Tag: cardinal paperback

Playback x 24

1958 Hamish Hamilton, true 1st edition

1958 Houghton Mifflin hardcover

1959 Danish edition

1959 Brazilian edition in Portuguese

1960 Cardinal reissue – cover art by William Rose

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1961 British edition

1961 Finnish edition

1961 Australian edition from Horwitz – cover art by Theo Batten

1965 British edition – cover design by Alan Spain

1968 Pyramid reissue – cover art by Joseph Lombardero

1968 German edition

1975 Penguin edition – cover design by James Tormey

1977 Ballantine reissue, 1st print (owner’s copy) – cover art by Richard Waldrep

later 1977 Ballantine reissue – cover art by Richard Waldrep

1979 French edition

1979 Pan/Macmillan reissue – cover photo by Peter Williams

1986 French edition

late 8os UK Penguin reissue

1988 French translation

1988 Vintage reissue

1990 Finnish edition

1998 Catalan edition

1999 French edition

1999 Scandinavian edition (unsure of country)

2002 Spanish edition

2004 French graphic novel edition

2011 Penguin UK reissue

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The Lady in the Lake x 14

1943 Knopf hardcover

1946 Pocket reissue – cover art by Tom Dunn

1952 Penguin UK reissue

1959 Cardinal reissue – cover art by Morgan Kane

1971 Ballantine reissue – cover art by Tom Adams (owner’s copy)

1976 Vintage reissue – cover art by Richard Waldrep (owner’s copy)

1979 Penguin UK reissue – cover by James Tormey

1979 Pan/Macmillan reissue – cover photo by Peter Williams

1988 Vintage/Black Lizard reissue

1989 Penguin UK reissue

1994 Thorndike edition

2010 Penguin Classics UK reissue

2011 Penguin UK reissue

2016 Penguin UK reissue

The Blackboard Jungle x 8

1954 Simon and Schuster 1st edition, signed

1955 Cardinal reissue – cover art by Clark Hulings

1957 Panther movie tie-in from the UK – cover by Cy Webb

1960 Panther reissue – cover art by Darcy (Ernest Chiriacka)

1963 Pocket reissue

1964 Panther reissue from the UK

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1966 Dell reissue – cover art by James Bama

1976 Avon reissue – cover art by G.D. Lang

What’s in it for Me? x 4

1938 Simon and Schuster hardcover

1950 Avon reissue – cover art by Ray Johnson

1955 Avon reissue

1963 Giant Cardinal edition

cover art attributed to James Avati

nice cover – nice dame, but his right leg simply doesn’t work right… it’s completely out of proportion to his body and left leg – too long!

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The Case of the Sunbather’s Diary x 7

1955 Morrow hardcover / 50th Perry Mason novel

1958 Cardinal reissue – cover art by Mitchell Hooks

Heinemann released the UK hardcover in 1961

1963 Pan reissue – cover art by Harry Sheldon

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1963 Pocket reissue – cover art by Robert McGinnis

1970s Mayflower edition from the UK

1978 Pocket reissue

2000 Ballantine reissue

The Case of the Haunted Husband x 4

1949 Pocket reissue

cover art by Bernard Safran

1955 Pocket reissue

cover design by Silver Studio

November 1958 Cardinal paperback reissue, 1st printing

cover art by John Fernie

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1962 Pocket reissue

cover art by Robert McGinnis

The Case of the Half-Waken Wife x 2

December 1957 Cardinal paperback reissue, first printing

cover painting by Mitchell Hooks

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1962 Pocket reissue

cover art by Robert McGinnis

The Case of the Cautious Coquette x 2

February 1959 Cardinal paperback reissue, first printing

cover painting by John Fernie

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November 1963 Pocket paperback reissue, 8th printing

cover painting by Robert McGinnis

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