doubleday hardcover

What Mad Universe x 9

September 1948 issue ~ debut of the story

cover art by Earle Bergey

1949 Dutton hardcover – first book appearance

1950 Bantam reissue – cover art by Herman Bischoff

better image than previously posted

1951 Boardman hardcover from Britain – cover art by Dennis McLoughlin

1954 Bantam reissue – cover art by Charles Binger

better image than previously posted

1954 Boardman paperback reissue – cover art by Pagram

1978 Bantam reissue – cover art by Paul Lehr

1978 Pennyfarthing Press hardcover, limited edition reissue

cover art by Grant Canfield

1981 Doubleday reissue

House of Fury/Reform School Girls x 4

1941 Doubleday hardcover

1948 Diversey digest in Canada

1950 Avon reissue

1959 Berkley reissue

cover art by Robert Maguire

better image than previously posted

Headed for a Hearse x 8

1936 Double Day hardcover

A Crime Club selection

3rd with drunken private eye Bill Crane from 1936

1950 Century paperback

– cover art by Duur

1956 Jonathan Press digest, #84

cover art by ED Emshwiller

1960 Great Pan reissue

better image than previously posted

1964 McFadden paperback reissue

better image than previously posted

1990 International Polygonics – cover by Jennifer Place

2022 American Mystery Classics

Brackett, Leigh. AN EYE FOR AN EYE. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1957. Octavo, boards. First edition. This book became the basis for the television series “Markham“. Some tanning to page edges, a near fine copy in near fine dust jacket with some light rubbing.

1961 Belmont paperback original

novelization from the TV series starring Ray Milland

novelization by Lawrence Block was released after the TV show had been cancelled

1936 Doubleday hardcover

First American Edition of THIS GUN FOR HIRE (1936), preceding the British edition by one month).

A masterpiece of genre fiction, basis for the 1942 film noir starring Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake and Laird Cregar. The film was Ladd’s first appearance on the big screen, and the only time he ever played a villain. He became famous as a result of the film’s success, and would go on to be cast along-side Veronica Lake in ‘The Glass Key’ and ‘The Blue Dahlia.’ Copies in dustjacket are quite scarce, this being the only jacketed copy of the American edition we’ve seen offered in the trade since 2009.

September 27, 2013