
cover art by Robert McGinnis
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cover art by Robert McGinnis

first published by Metheun in 1954 as Honey Seems Bitter
this Dell paperback is from 1954
cover art by Phil Marini
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oil on board, 16 x 12-1/2 inches (40.6 x 31.8 cm)
Signed lower left: Zuckerberg
1953 Pocket reissue


1961 Dell reissue

[post updated 12/11/25]

1947 Penguin paperback original / cover design by Robert Jonas
published under at least one other title and adapted into two different movies, both with different titles
besides being a noted novelist, Lipsky was also an attorney and served as the legal counsel for the Mystery Writers of America


cover art by Robert Abbett
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