
1963 Avon paperback original
cover art by Robert Maguire
the bullet hole in the fedora is a nice touch…

1963 Avon paperback original
cover art by Robert Maguire
the bullet hole in the fedora is a nice touch…

republished in 1968 by Walker as A Whiff of Death, Asimov’s preferred title


1970 Sphere edition from the UK

1961 Pyramid paperback original
cover art by Robert Maguire
8th with private eye Honey West

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1955. First Edition. In publisher’s trial dust jacket, date stamped March 1, 1955, on the bottom of the front flap.
Basis for Stanley Kubrick’s breakthrough 1956 film “The Killing,” starring Sterling Hayden in one of his defining roles.

1956 Signet reissue – cover art by Robert Maguire

1988 Black Lizard reissue – cover art by Kirwin

1956 United Artists – written and directed by Stanley Kubrick