cover art by Paul Stahr
Tag: paul stahr
The Big Sleep x 27
1939 Knopf advanced reading copy
1939 Hammish Hamilton UK hardcover
1942 Avon digest, Murder Mystery Monthly No.7, first softcover release of this American classic/ cover art by William Frost
1943 Avon paperback – cover art by Paul Stahr
1945 Knopf hardcover reissue – inscribed to director John Houseman
1948 Pocket reissue – cover art by Darcy (Ernest Chiriacka)
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1950 Pocket reissue, 3rd print – cover art by Harvey Kidder (owner’s copy)
1962 Penguin UK reissue – cover art by John Sewell
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1971 Penguin UK reissue – cover designed by James Tormey
1973 Ballantine reissue – cover art by Tom Adams (owner’s copy)
1976 Ballantine reissue – cover art by Richard Amsel
watercolor cover art by Richard Waldrep, 13.75″ x 9.50″
1976 Vintage reissue (owner’s copy)
1976 Vintage trace paperback reissue
1979 Pan Macmillan reissue – cover photo by Peter Williams
2009 Hammish Hamilton hardcover
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note ~ there are many, many more covers for this book, both in English and foreign languages… but I had to stop somewhere
October 5, 1935 issue ~ cover art by Paul Stahr
Double Indemnity x 2
1945 Avon reissue
cover art by Paul Stahr
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cover art by Clark Hulings
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Five Sinister Characters x 2
1945 Avon Murder Mystery Monthly digest
cover art by Paul Stahr
Avon Book Company, [1946]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Second paperback edition. Avon #88. Published earlier by Avon in 1945 as part of their “Murder Mystery Monthly” series. Collects five stories; “I’ll Be Waiting,” “The King in Yellow,” “Pearls Are a Nuisance,” ” Red Wind,” and “Trouble is My Business.” Light crease to front cover, light stress creases to spine, a near fine copy.
April 30, 1932 issue ~ cover art by Paul Stahl
Homicide for Hannah x 4
1941 Knopf hardcover, 1945 Avon reissue
cover art by Paul Stahr
published by Hale in the UK as Murder for Hannah
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1943 Avon Murder Mystery Monthly digest
cover art by William Frost (William Forrest)
1941 Knopf hardcover, first edition
“The second appearance of the character Hanna Van Doren, considered the first female hard-boiled detective in American literature.”
