November 1957 Bantam paperback reissue
cover art by Sanford Kossin
better image than previously posted
November 1957 Bantam paperback reissue
Tag: bantam paperback
April 1960 Bantam edition
cover art by Ernest Chiriacka
Gouache on board, 22 x 16-1/2 inches (55.9 x 41.9 cm)
Signed and dated lower right
The work is published in The Bramble Bush by David Duncan (Macmillan, 1948).
cover art by James Meese
cover art by James Meese
cover art by Mitchell Hooks
Cover illustration for “Million Dollar Murder” by Thomas Black (Bantam Mystery, 1956), reprint of “Four Dead Mice” (Rinehart & Company, 1954), with Bantam’s inventory label on verso. Pen, ink, and gouache on board. 635×337 mm; 25×13 1/4 inches. Signed “M. Hooks” in right image.
1947 Random House hardcover
1949 Bantam reissue
cover art by Robert Skemp
basis for the 1956 film noir and Humphrey Bogart’s last movie
better image than previously posted
cover art by Fred Pfeiffer
The Drowning Pool x 4
December 1959 Pocket paperback, 2nd print
2nd Lew Archer, an August 1950 Knopf hardcover
cover painting by James Meese
1966 Pocket reissue – cover art by Harry Bennett
British 1975 Fontana movie tie-in
Australian 2012 Penguin reissue
Australian 2023 Penguin reissue
[updated 8/20/26]
1948 Bantam reissue – cover painting by Al Werner
1957 Bantam paperback
Meet Me at the Morgue x 10
1953 Knopf hardcover, 1st edition – cover by Bill English
one of the two non-series that he wrote amongst the Archers
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1954 Pocket reissue – cover art by Clark Hulings
better image than previously posted
cover art by Sam Peffer
May 1959 Pocket paperback, 3rd print
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1972 Bantam edition, 2nd print
2010 Vintage/Black Lizard reissue
[updated 9/13/25, 8/20/26]
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