Vintage Paperback Cover Art

Title :  The Silver Tombstone Mystery Author : Frank Gruber Cover art : Robert Jonas [?] [New York : Signet Books, 1949. No. 689. "F...

Title : The Spiked Heel Author : Richard Marsten Cover art : uncredited   [Crest Giant s178. Paperback. First Crest printing, August 1957...

Fly-by-Night : Canadian Paperbacks of the 40s and Early 5 0s   is quite the pleasant discovery -- a blog devoted to the Canadian take on...

The packaging as well as the stories then had to reflect male tastes [1], and this largely accounts for the trend to more sordid, i.e. v...

Title : This is murder, Mr. Herbert, and other stories Author : Day Keene Cover art : Ann Cantor   [One of Keene’s first books, this is a...

“But of all covers, most potent are the crime fiction ones – largely due to the lurid lasses who adorn them. Redrawn in voluptuous detail, ...

Title : Dead Man Control Author : Helen Reilly Cover art : uncredited [Macfadden Books 50-203. 1964. An Inspector McKee mystery. Luridly...