1954 Simon and Schuster 1st edition, signed
1955 Cardinal reissue – cover art by Clark Hulings
1957 Panther movie tie-in from the UK – cover by Cy Webb
1960 Panther reissue – cover art by Darcy (Ernest Chiriacka)
1964 Panther reissue from the UK
better image than previously posted
1966 Dell reissue – cover art by James Bama
1976 Avon reissue – cover art by G.D. Lang
Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1974. Vintage borderless studio still photographs, with bottom margin, of Roman Polanski from the 1974 film. Mimeo snipe on verso.
1953 Gold Medal paperback original
1958 Gold Medal reissue – cover art attributed to James Meese
1960 Digit UK paperback – not the MacDonald but same art
Gina Lollobrigida in The Law (1960), illustration by Yves Thos
cover art by Rafael DeSoto
~ W.T. Ballard, “Lights, Action – Killer!”, 27th and last Lennox story in BM, 40th of 43 stories in BM
~ D.L. Champion, “Blood from a Turnip”, 8th of 26 with Sackler, reprinted in Murder Costs Money: The Complete Black Mask Stories of Rex Sackler (Steeger, 2020), 9th of 30 stories in BM.
~ Dale Clark, “Murder is No Joke”, 9th of 28 with house dick Mike O’Hanna story, at San Alpa Resort hotel, 11th of 32 stories in BM
~ Norbert Davis, “Don’t Cry for Me”, 1st of 3 with Hollywood piano man John Collins, 10th of 13 stories in BM
~ C.P. Donnell, Jr., “Death of the Party ”, 9th of 16 with Colonel Walter (Doc) Rennie, USA Medical Corps psychiatrist, 9th of 20 stories in BM
~ Cornell Woolrich, “Dormant Account”, 19th of 24 (22 original) stories to appear in BM
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