Tag: avon paperback

introducing Peter Chambers x 7

1947 Simon and Schuster hardcover

Kane’s debut novel and debut of Chambers

1948 Dell mapback

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1950 Boardman hardcover from Britain – cover art by Denis McLoughlin

Kane’s first with private eye (Kane preferred “private Richard”) Peter Chambers, a 1947 Simon & Schuster hardcover. The title was changed for the revised 1956 Avon softcover.

cover art by Ray Johnson

1955 Boardman paperback – Denis McLoughlin cover art

1960 Avon reissue – cover art by Ray Johnson

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1961 Dutch edition

Seven Slayers x 5

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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