Title
Real Cool Killers, The
Subject
Leisure
Seduction
Smoking
Young women
African Americans--Men
Faces
Shadows
short shorts
Description
Black
Against a shadowy background, a dark-haired young woman reclines, one knee up, smoking a cigarette. The woman is dressed in tight shorts and a pink blouse tied at the midriff. In the shadows are the images of three male faces.
On front cover: Those two detectives, Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed, are back--up to their guns in mayhem and murder.
On back cover: The first Chester Himes novel of this series was the winner of the Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere and received these accolades
"...the most extraordinary novel I have read in a long time ... I give all the Hemingway, Dos Passos, Steinbeck for this Chester Himes." Author Jean Giono.
"... a prodigious masterpiece" Jean Cocteau.
Blue background with black and red text. No graphics.
Red and white background with white, black, blue and red text.
AVON in solid circle on spine.
Creator
not identified
Himes, Chester B., 1909-
Publisher
Special Collections, University Libraries
State University of New York at Buffalo
Avon
Date
1959
Contributor
Kelley, George, 1949-
Rights
Type
Book covers
Cover (Illustrations)
Mystery fiction
Crime fiction
Image
Still Image
Identifier
5
ECY1309
Date Created
8/24/2005
Date Modified
8/24/2005
Is Part Of
LIB001
Pulp Fiction Cover Art
Avon (T-328)
Collection
Citation
not identified and Himes, Chester B., 1909-, “Real Cool Killers, The,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed July 22, 2025, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/29213.