*Crime, Spies & Sleaze: Reginald Heade was certainly just the right artist for the gangster pulp era. His dynamic covers captured the mood and menace of the tough, uncompromising content as dished out by authors such as Hank Janson and Spike Morelli, featured here. Unusually, one of this week’s Jansons is more of an Arabian adventure, but is no less hard-hitting for it. The remaining three books in the update offer the more familiar fare of the American underworld. All four are first editions, two UK and two US. More information, including condition notes, may as always be found in our catalogue. 
PICTURED: 
HANK JANSON: AUCTIONED New Fiction 1950s 1st UK PB VG £60
HANK JANSON: KILL HER IF YOU CAN New Fiction 1950s 1st UK PB FA £15
SPIKE MORELLI: DEATH FOR A DOLL Leisure Library 1952 1st US PB FA/GD £15
SPIKE MORELLI: YOU’LL NEVER GET ME Archer/Kaywin 1952 1st US PB GD/VG £25