This beautiful little rangefinder is considered by some to be Kodak's finest American-made camera. My example is a little bit of a project. The shutter and aperture both move freely, but the shutter won't latch into cocked position, so some (hopefully minor) surgery will be required. Also, the rangefinder patch is dim almost to the point of nonexistence. The lens looks perfect, though, so it may well be worth the effort to repair it.

Carter Brown: The dance of death.

Signet Books 1964.

Cover by Robert McGinnis.

1984 - Walter J. Diethelm

1961; Kyra by Kyra Petrovskaya. Cover art by James Avati. With 4 pages of photos inside.

Design for the signet of an advertising company. Artist Morton Goldsholl. USA. From Gebrauchsgraphik No. 6, 1966. Blogged at Aqua-Velvet.

1984 - Walter J. Diethelm

Frederic Wakeman: The wastrel.

Signet Books 1950.

Cover art by Ray Pease.

Robert Penn Warren: Band of angels.

Signet 1956.

Cover art: James Avati.

Martin Luther King, Jr - Why We Can't Wait

Signet Books P2476, 1964

Cover design uncredited

William Russell - A Wind is Rising

Signet Books 900, 1951

Cover photo of William Russell by Dely Monteser

Produced from 1958 to 1962, the Kodak Signet 80 was the last serious rangefinder Kodak made. It was an interchangeable lens camera: in addition to the 50mm lens, 35mm and 90mm lenses were available. It had a unique film take-up mechanism that did not require a film spool. Designed by Arthur Crapsey, it was a striking example of mid-century design aesthetic.

Carter Brown: The bombshell.

Signet Books 1960.

Cover by Baryé Phillips.

James Baldwin: Giovanni's room.

Signet Books 1959.

1955; A Private Stair by David Loughlin. Cover art by James Meese

Kodak Signet 35. Ilford Delta 400

William R. Anderson - Nautilus 90 North

Signet Books D1692, 1959

Cover Artist: unknown

Carter Brown: The girl who was possessed.

Signet Books 1963.

Cover by Robert McGinnis.

Charles Gorham: The gold of their bodies.

Signet 1955.

Irwin Shaw: The troubled air.

Signet 1952.

Cover art: James Avati.

Carter Brown: Terror comes creeping.

Signet Books 1966.

Cover by Robert McGinnis.

1960 - 14th print; My Gun is Quick by Mickey Spillane. Cover art by James Avati. Published by Signet 1789.

Carter Brown: The body.

Signet Books 1958.

Cover by Baryé Phillips.

Wallace Stegner: All the little live things.

Signet Books 1968.

Cover art by Sandy Kossin.

Harlan Ellison: The beast that shouted love at the heart of the world.

Signet Books 1974.

Cover art by Bob Pepper.

Photos from my Kodak Signet 40.

I wonder where that hair came from.

Blogged: jimgrey.wordpress.com/2011/04/18/kodak-signet-40/

Thomas Mann: Confessions of Felix Krull, Confidence Man.

Signet Classics 1963.

Translated from the German by Denver Lindley.

With an afterword by George Steiner.

Cover art by James Hill.

William Gardner Smith: Last of the conquerors. Signet 1949.

Cover art by James Avati.

Gore Vidal - Three

Signet Books T2131, 1962

Cover Design uncredited

Three by Gore Vidal:

Williwaw

A Thirsty Evil

Julian the Apostate

1957; Find my Killer by Manly Wellman. Cover art by Paul Isaac Rader. Someone pointed out to me that in Wade's Price Guide the cover is incorrectly credited to Robert Maguire. In the lower left corner you can see a tiny bit of the signature. To compare see the signature on 'Skin Deep'.

E.R. Braithwaite - To Sir, With Love:

Signet Books P3749, 1968

Cover: movie tie-in photo; Sidney Poitier

Being cute on holidays

1955; Out of the Red Brush by Kermit Daugherty. Unknown Artist

1984 - Walter J. Diethelm

Dylan Thomas - Adventures in the Skin Trade and other stories

Signet Classics CT341, 1960

Cover Artist: Milton Glaser

Fyodor Dostoyevsky - The Possessed

Signet Classics CY360, 1968

Cover Artist: Milton Glaser

James T. Farrell - An American Dream Girl

Signet Books 1031, 1953

Cover photo of James T. Farrell by E. Sottsass, Jr.

Horace McCoy: I Should Have Stayed Home.

Signet Books 1951.

Cover art by Ray Pease.

Adam Knight - Stone Cold Blonde

Signet Books 1322, 1956

Cover Artist: Robert Maguire

"We dare you to read the first page of this sizzling thriller."

Oliver Wendall Holmes - The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table

Signet Classics CD53, 1961

Cover Artist: Saul Lambert

1959; We are the Living by Erskine Caldwell. Cover art by James Avati.

William Faulkner: Knight's gambit.

Signet Books 1950.

Cover art by Baryé Phillips.

1956; The Navigator by Jules Roy. Cover art by Stanley Zuckerberg.