Playback x 24

1958 Hamish Hamilton, true 1st edition

1958 Houghton Mifflin hardcover

1959 Danish edition

1959 Brazilian edition in Portuguese

1960 Cardinal reissue – cover art by William Rose

better image than previously posted

1961 British edition

1961 Finnish edition

1961 Australian edition from Horwitz – cover art by Theo Batten

1965 British edition – cover design by Alan Spain

1968 Pyramid reissue – cover art by Joseph Lombardero

1968 German edition

1975 Penguin edition – cover design by James Tormey

1977 Ballantine reissue, 1st print (owner’s copy) – cover art by Richard Waldrep

later 1977 Ballantine reissue – cover art by Richard Waldrep

1979 French edition

1979 Pan/Macmillan reissue – cover photo by Peter Williams

1986 French edition

late 8os UK Penguin reissue

1988 French translation

1988 Vintage reissue

1990 Finnish edition

1998 Catalan edition

1999 French edition

1999 Scandinavian edition (unsure of country)

2002 Spanish edition

2004 French graphic novel edition

2011 Penguin UK reissue

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The High Window x 23

1940 Knopf hardcover, 1st edition

1943 Hamish Hamilton UK 1st ed.

1956 Pocket reissue, 2nd printing – cover art by James Meese (owner’s copy)

1945 Pocket reissue – cover by E. McKnight Kauffer

The Brasher Doubloon (20th Century Fox, 1946). Very Fine- on Linen. Three Sheet (41″ X 78.5″).

adaptation of Raymond Chandler’s The High Window – noted in tiny print on the poster

1956 Penguin UK reissue

1959 Penguin reissue

1961 Horwitz reissue from Australia – cover art by Theo Batten

1965 Pocket reissue

1967 Hamish Hamilton reissue, Fingerprint Edition

1969 Pocket reissue

1971 Ballantine reissue – cover art by Tom Adams (owner’s copy)

1976 Vintage reissue – cover art by Richard Waldrep (owner’s copy)

1979 Pan/Macmillan reissue – cover photo by Peter Williams

1988 Penguin/Random House reissue

1989 Penguin UK reissue

1992 Vintage/Black Lizard reissue

1993 Thorndike large print edition

2002 Penguin UK reissue

2011 Penguin UK reissue

2011 Penguin UK reissue

2011 Penguin Classics UK reissue

2013 Vintage/Black Lizard reissue

The Wanton x 5

1959 Horowitz release in Australia

cover art by Barye Phillips – better image than previously posted

1959 Signet paperback original in the US

International Edition Series #10 December 1961, March 1965

cover design by Grant Roberts

1966 Signet reissue – cover art by Robert McGinnis

1968 New English Library/Four Square Books release in the UK

The Wayward Wahine

1960 Horwitz paperback original in Australia

1960 Signet paperback original

cover art by Barye Phillips

1962 Horwitz reissue

Robert McGinnis (American, 1926-2025), Not signed
The Wayward Wahine, Carter Brown, 1966 Signet reissue
Gouache on board, 19-1/4 x 15 inches (48.9 x 38.1 cm)

1971 Horwitz reissue

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

The Blonde x 6 +

1958 Horwitz paperback original from Australia

The Blonde, Carter Brown paperback cover, 1958 Signet
Gouache on board, 28 x 18 inches (71.1 x 45.7 cm) (image)
Signed faintly lower right: Barye

undated Dutch edition – cover art by Moriën

1967 Signet reissue – cover art by Robert McGinnis

better image than previously posted

1969 Signet reissue

later Signet reissue – cover art by Barye Phillips

The Case of the Smoking Chimney x 5

1943  Morrow hardcover

1950 Pocket reissue

2nd book with Gramps Wiggins

cover art by Wayne Blickenstaff

1961 Pocket reissue – cover art by Charles Binger

better image than previously posted

1963 Horwitz edition from Australia

1963 British edition from Penguin

cover art by Sheila Perry