1947 Farrar Strauss hardcover
1948 Penguin/Signet reissue – cover art by Robert Jonas
1954 Signet reissue – cover art by Saul Tepper
Mitchell Hooks (American, 1923-2013)
Gouache on board, 30 x 18-1/4 inches (76.2 x 46.4 cm)
Initialed center right: MH
1944 Jefferson House hardcover – see Signet reissue below
1948 Farrar Straus hardcover – cover art by Bill English
3rd with PI Max Thursday
1949 Sampson Low hardcover from the UK – cover art by Tansley
1949 Signet reissue – cover art by James Avani
Gouache on board, 17-1/2 x 22 inches (44.5 x 55.9 cm)
Not signed
– white lines show where the original work was re-touched for the new cover –
1957 Phantom edition from Australia
SMB Noir 