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Tag: gold medal paperback

A Touch of Death x 4

1954 Gold Medal paperback original

cover art by Saul Tepper

1955 UK Gold Medal reissue

published by Cassel in London, 1965, as Mix Yourself a Redhead

2011 Hard Case Crime reissue

cover art by Chuck Pyle

Posted on June 10, 2026May 18, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags cassel hardcover, charles williams, chuck pyle, dame, femme fatale, gold medal paperback, hard case crime, saul tepperLeave a comment on A Touch of Death x 4

Death Pulls a Doublecross x 3

September 1961 Gold Medal paperback original

better image than previously posted

later republished as Coward’s Kiss, 1996, Carroll & Graf mass market

reissued by iBooks, 2003

Posted on June 10, 2026May 18, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags carroll & graf, dame, femme fatale, gold medal paperback, ibooks, lawrence block, pulp illustrationLeave a comment on Death Pulls a Doublecross x 3

To Kiss, or Kill x 3

1951 Gold Medal paperback original – cover art by Barye Philips

his 6th published novel

1966 Uni book reissue

1968 Macfadden reissue

Posted on June 9, 2026May 18, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags dame, day keene, gold medal paperback, macfadden paperback, uni bookLeave a comment on To Kiss, or Kill x 3

1956 Gold Medal paperback original – cover art by Barye Phillips

1956 Gold Medal paperback original

cover art by Barye Phillips

February 26, 2014

Posted on May 26, 2026May 1, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags barye phillips, day keene, gold medal paperbackLeave a comment on 1956 Gold Medal paperback original – cover art by Barye Phillips

1953 Gold Medal paperback original

pseudonym of Marvin Albert

1953 Gold Medal paperback original

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 18, 2026May 1, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags albert conroy, gold medal paperback, marvin albert, showgirlLeave a comment on 1953 Gold Medal paperback original

The Wailing Frail x 4

1956 Gold Medal paperback original

all cover art by Barye Phillips

better image than previously posted

10th with private eye Shell Scott

British reprint

later 50s reprint

1960 reprint – 4th edition

Posted on May 10, 2026April 7, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags barye phillips, gold medal paperback, private eye, richard s. prather, shell scottLeave a comment on The Wailing Frail x 4

The Goldfish Murders x 2

1950 Gold Medal paperback original

cover art by Frederic Varady

1958 Red Seal UK reissue

Posted on May 8, 2026April 7, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags frederick varady, gold medal paperback, police procedural, red seal paperback, will mitchellLeave a comment on The Goldfish Murders x 2

Wild x 3

1958 Crest paperback original

1958 British edition

1964 Gold Medal reissue

Posted on April 30, 2026April 7, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperbackTags crest paperback, gil brewer, gold medal paperback, pulp illustrationLeave a comment on Wild x 3

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

Posted on April 27, 2026April 6, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, original art, paperback, pulp, uncategorizedTags alley, gold medal paperback, james meese, oil on board, ross macrossLeave a comment on cover art by James Meese

1953 Gold Medal paperback original – cover art by Barye Phillips

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

November 29, 2013

Posted on April 27, 2026April 6, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags barye phillips, e. howard hunt, gold medal paperbackLeave a comment on 1953 Gold Medal paperback original – cover art by Barye Phillips

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