George Ziel (American, 1914-1982)
A Kiss Before Dying, 1954 Signet reissue
oil on board, 25-1/4 x 20 inches (64.1 x 50.8 cm), not signed
Edgar award for Best Novel, 1954
1954 Signet reissue – cover art by George Ziel
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September 1959 Dell reissue
September 1959 Dell reissue, first printing, from the 1958 Random House hardcover
winner of the 1959 Best Novel Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America
cover painting by Robert McGinnis
cover art by Ron Lesser
Gouache on board, 12.25 x 9.5 in. (sight)
Signed lower right
paperback cover for Beat Not the Bones by Charlotte Jay, Avon, 1966.
1952 Harper hardcover in the US
Winner of the first ever Edgar Award for Best Novel, 1954
cover art by Ray Johnson
Charlotte Jay, Beat Not The Bones, 1952 Avon reissue
Winner of the very first Edgar Award for Best Novel in 1954
Jay was the pen name of Geraldine Halls who was born in Adelaide, South Australia on December 17,1919. After writing just nine novels in her life and traveling to exotic locales with her husband, a UNESCO official, she died on October 27, 1996 in her hometown.
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