
cover art by Norman Saunders
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February 1954 Bantam 1st printing of this 1937 chiller

Gouache on board, 21.375 x 13.625 in. (sight)
Not signed
This illustration was published as the cover for Dig Her a Grave by Paul Kruger, Ace D-425, 1960, as well as Mise en Seine by R. Henri-Nova, Presses de la Cite No. 548, same year.



Oil on board, 30 x 22in.
Signed lower left
The Violent Hours by Frank Castle (pen name of Steve Thurman), Gold Medal #554, 1956


November 1957 Bantam paperback reissue
cover art by Sanford Kossin
better image than previously posted

Oil on board, 20.75 x 13.75 in. (sight) – not signed


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