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Back in 2013, our tumblr site was started and ran until 2018, when they decided it was too "adult" - too lurid, supposedly. We followed the exodus to newtumbl and four years of dedication vanished in June of 2023. That work was not only new posts but upgrades of hundreds of old tumblr posts as well. So far, there has been no way to rescue those posts, so this will be the third version of this project. And, I'll warn you in advance, I may slip in covers that are not crime or mystery but just because I like the artwork. Enjoy!

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1949 Popular Library paperback reissue

1937 Appleton Century hardcover, published as I Love You Again

1949 Popular Library paperback reissue

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 27, 2025September 25, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags bullet hole, car chase, octavus roy cohen, popular libraryLeave a comment on 1949 Popular Library paperback reissue

1951 Popular Library reissue

published in 1948 by Macmillan, this a later 1951 Popular Library reissue

Posted on October 26, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags cigarette girl, dame, femme fatale, octavus roy cohen, popular library, veilLeave a comment on 1951 Popular Library reissue

cover art by James Meese

1952 Popular Library

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 14, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, mystery, paperback, pulpTags james meese, octavus roy cohen, popular libraryLeave a comment on cover art by James Meese

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

1948 Macmillan hardcover

1952 Popular Library paperback reissue

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

2nd of 2 with Lt. Marty Walsh

Posted on August 28, 2024August 16, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags bantam paperback, octavus roy cohen, police procedural, rudolph belarskiLeave a comment on cover art by Rudolph Belarski

January 1, 1938 issue ~ cover art by Jon Whitcomb

January 1, 1938

cover art by Jon Whitcomb

Posted on June 30, 2024June 15, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, joke, magazine, mystery, pulpTags collier's magazine, jon whitcomb, lipstick, octavus roy cohen, owen p. whiteLeave a comment on January 1, 1938 issue ~ cover art by Jon Whitcomb

April 1935 issue

April 1935

Posted on December 9, 2023December 6, 2023Categories adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags hugh b. cave, mystery adventures magazine, octavus roy cohen, richard b. saleLeave a comment on April 1935 issue

August 25, 1917 issue ~ cover art by Modest Stein

August 25, 1917

cover art by Modest Stein

Posted on November 14, 2023November 13, 2023Categories magazineTags frank l. packard, george allan england, modest stein, octavus roy cohen, people's favorite magazine, pulp art, shovelLeave a comment on August 25, 1917 issue ~ cover art by Modest Stein
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