
1948 Dutton hardcover – a Guilt Edged Selection


1951 Boardman hardcover – cover art by Denis McLoughlin

1952 Boardman softcover – cover art by Denis McLoughlin
better image than previously posted


1958 Corgi reissue in Britain

1948 Dutton hardcover – a Guilt Edged Selection


1951 Boardman hardcover – cover art by Denis McLoughlin

1952 Boardman softcover – cover art by Denis McLoughlin
better image than previously posted


1958 Corgi reissue in Britain

cover art by Verne Tossey

1953 Houghton Mifflin hardcover
his first published novel

1944 Dodd Mead hardcover, first edition
author’s first novel, Lew Archer was a few years away

1950 Lion reissue – cover art by E. Walter

1955 Lion reissue with different title
cover art by Clark Hulings



1983 Bantam reissue – cover art by James Marsh


her first novel published in 1950 by Harper & Brothers, adapted into a film by Alfred Hitchcock in 1951
cover art by Stanley Zuckerberg

September 1948 issue ~ debut of the story
cover art by Earle Bergey

1949 Dutton hardcover – first book appearance

1950 Bantam reissue – cover art by Herman Bischoff
better image than previously posted

1951 Boardman hardcover from Britain – cover art by Dennis McLoughlin

1954 Bantam reissue – cover art by Charles Binger
better image than previously posted

1954 Boardman paperback reissue – cover art by Pagram

1978 Bantam reissue – cover art by Paul Lehr

1978 Pennyfarthing Press hardcover, limited edition reissue
cover art by Grant Canfield


1956 Edgar Mystery Writers of America Award for Best Novel of the year

cover art by Mitchell Hooks



2nd with Southern California private eye Brock Callahan
cover art by Mitchell Hooks
better image than previously posted

1989 No Exit reissue from the UK