
cover art by Mitchell Hooks
better image than previously posted

1930 Cosmopolitan hardcover
1962 Silver Edition Paperback Library
cover art by Robert McGinnis
better image than previously posted

1959 Monarch paperback original
pseudonym of Joseph Chadwick
first book under this pen name
cover art by Ray Johnson?
better image than previously posted


cover art by Rafael DeSoto
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Merle Constiner, “The Puzzle of the Terrified Dummy” (The Dean)
T.T. Flynn, “Post-Mortem at Pimlico” (Mr. Maddox)
Hugh B. Cave, “Ding Dong Belle” (Peter Kane)
Jan Dana, “Death in the Center” (Acme Insurance Op)
C.P. Donnel, Jr., “Fraulein Judas”


oil on board, 16 x 12-1/2 inches (40.6 x 31.8 cm)
Signed lower left: Zuckerberg
1953 Pocket reissue


1961 Dell reissue

[post updated 12/11/25]

1955 Gold Medal paperback original
cover art by Frederic Varady
13th in the Shell Scott series
better image than previously posted

cover art by Barye Phillips
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George Ziel (American, 1914-1982)
A Kiss Before Dying, 1954 Signet reissue
oil on board, 25-1/4 x 20 inches (64.1 x 50.8 cm), not signed
Edgar award for Best Novel, 1954
