The Long Wait x 13 + 1

1951 Dutton first edition hardcover

Spillane’s 5th book, first without Hammer

1953 Arthur Barker hardcover from the UK

May 1952 Signet paperback, first printing – cover art by Lu Kimmel

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1952 Signet paperback, later printing – cover art by Barye Phillips

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1954 movie poster

1955 Signet reissue

1958 Dragon reissue in the UK

1960 Signet reissue – cover art by James Avati

British 1960 Corgi reissue – cover art by John A. Richards

1963 Corgi reissue from the UK

1964 Signet, 31st print

1970 Corgi reissue from the UK

undated Signet reissue

1979 Signet reissue

I’ll Bury My Dead x 8

UK 1953 Hale hardcover

1954 Dutton hardcover

Canadian undated (1954?) Harlequin reissue

US 1954 Harlequin reissue

1955 Signet reissue

cover art by George Erickson

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undated, later, Signet reissue

UK 1968 Panther reissue

UK 1979 Corgi reissue

Cats Prowl at Night x 9

1943 William Morrow and Co., first edition

1949 Dell mapback – cover art by Gerald Gregg

1956 Dell reissue

1961 Corgi reissue from Australia

1961 Dell reissue – cover art by Robert McGinnis

1967 Four Square UK reissue

March 1968 Dell reissue

1975 Dell reissue

1991 Avon reissue

Pass the Gravy x 7

1959 Morrow US first edition

1960 Heinemann UK first edition

1961 Corgi reissue from the UK

1962 Pocket reissue, cover art by Harry Bennett

1963 Corgi reissue from the UK

1964 Pocket reissue, 3rd print

1971 Pocket reissue

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

The Double Shuffle x 5 +

1952 Hale hardcover in the UK

1953 Dutton hardcover, a Guilt Edged Selection

Oil on board, 30 x 22 inches (76.2 x 55.9 cm)
Signed lower right: Al Rossi

The present work is published as the cover of The Double Shuffle by James Hadley Chase (Signet, 1954)


1954 Corgi reissue

1963 Horwitz reissue from Australia

Me, Hood! x 4

1963 Corgi UK paperback original

cover art by Renato Fratini

1967 Corgi reissue

1969 Signet edition – 1st US edition

cover art by Robert McGinnis

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1971 Corgi reissue

cover art by Terry Gilbert