
his 3rd with private eye Rex McBride



1956 Australian edition, retitled

1951 Gold Medal paperback original
better image than previously posted

1953 Phantom release in Australia

1957 Red Seal release from the UK

1951 Graphic paperback original
better image than previously posted

1953 Phantom edition from Australia

1956 Mystery House publication, this the later 1957 Ace paperback
cover art by Verne Tossey

1958 Phantom reissue in Australia

1944 Jefferson House hardcover – see Signet reissue below

1948 Farrar Straus hardcover – cover art by Bill English
3rd with PI Max Thursday

1949 Sampson Low hardcover from the UK – cover art by Tansley

1949 Signet reissue – cover art by James Avani


Gouache on board, 17-1/2 x 22 inches (44.5 x 55.9 cm)
Not signed
– white lines show where the original work was re-touched for the new cover –


1957 Phantom edition from Australia



1952 Gold Medal paperback original

reissues normally do not use a different version from the same photo shoot

1954 Phantom edition from Australia


1952 Falcon paperback original
cover art by Rudy Nappi

1953 Australian edition from Phantom

1956 Crest reissue – cover art by James Meese

cover art by Charles Binger?
his 8th book
better image than previously posted

1972 Fawcett reissue – cover art by Larry Kresek

pseudonym of E(dgar) Hoffman Price
1952 Falcon paperback original
cover art by Howell Dodd
1954 Phantom reissue from Australia with “copied” cover art
