cover art by George Geygan

George Geygan (American, 20th Century)
Dig Me A Grave by John Spain (Bantam, 1951)
Oil on canvas, 22 x 15-1/2 inches (55.9 x 39.4 cm)
Signed lower right: geygan

pseudonym of Cleve F. Adams

1942 Dutton hardcover

first book published under this pen name

1st of two with private eye Bill Rye

1944 Avon digest

1945 Avon digest reissue, 2nd edition

Gathers “Blackmailers Don’t Shoot,” “Goldfish,” “Guns at Cyrano’s” “Nevada Gas” and “Spanish Blood,” five mystery stories first published in Black Mask Magazine

better image than previously posted

1st printing, Feb. 3, 1944