The following paperbacks, inexpertly scanned by me from the collection of yours truly, were all printed in the early 1940s. The covers, unfortunately, are all uncredited. The artwork for William Irish’s Phantom Lady, however, is clearly signed by artist Leo Manso…
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ABOVE: Agatha Christie, The Mystery of the Blue Train (NY: Pocket Books, 1941).
ABOVE: Carter Dickson, The Bowstring Murders (NY: Pocket Books, 1941).
ABOVE: Agatha Christie, Peril at End House (NY: Pocket Books, 1942).
ABOVE: William Irish, Phantom Lady (NY: Pocket Books, 1944), with cover art by Leo Manso.
“William Irish” was a pseudonym of Cornell Woolrich, “Carter Dickson” was John Dickson Carr, and “Agatha Christie” was Agatha Christie.
