
1963 Horowitz paperback original release in Australia
1964 Signet paperback original in the US – cover art by Robert McGinnis


1963 Horowitz paperback original release in Australia
1964 Signet paperback original in the US – cover art by Robert McGinnis


9th with private eye team Bertha Cool and Donald Lam



August 1950 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

published in 1951 by Heinemann in London as An Axe to Grind. this the 1960 Australian edition by Horowitz


cover art by Harry Bennett
better image than previously posted

cover art by Julian Paul
1953 Lion paperback original
oil on board, 24 x 17.5 in.

1955 Horwitz edition from Australia


Emma Magdalena Rosalia Maria Josefa Barbara Orczy
1917 published in Britain by Hodder and Stoughton and Doran in NYC, this the later 1960 Australian softcover from Horwitz
a “Scarlet Pimpernel” novel


1964 Horwitz International reissue

cover art by Robert McGinnis
Gouache on board, 22 x 15 inches (55.9 x 38.1 cm)
Signed lower center right: R. M.Ginnis


1971 Signet reissue, third printing
cover art by Robert McGinnis
[updated 11/5/25, 3/29/26]

1960 Horowitz hardcover, this the US Signet release that same year.
cover painting by Barye Phillips

cover art by Ron Lesser

Original paperback art by Ron Lesser. The model was Lesser’s wife, Claudia.
