1952 Rinehart hardcover, this the later 1953 Dell paperback
cover art by Robert Hilbert
his first published novel
first with series detective Manville “Manny” Moon who operated with one artificial leg
cover art by Denis McLoughlin
1945 Rinehart hardcover
1948 Signet reissue – cover art by Robert Jonas
1959 Signet reissue with slight title change
cover art by Jerry Allison
a collection of short stories by Cornell Woolrich, writing as William Irish
better image than previously posted
Nightmare Alley. William Lindsay Gresham. New York: Rinehart and Company, Inc. 1946. First edition. Original dust jacket; art by A. F. Arnold.
Scarce macabre carnival themed thriller. “Loneliness came over him, like an avalanche of snow. He was alone. Where he had always wanted to be. You can only trust yourself. There’s a rat buried deep in everybody and they’ll rat on you if they get pushed far enough.”
cover art by James Avati
first film adaptation in 1947
second in 2021
SMB Noir 
