
Paul Rader (American, 1906-1986), not signed
Girl Running , Signet 1956
oil on canvas board, 30 x 20 inches (76.2 x 50.8 cm)

Adam Knight was a pen name of Lawrence Lariar

Paul Rader (American, 1906-1986), not signed
Girl Running , Signet 1956
oil on canvas board, 30 x 20 inches (76.2 x 50.8 cm)

Adam Knight was a pen name of Lawrence Lariar

oil on board, 16 x 12-1/2 inches (40.6 x 31.8 cm)
Signed lower left: Zuckerberg
1953 Pocket reissue


1961 Dell reissue

[post updated 12/11/25]

George Ziel (American, 1914-1982)
A Kiss Before Dying, 1954 Signet reissue
oil on board, 25-1/4 x 20 inches (64.1 x 50.8 cm), not signed
Edgar award for Best Novel, 1954



cover art by Rafael DeSoto, oil on board, 26 x 18.5 in.
better image than previously posted
H.H. Stinson, “A Window in My Coffin” (PI Kerry Monahan)
Peter Paige, “Death – On the House”
John D. MacDonald, “Suicidal Journey”
Ken Kessler, “Operation Murder”
Seymour Irving Richin, “Violence for Vicky”
Stanley C. Vickers, “Noose of Retribution”
Edward William Murphy, “Killings on the Conscience”


cover art by Julian Paul
1953 Lion paperback original
oil on board, 24 x 17.5 in.

1955 Horwitz edition from Australia


Robert Schulz (American, 1928-1978)
Trapped by Jean Hougron (Dell, 1959)
Oil on board, 19-1/2 x 13-1/2 inches (49.5 x 34.3 cm) (image)
Initialed lower right: RES



cover art by Norman Saunders – oil on board, 22 x 15 in.
better image than previously posted
Albert Simmons, “Dead Air”
Day Keene, “He Who Dies Last, Dies Hardest” (reprint from 1943)
Raymond Drennen, Jr., “Pennies From Hell”
Rufus Bakalor, “A Hitch in Crime”
Don James, “Babe and the Hoods”
Duane Yarnell, “Death on the Menu” (Patrolman Kelly)

[I wonder which was reversed – the image of the painting or the image for the cover…]

Muzzle Blast paperback cover, Bruno Rossi (Leisure Books, 1974)
Oil on board, 9 x 8 inches (22.9 x 20.3 cm) (image)
Signed lower left: KEN BARR

American Artist (20th Century)
The Wayward Blonde paperback cover, 1958
Oil on board, 23 x 15-1/2 inches (58.4 x 39.4 cm)
Not signed
The present work is published as the cover of The Wayward Blonde by John Creighton (Ace, 1958) and is accompanied by a copy of the book.
