1953 Little Brown hardcover
cover art by Carl Bobertz
23rd whodunnit with Ellery and Insp. Queen
May 1961 Pocket paperback reissue, 4th printing
better image than previously posted
The Scarlet Letters x 2
Tag: pocket paperback
1941 Pocket paperback
October 1941 Pocket paperback, 1st printing, first paperback edition
cover painting by Manuel Isip
February 1950 Pocket first printing
1st US softcover
cover painting by Manuel Isip
13th with sleuth Albert Campion
cover art by Harry Bennett
Pocket first printing paperback original, July 1964
5th Parker by Donald E. Westlake, writing as Richard Stark
cover art by Harry Bennett
1952 Pocket reissue – cover art by Tom Dunn
1959 Pocket reissue – cover art by James Meese
December 1959 Pocket paperback, 2nd print
2nd Lew Archer, an August 1950 Knopf hardcover
cover painting by James Meese
1st Pocket edition, December 1965
1st Pocket edition, December 1965
first hardcovers were 1964 from Hamish Hamilton the UK and Houghton Mifflin in the US
From Black Mask Magazine: “Killer in the Rain”, “The Men Who Liked Dogs”, “The Curtain” and “Try the Girl”
From Dime Detection Magazine: “Mandarin’s Jade”, “Bay City Blues” and “The Lady in the Lake”
From Detective Story Magazine: “No Crime in the Mountains”
1963 Pocket reissue – cover art by Robert McGinnis
1952 Pocket edition – cover art by Carl Bobertz
March 1952 Pocket paperback reissue, first printing
cover painting by Carl Bobertz
better image than previously posted
Meet Me at the Morgue x 9
1953 Knopf hardcover, 1st edition – cover by Bill English
one of the two non-series that he wrote amongst the Archers
better image than previously posted
cover art by Clark Hulings
cover art by Sam Peffer
May 1959 Pocket paperback, 3rd print
better image than previously posted
1972 Bantam edition, 2nd print
2010 Vintage/Black Lizard reissue
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