Chester Himes - All Shot Up
Avon Books T-434, 1960
Cover Artist: George Ziel

"Coffin Ed and Grave Digger beat a path through babes, bourbon and bullets on the trail of an ice-cold killer."

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Colette - Diary of a 16-Year-Old French Girl
(Original Title: Claudine at School)
Avon Books T-200, 1957
Cover Artist: George Ziel

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Richard Jessup - Night Boat to Paris
Dell Books First Edition 92, 1956
Cover Artist: George Ziel

"Wartime hero... peacetime hood - a two-sided guy on a one-way trip."

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Len Zinberg - What D'ya Know for Sure?
Avon Books T93, 1955
Cover Artist: unknown... George Ziel?... Ray Johnson?

"A tough, realistic novel of Hollywood."

Also titled "Strange Desires"

Len Zinberg is more widely known by his pseudonym, Ed Lacy.

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Morton Cooper - Anything for Kicks
Avon Books T-311, 1959
Cover Artist: George Ziel

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