“The Marvelous Boy.” Cover art for the book of the same name by Peter Corris, published by Fawcett in 1982. Acrylic on board. 533×305 mm; 21×12 inches, on 22 3/4×15-inch board. Signed “Hooks” in lower right image.
3rd (of 42) in the long-running private eye series [owner’s copy]
The Fast Buck, paperback cover, 1952
tempera on board, 19 x 11.25 in. (sight), Signed twice lower left
This illustration was published as the cover for The Fast Buck by Ross Laurence, Ace D-29, 1952, as well as the basis for the Australian edition of the novel with the same title and author, Phantom Books No. 660.
SMB Noir 