Stone Cold Blonde x 4

pseudonym of Lawrence Lariar

1951 Crown hardcover

1952 Signet reissue – cover art by Harry Schaare

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1952 Boardman UK hardcover

cover art by Denis McLoughlin

1956 Signet reissue – cover art by Robert Maguire

1954 Boardman paperback

cover art by Denis McLoughlin

The Gallows in My Garden x 3

1952 Rinehart hardcover


1952 Rinehart hardcover, this the later 1953 Dell paperback

cover art by Robert Hilbert

his first published novel

first with series detective Manville “Manny” Moon who operated with one artificial leg

1954 Boardman UK softcover

cover art by Denis McLoughlin

Christmas Cheer x 6

1948 Dutton hardcover – a Guilt Edged Selection

1949 Bantam reissue

1951 Boardman hardcover – cover art by Denis McLoughlin

1952 Boardman softcover – cover art by Denis McLoughlin

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1953 Dutch hardcover

1958 Corgi reissue in Britain

What Mad Universe x 9

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

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1951 Boardman hardcover from Britain – cover art by Dennis McLoughlin

1954 Bantam reissue – cover art by Charles Binger

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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

1981 Doubleday reissue

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