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For the Fans of Hardboiled, Pulp & Gumshoe Art

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Tag: italian pulp

McGinnis to Gasparri

1959 Gold Medal paperback original

cover art by Robert McGinnis

movie poster – The Girl Who Knew Too Much – Nov 1969

pulp illustration by Rodolfo Gasparri

Posted on September 16, 2025August 27, 2025Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, movie poster, original art, paperback, pulpTags day keene, gold medal paperback, italian pulp, robert mcginnis, rodolfo gasparriLeave a comment on McGinnis to Gasparri

1959 Italian hardcover edition

Italian edition of the Raymond Chandler novel, Playback 

Posted on December 20, 2024December 12, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, hardcover, mystery, pulp, raymond chandlerTags italian pulp, philip marlowe, playback, private detective, raymond chandlerLeave a comment on 1959 Italian hardcover edition
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