Tag: guilt edged mystery

The Long Wait x 13 + 1

1951 Dutton first edition hardcover

Spillane’s 5th book, first without Hammer

1953 Arthur Barker hardcover from the UK

May 1952 Signet paperback, first printing – cover art by Lu Kimmel

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1952 Signet paperback, later printing – cover art by Barye Phillips

better image than previously posted

1954 movie poster

1955 Signet reissue

1958 Dragon reissue in the UK

1960 Signet reissue – cover art by James Avati

British 1960 Corgi reissue – cover art by John A. Richards

1963 Corgi reissue from the UK

1964 Signet, 31st print

1970 Corgi reissue from the UK

undated Signet reissue

1979 Signet reissue

Christmas Cheer x 6

1948 Dutton hardcover – a Guilt Edged Selection

1949 Bantam reissue

1951 Boardman hardcover – cover art by Denis McLoughlin

1952 Boardman softcover – cover art by Denis McLoughlin

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1953 Dutch hardcover

1958 Corgi reissue in Britain

The Double Shuffle x 5 +

1952 Hale hardcover in the UK

1953 Dutton hardcover, a Guilt Edged Selection

Oil on board, 30 x 22 inches (76.2 x 55.9 cm)
Signed lower right: Al Rossi

The present work is published as the cover of The Double Shuffle by James Hadley Chase (Signet, 1954)


1954 Corgi reissue

1963 Horwitz reissue from Australia

Clean Break into The Killing

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1955. First Edition. In publisher’s trial dust jacket, date stamped March 1, 1955, on the bottom of the front flap.

Basis for Stanley Kubrick’s breakthrough 1956 film “The Killing,” starring Sterling Hayden in one of his defining roles.

1956 Signet reissue – cover art by Robert Maguire

1988 Black Lizard reissue – cover art by Kirwin

1956 United Artists – written and directed by Stanley Kubrick