1956 Gold Medal paperback original
cover art by Barye Phillips
better image than previously posted
cover art by Kirwin
Kill the Boss Good-by x 2
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Nothing More Than Murder x 6
better image than previously posted
1949 Hillman reissue – first paperback edition
better image than previously posted
1991 Black Lizard paperback reissue
cover art by Kirwan
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Hardest of the Hardboiled #2 x 7
1933 Doubleday Doran advance reading copy
1948 Avon reprint, 1st paperback edition
cover art by Ann Cantor
Fast One was Cain’s sole novel
Chandler termed it the “high point in the ultra hard-boiled manner”
cover art by Victor Olsen
1978 Southern Illinois University Press
an entry in their “Lost American Fiction” series
1980 Popular Library 1st print reissue
cover art by Jin Campbell
1987 Black Lizard reissue
cover art by Kirwin
February 2012 Centipede hardcover
cover art by Ron Lesser
©Seattle Mystery Bookshop
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