

cover art by Gerald Gregg, mapback by Ruth Belew


cover art by Walter Brooks
better image than previously posted



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