
1963 Horwitz paperback original

1964 Horwitz International Edition paperback

cover art by Robert McGinnis


1963 Horwitz paperback original

1964 Horwitz International Edition paperback

cover art by Robert McGinnis


1960 paperback original by Horowitz in Australia and Signet in the US

cover art by Barye Phillips

given date is 1959 Dutch edition

1967 Signet reissue – cover art by Robert McGinnis

McGinnis sketch for Signet reissue cover

cover art by McGinnis for 1972 Signet reissue


1961 Signet paperback original
cover art by Barye Phillips


1962 Horwitz International Edition

1968 Signet reissue – cover art by Ron Lesser

1967 Horwitz paperback original

1967 Signet – cover art by Robert McGinnis

1968 German edition – cover art by Robert McGinnis

1968 New English Library UK reissue



1957 Horwitz paperback original

1958 Signet edition – cover art by Barye Phillips
better image than previously posted
rewritten/reissued version of No Law Against Angels

1961 Horwitz International edition


1969 Horwitz International edition

cover art by Robert McGinnis



1958 Hamish Hamilton, true 1st edition

1958 Houghton Mifflin hardcover


1959 Brazilian edition in Portuguese

1960 Cardinal reissue – cover art by William Rose
better image than previously posted




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



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 Pan/Macmillan reissue – cover photo by Peter Williams


late 8os UK Penguin reissue






1999 Scandinavian edition (unsure of country)


2004 French graphic novel edition

[updated 3/8/26]

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



1961 Horwitz reissue from Australia – cover art by Theo Batten


1967 Hamish Hamilton reissue, Fingerprint Edition


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


1992 Vintage/Black Lizard reissue

1993 Thorndike large print edition




2011 Penguin Classics UK reissue


1967 Horwitz release in Australia

1965 Signet paperback original in the US
cover art by Robert McGinnis

1966 German edition – photo of Jean Shrimpton on cover



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

1956 Horwitz paperback original from Australia
Debra Paget photo used on the cover, whether she knew it or not…
better image than previously posted

cover art by Moira Bertram

1952 Horwitz paperback original
