
1948 Dutton hardcover – a Guilt Edged Selection


1951 Boardman hardcover – cover art by Denis McLoughlin

1952 Boardman softcover – cover art by Denis McLoughlin
better image than previously posted


1958 Corgi reissue in Britain

1948 Dutton hardcover – a Guilt Edged Selection


1951 Boardman hardcover – cover art by Denis McLoughlin

1952 Boardman softcover – cover art by Denis McLoughlin
better image than previously posted


1958 Corgi reissue in Britain

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1963. First Edition.
Basis for the 1966 film noir, starring Glenn Ford, Ricardo Montalban and Rita Hayworth.

cover art by Harry Barton
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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)



1963 Horwitz reissue from Australia

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



cover art by Gerald Gregg, mapback by Ruth Belew


cover art by Walter Brooks
better image than previously posted


1954 Dutton hardcover, first edition

cover art by Mitchell Hooks
better image than previously posted

1953 E. P. Dutton, 1953, first edition. A Gilt Edged Mystery.

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