New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1950. Octavo, boards. First edition. Posthumous published novel. This fix-up novel used several pulp stories which was tied together and fleshed out by Robert Leslie Bellem.
1951 Signet, first paperback reissue
cover art by Carl Bobertz
better image than previously posted
1944 Jefferson House hardcover – see Signet reissue below
1948 Farrar Straus hardcover – cover art by Bill English
3rd with PI Max Thursday
1949 Sampson Low hardcover from the UK – cover art by Tansley
1949 Signet reissue – cover art by James Avani
Gouache on board, 17-1/2 x 22 inches (44.5 x 55.9 cm)
Not signed
– white lines show where the original work was re-touched for the new cover –
1957 Phantom edition from Australia
SMB Noir 