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1949 Popular Library reissue – covert art by Rudolph Belarski

1935 Hartney publication, 1949 Popular Library reissue

covert art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 8, 2025November 2, 2025Categories mystery, paperback, pulpTags popular library, q. patrick, rudolph belarski, vultureLeave a comment on 1949 Popular Library reissue – covert art by Rudolph Belarski

Jailbait x 2

1950 Greenburg hardcover

1952 Popular Library reissue

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

1956 reissue

Posted on October 16, 2025October 12, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags hoodlum, juvenile delinquent, popular library, rudolph belarski, william bernardLeave a comment on Jailbait x 2

1949 Popular Library reissue – cover art by Rudolph Belarski

first published with the pseudonym Stephen Acre in 1942 by Dodd Mead

this the later Popular Library softcover under his own name

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

November 15, 2013

Posted on October 1, 2025September 25, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags frank gruber, popular library, rudolph belarskiLeave a comment on 1949 Popular Library reissue – cover art by Rudolph Belarski

1949 Popular Library paperback reissue

1937 Appleton Century hardcover, published as I Love You Again

1949 Popular Library paperback reissue

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 27, 2025September 25, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags bullet hole, car chase, octavus roy cohen, popular libraryLeave a comment on 1949 Popular Library paperback reissue

1950 Popular Library reissue – cover art by Rudolph Belarski

1950 Popular Library reissue

better cover than previously posted

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

cover repurposed from Summer 1949

Posted on September 18, 2025August 27, 2025Categories crime fiction, mystery, paperbackTags mignon g. eberhart, mystery book magazine, popular library, rudolph belarskiLeave a comment on 1950 Popular Library reissue – cover art by Rudolph Belarski

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

March 1949 issue

better image than previously posted

1950 Popular Library edition

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 13, 2025August 27, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, original art, paperback, pulpTags arthur leo zagat, bound, g-men detective magazine, george f. worts, popular library, robert sidney bowen, rudolph belarskiLeave a comment on cover art by Rudolph Belarski

1954 Popular Library edition

1954 Popular Library edition

rear cover

Posted on July 29, 2025July 13, 2025Categories paperback, pulpTags cad, jack willard, noir, popular libraryLeave a comment on 1954 Popular Library edition

1964 Popular Library reissue

1960 Doubleday hardcover

1964 Popular Library reissue

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 27, 2025July 13, 2025Categories Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags amber dean, bound, crime club selection, popular library, rifleLeave a comment on 1964 Popular Library reissue

1961 Popular Library – cover art by Robert McGinnis

1961 Popular Library paperback original

cover art by Robert McGinnis

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 10, 2025June 7, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags cocktail, dame, lingerie, popular library, private eye, raymond banks, smokingLeave a comment on 1961 Popular Library – cover art by Robert McGinnis

1950 Popular Library reissue

1936 Simon & Schuster hardcover

1950 Popular Library reissue

cover art attributed to Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

made into a movie in 1940 from MGM, Strange Cargo,starring Clark Gable and Joan Crawford

Posted on June 27, 2025June 6, 2025Categories action fiction, adventure, paperback, pulpTags popular library, richard sale, south seas fictionLeave a comment on 1950 Popular Library reissue

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