1959 Morrow US first edition
1960 Heinemann UK first edition
1961 Corgi reissue from the UK
1962 Pocket reissue, cover art by Harry Bennett
1963 Corgi reissue from the UK
1964 Pocket reissue, 3rd print
Pass the Gravy x 7
Tag: morrow hardcover
1953 Morrow hardcover
Spill the Jackpot x 8
1941 Morrow hardcover
4th in the Bertha Cool & Donald Lam series
cover art by George A. Frederiksen/ mapback by Ruth Belew
1951 British Pocket paperback edition
cover art by Roland Davies
1959 Panther edition from Britain – cover art by Ley Kenton
1952. Dell reissue – cover art by Carl Bobertz
1957 Dell reissue – cover illustration by by Push-Pin Studios
April 1962 Dell reissue – cover art by Harry Bennett
1967 Dell reissue – cover art by Robert Abbett
Bats Fly at Night x 6
7th with private eyes Bertha Cool and Donald Lam
1948 Dell reissue – cover art by Gerald Gregg
better image than previously posed
1953 Dell reissue – cover art by Robert Stanley
1963 Dell reissue – cover art by Ron Lesser
1966 Dell reissue – cover art by Robert Abbett
The Case of the Sunbather’s Diary x 7
1955 Morrow hardcover / 50th Perry Mason novel
1958 Cardinal reissue – cover art by Mitchell Hooks
Heinemann released the UK hardcover in 1961
1963 Pan reissue – cover art by Harry Sheldon
better image than previously posted
1963 Pocket reissue – cover art by Robert McGinnis
1970s Mayflower edition from the UK
The Case of the Smoking Chimney x 5
2nd book with Gramps Wiggins
cover art by Wayne Blickenstaff
1961 Pocket reissue – cover art by Charles Binger
better image than previously posted
1963 Horwitz edition from Australia
1963 British edition from Penguin
cover art by Sheila Perry
6 x Give ‘Em the Ax
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
4 x The Case of the Moth-Eaten Mink
41st Perry Mason novel
cover photo of Ellen Burstyn by Silver Studios
1961 Great Pan edition from the UK – cover art by Sam Peffer
November 1962 Pocket reissue, 5th printing
cover art Robert McGinnis
better image than previously posted
Build My Gallows High/Out of the Past
1946 William Morrow, first edition.
Geoffrey Homes, Build My Gallows High, 1946 Morrow hardcover
1956 Ace Double paperback reissue
cover art by Harry Barton
basis for the 1947 film noir classic Out of the Past
better image than previously posted
[post updated 7/3/25]
The Case of the Haunted Husband x 12
cover art by Bernard Safran
1951 Penguin UK reissue – cover art by Jaeger
cover design by Silver Studio
1957 Penguin reissue – cover by David Caplan
November 1958 Cardinal paperback reissue, 1st printing
cover art by John Fernie
better image than previously posted
cover art by Robert McGinnis
[updated 6/16/26]
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