
Seven Skulls of Kali, Black Book Detective, October 1936
Oil on canvas, 35 x 24 inches

better image than previously posted

Seven Skulls of Kali, Black Book Detective, October 1936
Oil on canvas, 35 x 24 inches

better image than previously posted

Oil on canvas cloth mounted to board. 410×360 mm; 16 1/4×14 1/4 inches, image, mounted to 22×16-inch board. Signed and dated illegibly in lower left corner.


No Pockets in a Shroud, Private Detective Stories magazine cover, July 1938
Oil on canvas, 21 x 29-3/4 inches (53.3 x 75.6 cm)
Signed lower right

[cover updated 11/6/24]

Oil on canvas, 25 x 18 inches (63.5 x 45.7 cm)
Signed lower right

November 1942 issue
cover art by Rafael De Soto
~ Dale Clark, “Now I Slay Me – ”, 12th of 28 with house dick Mike O’Hanna story, at San Alpa Resort hotel, 14th of 32 stories in BM
~ Norbert Davis, “Beat Me Daddy”, 2nd of 3 with Hollywood piano man John Collins, 12th of 13 stories in BM
~ Alan Farley [pseudonym of Mrs. W. Lee Herrington], “How Big Is the Bucket?”, ‘her 1st pub. Story; see p. 8 for brief biographical note’, and 1st of 2 in BM
~ Robert Reeves, “A Taste for Murder”, 7th of 10 with PI Cellini Smith, 9th of 12 appearances in BM
~ Curt Siodmak, “Donovan’s Brain”, last of 3 parts, serialization of the novel published in 1943, only 3 appearances in BM by the author and director
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