
1957 Dodd Mead hardcover
1959 Cardinal reissue
cover art by Jerry Allison
better image than previously posted

1957 Dodd Mead hardcover
1959 Cardinal reissue
cover art by Jerry Allison
better image than previously posted

cover art by H.C. Murphy
better image than previously posted
~ Tom Curry, “The Master”, 7th and last DeVrite, with Mac, 26th of 39 stories in BM
~ Carroll John Daly, “Rough Stuff”, 25th of 53,‘Race Williams vs. The Hidden Hand; Pt. 3 of 5 loosely organized 5-pt. serial’, reprinted in The Snarl of the Beast: The Collected Hard-boiled Stories of Race Williams, v.2 (Altus, 2016), 37th of 71 appearances in BM
~ Erle Stanley Gardner, “Fangs of Fate”, 5th of 7 Black Barr, 33rd of 99 stories in BM
~ Frederick L. Nebel, “Hell to Pay”, ‘Chicago hood; 1st -person narrator’, reprinted in Street Wolf (Altus Press, 2014), 12 of 67 stories in BM
~ Stephen Payne, “Night-Riding Ruddy”, ‘Western; with Ruddy Ingersoll‘, 2nd of 2 stories in BM
~ Lester Reynard, “Ritzie Gets Clever”, ‘Western; Deputy ‘Happy’ Collins & girl, Ritzie’, 1st of 5 stories in BM
~ Everett H. Tipton, “El Tigre Was Bad”, ‘Bobby Warren, reporter, in Juárez (Chihuahua)’, 6th of 7 stories in BM
~ Raoul [Fauconnier] Whitfield, “High Death”, ‘Mac, Ben Greed; 3rd of 6 in Border Brand series’, reprinted in Border Brand (Steeger, 2024), 23rd of 68 stories in BM [see also 24 stories as Ramon Decolta]
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1952 Mill hardcover
1953 Pennant paperback reissue
cover art by Al Rossi
better image than previously posted