
1954 Gold Medal paperback original

1961 Collins hardcover, true first with original title – cover designed by Pino Dell-Orco

1962 Collins hardcover, 2nd printing

1962 Scribners hardcover in the US


1963 Popular Library reissue, a paperback original in the US
the back of the book gave away the author’s true name



1968 Fontana reissue – cover art by Renato Fratini

1970 Fawcett reissue – cover art by Bill Johnson






1951 Pocket paperback reissue
cover art by Edward Vebell

not the same Parker who wrote the Spenser books, though this one was a Robert B (for Bogardus) Parker, too
1951 Rinehart hardcover, this the 1952 Dell softcover released the next near
cover art by Robert Stanley
better image than previously posted

1953 Popular Library paperback original
cover art by Walter Popp
better image than previously posted
his third novel, three years before first publishing under the name Ed McBain



1938 Simon and Schuster hardcover

1950 Avon reissue – cover art by Ray Johnson


cover art attributed to James Avati
nice cover – nice dame, but his right leg simply doesn’t work right… it’s completely out of proportion to his body and left leg – too long!
better image than previously posted

originally published as Duo: The Girl with a Secret and Incident at a Corner, 1959 hardcover by Coward McCann, this the later 1960 Crest paperback of just one of the novellas
cover art by Charles Binger
better image than previously posted

1956 Edgar Mystery Writers of America Award for Best Novel of the year

cover art by Mitchell Hooks
