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First published by Gold Medal in 1957. This second printing (1020) is dated July 1960. Cover art by James Meese.

First published by Gold Medal in 1952. This third printing (924) is dated September 1959. Matthew Blood was a joint pseudonym of David Dresser and Ryerson Johnson. Dresser is better known as Brett Halliday, the creator of Mike Shayne. Coincidentally, after Dresser stopped writing them, Ryerson Johnson ghost wrote some Mike Shayne stories. Cover art by Barye Phillips.

First published by Dell in 1956. This edtion (B146) published in May 1960. Cover art by Robert McGinnis.

First published in the U.K. as "Spoilt Lives" in 1941by Gerald Swan, London. Re-titled by Archer Press, London in 1950 and this U.S. digest edition from Kaywin Publishers, Cleveland in 1952. Pierre Flammeche was a pseudonym of George H. Dawson, who wrote most frequently as Michael Storme. Cover art by Reginald Heade (thankfully only partially obscured by the speckling on my copy)

First published in the U.K. in 1949 by Tempest Publications of Bolton, self-published by the author George H. Dawson (a.k.a. Michael Storme) This U.S. digest edition published by Kaywin, Cleveland in 1951.

Published as a Dell First Edition (B121) in August 1958. Cover art by Victor Kalin. Shame about the triangular cut on my copy, but thankfully doesn't really spoil the gorgeous Kalin artwork.

First published in the U.K. by Souvenir Press (hardback) in 1967. This U.S. paperback edition published by Mysterious Press (ISBN: 0892960965) in December 1984.

First published by E.P. Dutton & Co. (hardback) in 1956. This paperback edition published by Signet (1442) in September 1957. Cover art by Robert Maguire.

Published as a Dell First Edition (B141) in November 1959. Edited and with an Introduction by John D. MacDonald. Includes stories by Christianna Brand, Ursula Curtiss, Margaret Millar, Bernice Carey, Margaret Manners, Anthony Gilbert, Jean Potts, Miriam Allen deFord, Gladys Cluff, Carolyn Thomas, Nedra Tyre, D. Jenkins Smith, Veronica Parker Johns and Juanita Sheridan. Cover art by Robert McGinnis.

First published by Mayflower in 1968. This edition published by Five Star in 1972. Peter Saxon was originally a pseudonym of W. Howard Baker but it became a house name when Baker took over the editorial reins of the Sexton Blake line. At least five other authors published as Peter Saxon - Wilfred McNeilly, Martin Thomas, Rex Dolphin, Stephen D. Frances and Ross Richards - though this particular novel appears to originate from Baker himself.

First published in the U.S. by M.S. Mill Co. (hardback) in 1949. This U.K. paperback edition published by Triphammer (ISBN: 0723550638) in 1972. Cover art taken from the Crest edition of John Roeburt's "Did You Kill Mona Leeds?" with art by Darcy (Ernest Chiriaka).

Published by Gold Medal (405) in June 1954. Cover art by Ray Johnson. And, before anyone asks, it's not bad cropping on my part, the 'n' is almost totally missing on the cover.

Published by Pocket (ISBN: 0671779060) in February 1974. The Baroness series was packaged by Lyle Kenyon Engel, but the actual authors of the eight books are unknown. Cover art by Hector Garrido.

Published by Corgi (ISBN: 0552102067) in 1976. Jon Barton is a pseudonym of John Harvey, now known primarily as the author of the Charlie Resnick crime novels.

Published by Gold Medal (d1385) in February 1964.

Published by New English Library (ISBN: 0450018385) in May 1974. Tully Zetford was a pseudonym of Kenneth Bulmer. Cover art by Peter Goodfellow.

First published in the U.S. by Dodd, Mead & Co. (hardback) in 1945. This U.K. paperback edition published by Mayflower-Dell (5386-8) in 1963. Cover art by Robert McGinnis. Cover is very warped, anyone have a copy of the U.S. Dell paperback?

First published by Lion Library in 1956. This tenth Signet edition (D2811) is undated but is circa 1965.