1947 UK hardcover from Collins and US hardcover from Dodd Mead
1949 Bantam reissue – cover art by C.C. Beall
sketch for the cover by Sam Peffer
1959 Avon edition – cover art by Darcy
1960 UK paperback reissue – cover art by Sam Peffer
1962 Fontana reissue – cover art by John L. Baker
1965 Fontana UK reissue – cover art by Renato Fratini.
41st Perry Mason novel
cover photo of Ellen Burstyn by Silver Studios
1961 Great Pan edition from the UK – cover art by Sam Peffer
November 1962 Pocket reissue, 5th printing
cover art Robert McGinnis
better image than previously posted
1937 Collins UK hardcover, 1938 US hardcover from Coward McCann
3rd with his tough-guy G-Man Lemmy Caution
cover art by Sam Peffer
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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