New York: E.P. Dutton, 1963. First Edition.
Basis for the 1966 film noir, starring Glenn Ford, Ricardo Montalban and Rita Hayworth.
cover art by Harry Barton
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The Money Trap x 3
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1952 Graphic paperback original
September 1946 issue ~ cover art by Gloria Stoll
September 1940 issue
March 1940 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto
July 1939 issue
cover art by John Fleming Gould?
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D.L. Champion, “Cover the Corpse’s Eyes” (Insp. Allhoff)
Cornell Woolrich, “Charlie Won’t Be Home Tonight”
Sam Merwin, Jr., “Murder for Syndication”
Jan Dana, “The Second Loop” (Acme Indemnity Op)
Leslie T. White, “Me and My Shadow” (Omar MacKenzie)
1952 Dell reissue – cover art by Robert Stanley
The Virgin Kills x 3
WHITFIELD, Raoul (1897?-1945). The Virgin Kills. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1932.
8o. Original canary yellow cloth; pictorial dust jacket by J.V.W. Oliver (very minor chipping to ends of spine panel; short tear to lower edge of back panel).
FIRST EDITION, in the scarce dust jacket. “Death went up the river with the Virgin, Eric Vennell’s yacht, when that millionaire gambler sailed for the Regatta at Poughkeepsie with his oddly assorted guests” (dust jacket). Illustration on page 56.
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1986 Quill paperback reissue of his 1932 hardcover
Apparently, the novel was not serialized in any magazine before publication
1988 No Exit Press from the UK
cover photo by Weegee
SMB Noir 