Tag: the king in yellow

Five Sinister Characters x 2

1945 Avon Murder Mystery Monthly digest

cover art by Paul Stahr

Avon Book Company, [1946]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Second paperback edition. Avon #88. Published earlier by Avon in 1945 as part of their “Murder Mystery Monthly” series. Collects five stories; “I’ll Be Waiting,” “The King in Yellow,” “Pearls Are a Nuisance,” ” Red Wind,” and “Trouble is My Business.” Light crease to front cover, light stress creases to spine, a near fine copy.

March 1938 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

March 1938 issue

cover art by Walter Baumhofer

better image than previously posted

Carroll John Daly, “A Corpse on the House” (Race Williams)

Raymond Chandler, “The King in Yellow” (Steve Grace, housedick) – first appearance of this story, one often reprinted

Frederick C. Davis, “Crimson Broadcast” (Keyhole Kerry)

William Edward Hayes, “Death by Enlargement”

Maxwell Hawkins, “Rx Murder”