
1956 Gold Medal paperback original
all cover art by Barye Phillips
better image than previously posted
10th with private eye Shell Scott




1956 Gold Medal paperback original
all cover art by Barye Phillips
better image than previously posted
10th with private eye Shell Scott




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


1956 Crest edition – cover art by James Meese
better image than previously posted


1958 Crest – cover art by Darcy (Ernest Chiriacka)

1961 Gold Medal reissue – cover art by Barye Phillips
better image than previously posted

undated Fawcett Gold Medal reissue – cover art by Robert McGinnis

1951 Gold Medal paperback original
cover art by Gene Widhoff
his 3rd Shell Scott novel