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
better image than previously posted
Oil on board, 27 x 16.5 in.
Signed lower left
This illustration appeared on the cover of Lionel White’s crime noir novel, To Find a Killer, Signet Books #1241, 1955
Oil on board, 19.25 x 14.25 in. (sight)
Signed lower right
Murder for Madame by Adam Knight, Signet #920, 1952.
pseudonym of Lawrence Lariar
[updated 6/23/25, corrected 4/3/26]
Saint Mudd, paperback cover, 1994
Oil on board, 22-1/2 x 16-3/4 inches (57.2 x 42.5 cm)
Signed lower right
Final Terror, Hunted Detective Story Magazine digest cover, August 1955
Oil on board, 23.375 x 16.5 in. (sight)
Signed lower right
1952 Ace Double D-5
Oil on board, 22.5 x 19.5 in. (sight)
Signed lower left
better image than previously posted
Oil on board, 30 x 20.25 in. (sight)
Signed lower right
Counterspy Express by A. S. Fleischman, Ace D-57, 1954
Kate by Chet Kinsey (Beacon books edition, #B225, 1959)
artwork repurposed for Student Nurses by Gail Jordan [aka Peggy Gaddis] (Uni books #37 1952)
The dates given for these works makes no sense. If the original cover was for a 1959 paperback (which seems likely as the artwork matches), then how could the second book be from 1952? The only way that works is if the “original artwork” is the retouched work from the 1952 book…
James Avati (American, 1912-2005)
Oil on board
13 x 18 inches (33.0 x 45.7 cm)
Signed lower left
This illustration was published as the paperback cover of A Murder in Paradise by Richard Gehman (Avon, 1956).
