pen name of Gore Vidal, second of three mysteries


British 1954 Heinemann edition

1954 Signet reissue – cover art by Sam Cherry

1958 Signet reissue – cover art by Robert Maguire
better image than previously posted



pen name of Gore Vidal, second of three mysteries


British 1954 Heinemann edition

1954 Signet reissue – cover art by Sam Cherry

1958 Signet reissue – cover art by Robert Maguire
better image than previously posted




1951 Dutton first edition hardcover
Spillane’s 5th book, first without Hammer

1953 Arthur Barker hardcover from the UK

May 1952 Signet paperback, first printing – cover art by Lu Kimmel
better image than previously posted

1952 Signet paperback, later printing – cover art by Barye Phillips
better image than previously posted



1958 Dragon reissue in the UK

1960 Signet reissue – cover art by James Avati

British 1960 Corgi reissue – cover art by John A. Richards

1963 Corgi reissue from the UK


1970 Corgi reissue from the UK

undated Signet reissue




Canadian undated (1954?) Harlequin reissue


cover art by George Erickson
better image than previously posted

undated, later, Signet reissue




1949 Popular Library reissue – cover art by Rudolph Belarski

February 1957 Lion paperback reissue – with altered title
cover art by Harry Schaare
better image than previously posted


March 11, 1939 issue – cover art by Emmett Watson



July 1952 Signet reissue, 3rd printing
cover art by Maurice Thomas – better image than previously posted

cover art by Robert Schulz
better image than previously posted


cover by Richard Powers

cover art by Kelly Freas
