PARKER paperbacks by Richard Stark

Using the pseudonym Richard Stark, Donald E. Westlake wrote the hardboiled paperback originals about the thief, Parker. They are popular books, and many of the titles have gone through several printings from different publishers. I'm showing covers of some from my bookshelves, and some covers I have found online.

Because some of the titles have undergone changes over the years, due to tie-ins with movies, this bibliography of the Parker novels is useful.

Covers I found online:

The Cartoon Show, 1977 traveling exhibition of comic art

Booklet, 8 1/2" x 11", 32 pages, which accompanied THE CARTOON SHOW, a traveling exhibition of art by prominent American cartoonists, from the Jerome K. Muller collection. 1977.

Copyright © 1977 by the individual copyright holders.

Little Golden Book THE BRAVE LITTLE TAILOR 1953 J.P. Miller

John Parr Miller was an illustrator whose work was very influential, especially in the early 1950s, where it represented modern commercial art of its time. The drawings for this version of THE BRAVE LITTLE TAILOR are of their era, yet still fresh. Miller, born in 1913, died in 2004.

No author is listed for this book, which is a 1953 first printing, indicated by the letter "A" on the last page.

More Miller here.

Copyright  © 1953 Simon and Schuster