
1953 Scribner hardcover
cover art by William Rose

1944 Detective Novel Classic digest

cover art by Robert Stanley
Oil on board, 12.625 x 8.75 in. (sight), not signed
Dell #386, 1950.

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cover art by Paul Rader
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cover art by Robert McGinnis
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Cover art for “The Perfect Victim” by James McKimmey, published by Dell in 1958. Gouache on board. 552×368 mm; 21 3/4×14 1/2 inches. Signed “Abbett” in right image.


“While the City Sleeps.” Upper portion only of cover art for the book of the same name by Charles Einstein, re-printed by Dell in 1956 to coincide with the release of the film adaptation starring Rhonda Fleming and Dana Andrews. Gouche on board. 330×337 mm; 13×13 1/4 inches. Signed “M. Hooks” in lower right.

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Feb 1960 Dell paperback reissue, first printing
originally published in 1956 in the UK as A Tangled Web
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gouache composite illustration on board, 11″ by 17″
1951 Dell 1st edition thus
William Irish was one of the pen names used by Cornell Woolrich

the novelette was originally published as by Woolrich in the May 3, 1941


1952 Morrow hardcover
1954 Dell reissue
13th with private eyes Bertha Cool and Donald Lam
cover art by Griffith Foxley
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oil on board, 10 3/4″ x 13 1/4″

1952 Holt hardcover
1954 Dell paperback reissue
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