
1954 Avon reissue
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1950 Avon paperback original. six stories that first appeared in Black Mask Magazine
“The Red Hots” (December 1930)
“Get a Load of This” (February 1931)
“Spare the Rod” (August 1931)
“Pearls are Tears” (September 1931)
“Death’s Not Enough” (October 1931)
“Save Your Tears” (June 1933)

cover art by Norman Saunders
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cover art by William Rose
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Gouache on board, 12.25 x 9.5 in. (sight)
Signed lower right
paperback cover for Beat Not the Bones by Charlotte Jay, Avon, 1966.

1952 Harper hardcover in the US
Winner of the first ever Edgar Award for Best Novel, 1954

Charlotte Jay, Beat Not The Bones, 1952 Avon reissue
Winner of the very first Edgar Award for Best Novel in 1954
Jay was the pen name of Geraldine Halls who was born in Adelaide, South Australia on December 17,1919. After writing just nine novels in her life and traveling to exotic locales with her husband, a UNESCO official, she died on October 27, 1996 in her hometown.
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