“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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gouache on illustration board, 12.5″x18″
1958 Simon and Schuster hardcover as The Last Gamble
1959 Dell paperback reissue with new title
8th with lawyer/sleuth Scott Jordan
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1966 Mayflower/Dell paperback, British edition
August 1959 Dell reissue, first printing
completed by Ed McBain after Rice’s death
cover painting by Robert McGinnis
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