cover art by Delos Palmer
better image than previously posted
[updated 11/19/25]
Category: updated
June 1947 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski
1956 Gold Medal paperback ~ cover art by Mitchell Hooks
1956 Gold Medal paperback original
cover art by Mitchell Hooks
better image than previously posted
1987 Black Lizard reissue with new title
[updated 6/20/25]
August 1947 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto
May 1938 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer
November 1953 issue
October 1930 issue ~ premiere issue
cover art by Delos Palmer ?
October 1930 issue ~ premiere issue
better image than previously posted
[cover art added 8/9/25]
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”
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
©Seattle Mystery Bookshop
[updated 6/26/25]
1963 Belmont paperback ~ cover art by Robert Maguire
oil on board, 20 x 11 inches (50.8 x 27.9 cm)
1963 Belmont paperback original
cover art by Robert Maguire
better image than previously posted
[updated 11/19/24]
SMB Noir 
