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Tag: whitman chambers

1959 Monarch paperback original – cover art by Robert Maguire

1959 Monarch paperback original

cover art by Robert Maguire

Posted on September 29, 2025September 25, 2025Categories finest kind, paperback, pulp, spicyTags dame, lurid, monarch paperback, robert maguire, whitman chambersLeave a comment on 1959 Monarch paperback original – cover art by Robert Maguire

cover art by Harry Barton

Gouache, watercolor, and pencil on paper laid on board, 20 x 13 in. (sight)
Signed lower right

This illustration was published as the cover for Manhandled by Whitman Chambers, Monarch #434, 1964.

Posted on March 17, 2024January 2, 2024Categories Hardboiled, original art, paperback, pulp, spicyTags dame, harry barton, monarch paperback, whitman chambersLeave a comment on cover art by Harry Barton
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