
1969 Gold Medal paperback original

later Coronet edition from the UK

first published by Gold Medal in 1951 as High Red for Dead, and re-titled for this second printing in ‘57. cover art attributed to Barye Phillips
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1965 Gold Medal paperback original
cover art by Barye Phillips
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1992 Xanadu trade paper reissue from the UK

1994 Vintage Crime/Black Lizard reissue


1953 Gold Medal paperback original
also published by Berkley as One for My Money in 1962 and a French film in 1990, It’s Freezing in Hell
cover art by Charles Copeland




2013 Black Curtain Press reissue


1952 Gold Medal paperback original
cover art attributed to Barye Phillips
his 7th novel, solid noir
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1952 Gold Medal paperback original
cover art by Barye Phillips
two G.I.s plan to take over the black market in post-WWII Manila
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1952 Gold Medal paperback original
cover art by Barye Phillips
first of two uses of this joint pen name of Davis Dresser (aka Brett Halliday) and Walter Ryerson Johnson

1952 Phantom paperback original from Australia

pseudonym of Ken Crossen, who also wrote as M.E. Chaber and Christopher Monig
1959 Gold Medal paperback original
cover art by Barye Phillips
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