gold medal paperback

cover art by James Meese

James Alfred Meese (American, 1917-1971)
cover of The Beautiful and Dead by Ross MacRoss (Gold Medal, 1954).
Oil on board, 20 x 16 inches (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
Signed lower right: Meese

1953 Gold Medal paperback original

cover art by Barye Phillips

his seventh novel under his name. his supervisors at the CIA thought it was great cover for an agent to be a writer

cover art by Ray Johnson

cover art by Barye Phillips

art work by Mitchell Hooks

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1956 Crest edition – cover art by James Meese

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1958 Crest – cover art by Darcy (Ernest Chiriacka)

1961 Gold Medal reissue – cover art by Barye Phillips

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1951 Gold Medal paperback original

cover art by Gene Widhoff

his 3rd Shell Scott novel

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1957 Red Seal release from the UK

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1959 UK title Man in Motion from Cassel

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