Christmas Cheer x 6

1948 Dutton hardcover – a Guilt Edged Selection

1949 Bantam reissue

1951 Boardman hardcover – cover art by Denis McLoughlin

1952 Boardman softcover – cover art by Denis McLoughlin

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1953 Dutch hardcover

1958 Corgi reissue in Britain

The Money Trap x 3

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1963. First Edition.

Basis for the 1966 film noir, starring Glenn Ford, Ricardo Montalban and Rita Hayworth.

1964 Monarch reissue

cover art by Harry Barton

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The Double Shuffle x 5 +

1952 Hale hardcover in the UK

1953 Dutton hardcover, a Guilt Edged Selection

Oil on board, 30 x 22 inches (76.2 x 55.9 cm)
Signed lower right: Al Rossi

The present work is published as the cover of The Double Shuffle by James Hadley Chase (Signet, 1954)


1954 Corgi reissue

1963 Horwitz reissue from Australia

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

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1951 Boardman hardcover from Britain – cover art by Dennis McLoughlin

1954 Bantam reissue – cover art by Charles Binger

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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

Curtains for the Copper x 3

1941 Dutton hardcover

1944 Dell mapback reissue

cover art by Gerald Gregg, mapback by Ruth Belew


1953 Dell Canadian edition

cover art by Walter Brooks

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Clean Break into The Killing

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1955. First Edition. In publisher’s trial dust jacket, date stamped March 1, 1955, on the bottom of the front flap.

Basis for Stanley Kubrick’s breakthrough 1956 film “The Killing,” starring Sterling Hayden in one of his defining roles.

1956 Signet reissue – cover art by Robert Maguire

1988 Black Lizard reissue – cover art by Kirwin

1956 United Artists – written and directed by Stanley Kubrick