
1963 Gold Medal paperback original
cover art by Robert McGinnis
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Oil on board, 30 x 22in.
Signed lower left
The Violent Hours by Frank Castle (pen name of Steve Thurman), Gold Medal #554, 1956


November 1957 Gold Medal paperback original, first printing
cover art by William Rose
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May 1953 Gold Medal paperback original, 1st print
cover art by Barye Phillips
an account of the lurid Ruth Snyder case
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November 1955 first printing
cover painting by Lu Kimmel

Tempera on board, 9-3/4 x 11-1/2 inches (24.8 x 29.2 cm) (sight)
Signed lower right
1954 Gold Medal reissue
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Time to step up. Possible study for an unknown pulp cover. Mixed media, including watercolor, gouache, graphite, and glaze on onion skin paper mounted to board. 335×198 mm; 13 1/4×7 3/4 inches, mounted to 13 3/4×8 3/4-inch board. Signed “Meese” at lower right.
1961 Gold Medal paperback original with final, finished cover

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