John Bartlow Martin - Butcher's Dozen

Signet Books

Folder: U.S. Book Publishers
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Wade Miller - Guilty Bystander (1st printing)

Wade Miller - Guilty Bystander (1st printing)

27 Oct 2012 238
First published by Farrar & Straus (hardback) in 1947. This first paperback edition published by Signet (677) in July 1948. Cover art by Robert Jonas.
Wade Miller - Fatal Step (1st printing)

Wade Miller - Fatal Step (1st printing)

18 Nov 2009 263
First published by Farrar & Straus (hardback) in 1948. This first paperback edition published by Signet (695) in November 1948.
James M. Cain - The Butterfly

James M. Cain - The Butterfly

03 Nov 2010 208
First published in hardback by Alfred A. Knopf in 1946. This paperback edition published by Signet (720) in May 1949. Cover art is not credited (Robert Schulz?).
Wade Miller - Uneasy Street (1st printing)

Wade Miller - Uneasy Street (1st printing)

01 Dec 2010 246
First published by Farrar, Straus & Cudahy (hardback) in 1948. This first paperback edition published by Signet (722) is dated May 1949. Cover art by James Avati.
Howard Hunt - Stranger in Town

Howard Hunt - Stranger in Town

19 Mar 2014 1 256
First published by Signet in July 1949. This 2nd printing (729) is dated October 1949. Cover art is not credited.
Bill S. Ballinger -The Body Beautiful

Bill S. Ballinger -The Body Beautiful

20 Nov 2010 173
First published by Harper & Brothers (hardback) in 1949. This paperback edition published by Signet (774) is dated March 1950. Cover art is not credited.
Bruno Fischer - The Restless Hands (Signet)

Bruno Fischer - The Restless Hands (Signet)

22 Dec 2009 218
First published by Dodd, Mead & Co. (hardback) in 1949. This first paperback edition published by Signet (780) in April 1950.
Mickey Spillane - My Gun Is Quick

Mickey Spillane - My Gun Is Quick

04 Apr 2011 182
First published by E.P. Dutton & Co. (hardback) and Signet (paperback) in 1950. This 24th printing! (791) is dated August 1953. Cover art by Lu Kimmel.
Thomas B. Dewey - Room for Murder

Thomas B. Dewey - Room for Murder

08 Nov 2010 217
First published in hardback as "Hue and Cry" by Jefferson House Inc. in 1944. This re-titled paperback edition published by Signet (814) in September 1950. Cover art is uncredited, though it was also used for the cover of Wade Miller's "Uneasy Street."
Bruno Fischer - The Flesh Was Cold

Bruno Fischer - The Flesh Was Cold

05 May 2010 340
Originally published as "The Angels Fell" by Dodd, Mead & Co. (hardback) in 1950. This re-titled paperback edition published by Signet (833) in January 1951. Cover art by Barye Phillips. (love the way the woman manages to keep the cigarette in her mouth despite her surprise!!)
Wade Miller - Calamity Fair (1st printing)

Wade Miller - Calamity Fair (1st printing)

23 Dec 2009 212
First published in hardback by Farrar, Straus & Cudahy in 1950. This first paperback edition published by Signet (843) in January 1951.
Mickey Spillane - Vengeance is Mine

Mickey Spillane - Vengeance is Mine

20 May 2011 232
First published by E.P. Dutton & Co. (hardback) and Signet (paperback) in 1950 and April 1951 respectively. This 2nd printing (852) is dated May 1951. Cover art by Lu Kimmel.
Floyd Mahannah - No Luck for a Lady

Floyd Mahannah - No Luck for a Lady

27 Jul 2010 157
Originally published as "The Yellow Hearse" by Duell, Sloan & Pearce Inc. (hardback) in 1950. This re-titled paperback edition published by Signet (879) in June 1951. Cover art is not credited, but was reused in 1955 for the 2nd printing of Wade Miller's "Killer's Choice". (Which I have incidentally, but my copy is badly stained, so I'm not scanning it)
Adam Knight - Stone Cold Blonde

Adam Knight - Stone Cold Blonde

06 May 2010 159
First published by Crown Publishers Inc. (hardback) in 1951. This paperback edition published by Signet (883) in August 1951. Adam Knight was one of several pseudonyms used by Lawrence Lariar. Cover art not credited.
Bruno Fischer - The Silent Dust

Bruno Fischer - The Silent Dust

08 Mar 2011 197
First published in hardback by Dodd, Mead & Co. in 1950. This first paperback edition published by Signet (892) is dated September 1951. Cover art by Warren King.
Wade Miller - Murder Charge

Wade Miller - Murder Charge

23 Nov 2009 221
First published by Farrar, Straus & Co. (hardback) in 1948. First paperback edition by Signet (908) in November 1951. This 2nd printing retains the same number but is dated March 1953. Cover art by Carl Bobertz.
John Bartlow Martin - Butcher's Dozen

John Bartlow Martin - Butcher's Dozen

09 May 2019 2 354
First published in hardback by Harper & Brothers in 1950. This paperback edition published by Signet (909) in February 1952. Cover art by Harry Schaare.
Adam Knight - Murder for Madame

Adam Knight - Murder for Madame

29 May 2011 219
First published in hardback by Crown Publishers, Inc. in 1951. This paperback ediiton published by Signet (920) is dated Januay 1952. Adam Knight was a pseudonym of Lawrence Lariar. Cover art by Harry Schaare.
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