[updated with original art 8/9/25]
Tag: smoking
1950 Dell mapback ~ cover art by Victor Kalin
1949 Simon & Schuster hardcover, his third with private eye Peter Chambers. Kane preferred “private richard” to “private dick”
cover art by Victor Kalin
better image than previously posted
1960 Crest reissue ~ cover art by Robert McGinnis
pseudonym of Robert (Lee) Martin
1959 Dodd Mead hardcover, this the later 1960 Crest reissue
cover art by Robert McGinnis
better image than previously posted
February 1952 issue ~ cover art by Howell Dodd
Blonde on the Rocks x 4 + 1
1964 Horwitz International reissue
cover art by Robert McGinnis
Gouache on board, 22 x 15 inches (55.9 x 38.1 cm)
Signed lower center right: R. M.Ginnis
1971 Signet reissue, third printing
cover art by Robert McGinnis
[updated 11/5/25]
SMB Noir 
