1958 Avon paperback original – cover art by Robert Maguire
1958 Sphere UK paperback original with new title
republished in 1968 by Walker as A Whiff of Death
undated Lancer reissue from the 70s
The Death Dealers x 9
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The Faceless Adversary x 2
Arrest the Saint x 4
It was first published in 1939 by Hodder and Stoughton in the United Kingdom and by the Crime Club in the United States.
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Hate Alley x 2 + 1
Ace Double-Size Books D-214, 1957 – cover art by Samson Pollen
1957 Digit edition from the UK
cover art by Darcy repurposed for 1959 Avon edition
1954 Avon paperback original – cover art by Robert Schulz
Hell of a Murder
The Big Sleep x 27
1939 Knopf advanced reading copy
1939 Hammish Hamilton UK hardcover
1942 Avon digest, Murder Mystery Monthly No.7, first softcover release of this American classic/ cover art by William Frost
1943 Avon paperback – cover art by Paul Stahr
1945 Knopf hardcover reissue – inscribed to director John Houseman
1948 Pocket reissue – cover art by Darcy (Ernest Chiriacka)
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1950 Pocket reissue, 3rd print – cover art by Harvey Kidder (owner’s copy)
1962 Penguin UK reissue – cover art by John Sewell
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1971 Penguin UK reissue – cover designed by James Tormey
1973 Ballantine reissue – cover art by Tom Adams (owner’s copy)
1976 Ballantine reissue – cover art by Richard Amsel
watercolor cover art by Richard Waldrep, 13.75″ x 9.50″
1976 Vintage reissue (owner’s copy)
1976 Vintage trace paperback reissue
1979 Pan Macmillan reissue – cover photo by Peter Williams
2009 Hammish Hamilton hardcover
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note ~ there are many, many more covers for this book, both in English and foreign languages… but I had to stop somewhere
1954 Avon paperback reissue – cover art by Mort Engle
1953 Lippencott hardcover
15th with Mr. and Mrs. North
1954 Avon paperback reissue
cover art by Mort Engle
Dark Interlude or The Terrible Night x 7 +
1947 UK hardcover from Collins and US hardcover from Dodd Mead
1949 Bantam reissue – cover art by C.C. Beall
sketch for the cover by Sam Peffer
1959 Avon edition – cover art by Darcy
1960 UK paperback reissue – cover art by Sam Peffer
1962 Fontana reissue – cover art by John L. Baker
1965 Fontana UK reissue – cover art by Renato Fratini.
The Blackboard Jungle x 8
1954 Simon and Schuster 1st edition, signed
1955 Cardinal reissue – cover art by Clark Hulings
1957 Panther movie tie-in from the UK – cover by Cy Webb
1960 Panther reissue – cover art by Darcy (Ernest Chiriacka)
1964 Panther reissue from the UK
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1966 Dell reissue – cover art by James Bama
1976 Avon reissue – cover art by G.D. Lang
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