noir – Page 4 – SMB Noir

why not?

cover art by Ernest Chiriacka

1947 Appleton hardcover, this the Bantam softcover released the next year

cover art by William Shoyer

his fourth novel

cover art by Walter Baumhofer

1951 Fawcett paperback original, this the later 1967 Dell reprint

his 6th novel

cover art by Barye Phillips

better image than previously posted

1995 Pantheon hardcover, first printing

a sweaty, sexy noir novel, a modern classic by an author who deserves to be far more widely read.

when she came to the shop to sign the book, she wore a custom-made leather outfit of the same colors and design as the book’s jacket.

jacket design by Marjorie Anderson

March 1963 Gold Medal paperback original, second printing

cover art by Robert McGinnis

better image than previously posted