reprint 1954 (40th) God's little Acre by Erskine Caldwell. Cove by James Avati

1962; The Hellcat by Carter Brown. Cover art by Robert McGinnis.

Here a few early Robert McGinnis covers for the famous Carter Brown Signet-serie.

Adam Knight - Stone Cold Blonde

Signet Books 883, 1951

Cover Artist: unknown

"The case of the nude beauty's corpse."

Theodore Dreiser - An American Tragedy

Signet Books 755, 1949

Cover Artist: James Avati

"A Popular Condensation"

1959; None but the Lethal Heart by Carter Brown. Cover art by Barye Phillips.

1969; Only the very Rich by Carter Brown. Cover art by Robert McGinnis.

Francis Clifford: A battle is fought to be won.

Signet Books 1966.

1964; The Bump and Grind Murders by Carter Brown. Cover art by Robert McGinnis

1969; Die anytime, after Tuesday! by Carter Brown. Cover art by Robert McGinnis.

Mickey Spillane - The Long Wait

Signet Books 932, 1952

Cover Artist: Lu Kimmel

1955; Lost Island by Graham McInnes. unknown Artist

Joseph Conrad: Typhoon and Other Tales.

Signet Classics 1963.

Cover art by Sandy Kossin.

1963; The silken Nightmare by Carter Brown. Cover art by Robert McGinnis.

1957; Lucy Crown by Irwin Shaw. Cover art by Stanley Zuckerberg. AMAZING COVER !

1965; The Victim by Carter Brown. Cover art by Robert McGinnis.

Erskine Caldwell - Episode in Palmetto

Signet Books 983, 1953

Cover Artist: James Avati

Sam S. Taylor - Sleep No More

Signet Books 821, 1950

Cover Artist: unknown

"The case of the luscious heiress."

1953; The Descent by Fritz Peters. unknown artist

Basil Heatter: The dim view.

Signet Books 1949 (seventh printing).

Cover art by T.V. (Tony Varady).

Carter Brown: The lady is available.

Signet Books 1963.

Cover art by Robert McGinnis.

1951; A streetcar named Desire by Tennessee Williams. Movie Tie-in. Cover art by Thomas Hart Benton

Georges Simenon: Belle.

Signet Books 1954.

Cover art by Stanley Zuckerberg.

Joseph Conrad - Almayer's Folly and Other Stories

Signet Classics CP258, 1965

Cover Artist: Milton Glaser

Includes:

Freya of the Seven Isles

The Planter of Malata

Henry James - The Turn of the Screw and Other Short Novels

Signet Classics CT133, 1961

Cover Artist: James Hill

The Apern Papers

The Altar of the Dead

Daisy Miller

An International Episode

The Beast in the Jungle

1962; Murder in the Key Club by Carter Brown. Cover art by Robert McGinnis.

1965; The Hammer of Thor by Carter Brown. Cover art by Robert McGinnis.

Love the title !

Thomas Wolfe: Only the Dead know Brooklyn.

Signet Books 1952 (third printing).

Cover art by Rudy Nappi.

H. - R. Lenormand: Renée.

Signet Books 1952.

Renée was originally published in 1949 by Ernest Flammarion, Paris, under the title Une fille est une fille.

Translated from the French by Frances Frenaye.

Cover art by Stanley Meltzoff.

Lindsay Hardy - The Nightshade Ring

Signet Books 1283, 1956

Cover Artist: Robert Schulz

1957; The Unfaithful Wife by Jules Roy. Cover art by James Avati

1959; Kiss her Goodbye by Wade Miller. Bob Wade and Bill Miller double-barrelled writing team. California

1971; The creative Murders by Carter Brown. Cover art by Robert McGinnis.

Frank Gruber - The Silver Tombstone Mystery

Signet Books 1677, 1959

Cover Artist: Jerry Allison

Alberto Moravia: The wayward wife and other stories.

Signet Books 1961.

Cover art by James Hill.

My Signet paperback corner, with above photos of the beautifull covers.

1948; 1st print Death of a Swagman by Arthur W. Upfield. Cover art by Robert Jonas

Erskine Caldwell - Tragic Ground

Signet Books S1611

Published 1948; 29th printing 1959

Cover Artist: James Avati

Mickey Spillane: Vengeance is mine.

Signet Books 1959 (36th printing).

Cover art by James Avati.

From a case of adenocarcinoma of the proximal ascending colon. The cytoplasm of each cell is engorged with flocculent mucin, expressing the nucleus into a crescent at the periphery of the cell. H&E, 400X

Erskine Caldwell: The sure hand of God.

Signet Books 1957 (fifteenth printing)..

Cover art by James Avati.

Ed McBain: So long as you both shall live.

Signet Books 1977.

1966; Nothing but the lethal Heart by Carter Brown. Cover art by Robert McGinnis.

1949; The Body in the Bed by Bill S. Ballinger. unknown Artist.

1955; Slice of Hell writen by Mike Roscoe. Cover by Robert Maguire.

Mickey Spillane: Vengeance is mine.

Signet Books [1989].

Cover art by Baryé Phillips.

Lenard Kaufman: Jubel's children.

Signet Books 1951.

Cover art by Stanley Meltzoff.

Carter Brown - The Body

Signet Books G2488, 1964

Cover Artist: Robert McGinnis

Charlie Wells - Let the Night Cry

Signet Books 1167, 1954

Cover Artist: Robert Maguire

"She packed a gun – in her garter holster!"