1942 Avon digest, Murder Mystery Monthly No.7, first softcover release of this American classic, first softcover release of this American classic
The Big Sleep x 2
Tag: penguin paperback
Farewell, My Lovely x 21
1940 Hammish Hamilton UK first edition
1943 Pocket reissue – cover art by H. L. Hoffman
1964 Pocket reissue, 14th printing – cover art by Harvey Kidder (owner’s copy)
cover art by James Neil Boyle
1951 Pocket reissue, 10th print – cover art by Paul Kresse (owner’s copy)
1950 Penguin UK reissue, 3rd print
1966 Penguin reissue – cover design by Bob Brooks
1973 Penguin reissue – cover design by James Tormey
1973 Ballantine reissue – cover art by Tom Adams (owner’s copy)
1976 Vintage reissue – cover art by Richard Waldrep (owner’s copy)
1976 Ballantine movie tie-in
1976 Penguin movie tie-in
1988 Vintage/Black Lizard reissue
1994 Vintage/Black Lizard reissue
2009 Penguin Classics UK reissue
[updated 3/3/26, 3/8/26]
The Drowning Pool x 4
December 1959 Pocket paperback, 2nd print
2nd Lew Archer, an August 1950 Knopf hardcover
cover painting by James Meese
1966 Pocket reissue – cover art by Harry Bennett
British 1975 Fontana movie tie-in
Australian 2012 Penguin reissue
Australian 2023 Penguin reissue
[updated 8/20/26]
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