
cover art by Robert Maguire
better image than previously posted

September 1956 Permabook 1st printing
cover painting by James Meese
better image than previously posted

acrylic cover art by Robert Abbett
1963 PermaBook paperback original

one of the finest cover paintings ever

October 1957 Perma Book paperback original, first printing
cover painting by James Meese
better image than previously posted
pen name of Evan Hunter AKA Ed McBain

1957 Crown hardcover
January 1959 abridged edition, first print paperback
“Here’s the inside dope on the most relentless racket-busting crusade in history. ‘Dan’ Danforth, an investigator for the New York District Attorney’s office, tells the intimate facts of five investigations that broke the back of a powerful and deadly underworld.”

1957 Perma Books edition, 1st print
their only novel featuring railroad detective Vic Moine
cover by James Meese
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