Centipede hardcover

cover art by Ron Lesser

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