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cover art by Barye Phillips

1960 paperback original by Horowitz in Australia and Signet in the US

cover art by Barye Phillips

cover art by Howard Brown

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Watercolor and gouache on board, 19 x 13 in.
Not signed

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Cover illustration for “Million Dollar Murder” by Thomas Black (Bantam Mystery, 1956), reprint of “Four Dead Mice” (Rinehart & Company, 1954), with Bantam’s inventory label on verso. Pen, ink, and gouache on board. 635×337 mm; 25×13 1/4 inches. Signed “M. Hooks” in right image.

cover art by Stockton Mulford

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1966 Private Edition paperback original

“While the City Sleeps.” Upper portion only of cover art for the book of the same name by Charles Einstein, re-printed by Dell in 1956 to coincide with the release of the film adaptation starring Rhonda Fleming and Dana Andrews. Gouche on board. 330×337 mm; 13×13 1/4 inches. Signed “M. Hooks” in lower right.

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Tempera on board, 9-3/4 x 11-1/2 inches (24.8 x 29.2 cm) (sight)
Signed lower right

1954 Gold Medal reissue

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