Robert McGuire (American, 20th Century)
Oil on board, 28-1/4 x 20 inches (71.8 x 50.8 cm)
first published as the cover of Room to Swing, 1958, Pyramid paperback original
then repurposed for 1961 Beacon paperback original
Robert Maguire x 2
Tag: oil on board
cover art by James Meese
James Alfred Meese (American, 1917-1971)
cover of The Beautiful and Dead by Ross MacRoss (Gold Medal, 1954).
Oil on board, 20 x 16 inches (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
Signed lower right: Meese
1955 Signet paperback original – cover art by James Avati
oil on board, 30.5 x 20 in.
signed with artist’s monogram lower left
1955 Signet paperback original
better image than previously posted
1956 Signet paperback original – cover art by Paul Rader
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
So Rich, So Lovely and So Dead x 2
oil on board, 16 x 12-1/2 inches (40.6 x 31.8 cm)
Signed lower left: Zuckerberg
1953 Pocket reissue
better image than previously posted
1961 Dell reissue
[post updated 12/11/25]
1954 Signet reissue – cover art by George Ziel
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
June 1947 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto
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”
Hit Woman
1953 Lion paperback original – cover art by Julian Paul
cover art by Julian Paul
1953 Lion paperback original
oil on board, 24 x 17.5 in.
1955 Horwitz edition from Australia
cover art by Robert Schulz
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
