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

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

1960 Gold Medal Book UK – No. 434
originally published in the US by GM Books # s845, 1959

movie tie-in edition to the 1964 film

reissue from Stark House Press, 2013


1961 Gold Medal paperback original
Charles Willeford writing under this pseudonym
author’s only crime novel under this name
cover art by Robert Abbett
better image than previously posted

3rd Matt Helm thriller, 1961 Gold Medal paperback original
cover art by Barye Phillips
better image than previously posted

1953 Gold Medal paperback original

1958 Gold Medal reissue – cover art attributed to James Meese


1960 Digit UK paperback – not the MacDonald but same art


Burnett, W[illiam] R[iley], writing as “John Monahan.” BIG STAN. New York: Fawcett Publications, Inc., [1953]. Small octavo, cover art by Barye Phillips, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Gold Medal #355. Paperback original. hard-boiled novel. Faint crease to spine edge, rubbing to rear spine edge, a near fine copy.
cover art by Barye Phillips