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pseudonym of Lawrence Lariar
1959 Signet paperback original
cover art by Robert Schulz

1961 Beacon paperback original
pseudonym of Lawrence Block
reissued in Jan. 2008 by Hard Case Crime as A Diet of Treacle
cover art by Chuck Pyle


Tony Curtis, Peggy Maley, Marisa Pavan, Gilbert Roland (starring)
Joseph Pevney (director)
Edwin Blum, John Robinson (screenwriters)
Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1957. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1957 film noir, one showing Tony Curtis and Peggy Maley, the other showing Maley. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso.
A traffic cop investigates the cold-blooded murder of his beloved friend, a San Francisco priest, whose death is linked to an Italian immigrant family.
Set and shot on location in San Francisco.
8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, lightly curled and edgeworn.


1940 Farrar & Rinehart hardcover
cover art by Darcy (Ernest Chiriacka)

8th in the Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin series

1956 Simon & Schuster hardcover
cover art by Victor Kalin
6th with attorney/sleuth Scott Jordan
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Cain, James M. CAREER IN C MAJOR. New York: Avon Book Company, [1947, i.e. 1948]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Later printing. New printing of Avon #141 with minor changes to cover art. Date to front cover erased but indents still present, a nearly fine copy.

cover art attributed to Modest Stein