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

better image than previously posted

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