
1957 Avon reissue of 1948 Simon & Schuster hardcover Report for a Corpse, a collection of six short stories
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1957 Avon reissue of 1948 Simon & Schuster hardcover Report for a Corpse, a collection of six short stories
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Parole Breakers #2 (Avon, 1952)
cover art repurposed from Avon Books 114, 1947
cover art by William Stanke

used a third time for 1955 Avon paperback original but modified to replace gun with paper


cover art by Art Sussman
first published as Sinister Errand, Collins UK hardcover, 1945

1946 Chartered digest paperback original
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1950 Avon paperback original, 1st printing, seven stories originally published in Black Mask Magazine
“Black” (May 1932)
“Red 71” (December 1932)
“Parlor Trick” (July 1932)
“One, Two, Three” (May 1933)
“Murder in Blue” (June 1933) – “Murder Done in Blue” in the original magazine
“Pigeon Blood” (November 1933)
“Pineapple” (March 1936)


1987 Black Lizard reissue
cover art by Kirwin

1987 Blood & Guts hardcover reissue
cover art by Joe Servello


February 2012 Centipede hardcover
cover art by Ron Lesser
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Parole Breakers #1 (Avon, 1951)

1948 Morrow hardcover as Dead Level
1950 Avon paperback reissue with new title

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cover art by Ernest Chiriacka

1962 Panther mass market, UK paperback
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