1947 Morrow hardcover, first edition. Original dust jacket.
29th Perry Mason novel
March 1952 Pocket paperback reissue, third printing
cover art by Earle Bergey
November 1960 Pocket paperback reissue, 5th printing
cover art by Charles Binger
better image than previously posted
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
October 1941 Pocket paperback, 1st printing, first paperback edition
February 1950 Pocket first printing
1st US softcover
cover painting by Manuel Isip
13th with sleuth Albert Campion
Pocket first printing paperback original, July 1964
5th Parker by Donald E. Westlake, writing as Richard Stark
cover art by Harry Bennett
December 1959 Pocket paperback, 2nd print
2nd Lew Archer, an August 1950 Knopf hardcover
cover painting by James Meese
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”
March 1952 Pocket paperback reissue, first printing
cover painting by Carl Bobertz
better image than previously posted
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