
cover art by William Reusswig

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cover art by J.W. Schlaikjer
~ Erle Stanley Gardner, “Double or Quit”, 31th of 73 with Ed Jenkins, ‘last episode in his fight with Ramsey: Arthur Hemington also around’, 48th of 99 stories in BM
~ Dashiell Hammett, “The Maltese Falcon”, part last of 5 serialized parts before hardcover publication (1931), 39th of 45 stories in BM
~ Horace McCoy, “The Little Black Book”, 4th of 14 Frost stories with ‘Capt. Jerry Frost, Texas (Air) Ranger’, 5th of 17 stories in BM
~ Frederick L. Nebel, “Tough Treatment”, 8th of 37 with Captain Steve MacBride and local reporter Kennedy, ‘but not in Richmond City’, reprinted in Winter Kill: Complete Cases of MacBride & Kenney, v.1 (Altus, 2013), 20 of 67 stories in BM
~ Henry Wallace Phillips, “A Chance Shot”, ‘Western mystery’, 4th of 8 with Red Saunders, 8th of 12 stories in BM
~ Raoul [Fauconnier] Whitfield, “Red Smoke”, ‘Mal Ourney; part 2 (of 5), ‘The Crime Breeders’, presented as separate stories rather than conventional serial’, published in hardcover in 1930 by Knopf as Green Ice, 36th of 67 stories in BM [see also 24 stories as Ramon Decolta]
©Seattle Mystery Bookshop
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cover art by Walter Baumhofer
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Carroll John Daly, “Some Die Hard” (Race Williams)
Erle Stanley Gardner, “Crimson Jade”
O.B. Myers, “The White Mask”
Norvell W. Page, “Satan’s Sideshow”
Cornell Woolrich, “The Corpse and the Kid”
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1952 Morrow hardcover
1954 Dell reissue
13th with private eyes Bertha Cool and Donald Lam
cover art by Griffith Foxley
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December 15, 1934 issue
cover art by Walter Baumhofer
Frederick Nebel, “Leave it to Cardigan”
Erle Stanley Gardner, “Suicide House” (Small, Weston & Burke)
T.T. Flynn, “The Red Wizard” (Izzy O’Shea)
Carroll John Daly, “Excuse to Kill” (Clay Holt)
Donald Barr Chidsey, “Model T”
W.W. Van Dale, “Old Alibi” (Dave Anderson)
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Gouache on Illustration Board, sight size 10.25 x 15″
Mercury Mystery Magazine – January, 1958

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