1950 Dell mapback ~ cover art by Victor Kalin

1949 Simon & Schuster hardcover, his third with private eye Peter Chambers. Kane preferred “private richard” to “private dick”

1950 Dell mapback

cover art by Victor Kalin

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The Big Knockover x

1944 Dell mapback reissue

better image than previously posted

cover art by Gerald Gregg

selection of two connected Continental Op stories, “The Big Knockover” and “$106,000 Blood Money”:

“The Big Knock-over”, Black Mask Magazine, February 1927

“$106,000 Blood Money”, Black Mask Magazine, March 1927

1952 Penguin UK 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