
cover art by Emmett Watson

First Edition. Hawkins dustjacket art. Rare hard-boiled mystery by this author who died young in 1945.
first novel with private eye Cellini Smith
there had been seven Smith short stories published in Black Mask Magazine by the time of the author’s death.

Mixed media with collage on board, 28-1/2 x 24 inches (72.4 x 61.0 cm) (sight)
Signed lower center

Saint Mudd, paperback cover, 1994
Oil on board, 22-1/2 x 16-3/4 inches (57.2 x 42.5 cm)
Signed lower right

Deadly Dames #3, unpublished painting
Oil on masonite, 24 x 17 in.
Signed lower right