November 1939 issue ~ cover art by John Fleming Gould

November 1939 issue

cover art by John Fleming Gould

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Carroll John Daly, “The White-Headed Corpse” (Race Williams)

Michael Sutton, “The Devil’s Portrait”

Jan Dana, “Too Week to Kill” (Acme Indemnity Op)

Dale Clark, “The Short and Merry One”

Roger Torrey, “Fire Test”

Maurice Beam, “Mind Over Matter”

Robert K. Adams, “Curtain Call”

D.L. Champion, “Dumb Dick”

Call for Michael Shayne x 3

pen name – one of many – of David Dresser

1949 Dodd hardcover, this the later 1950 Dell mapback reissue

cover art by Robert Stanley

featuring Miami private eye Michael Shayne

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cover art by Robert McGinnis

January 1959 Dell reissue, first printing

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January 1964 Dell reissue, first printing – McGinnis artwork again

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Divided on Death x 5

1939 Holt hardcover

Oil on board, 13 x 8-1/2 inches (33.0 x 21.6 cm) (sight) – Not signed

The present work is published on the cover of Dividend on Death by Brett Halliday (Dell, 1952).

first published novel under the name Brett Halliday, first Michael (or Mike) Shayne novel

cover art by Robert McGinnis

1959 Dell reissue

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