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GEORGE ZIEL CHECKLIST
DELL FIRST EDITION
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92 NIGHT BOAT TO PARIS – Jessup, 1956.
Copyright page credit: “Cover painting by George Ziel”.
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DELL
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1303 A COFFIN
FOR DIMITRIOS – Ambler, 1964.
Back cover credit: “illustration by G. Ziel”
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4264 JOURNEY INTO FEAR – Ambler, 1964.
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4903 THE LODGER – Lowndes, 1964.
Back cover credit: “illustration by G. Ziel”
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8611 10th ANNUAL EDITION: THE YEAR’S BEST S-F – Merril, ed., 1966
Cover art from the 1965 Delacorte Press hardcover.
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2241 11th ANNUAL EDITION: THE YEAR’S BEST S-F – Merril, ed., 1967
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6381 A NEW LEAF – Ritchie, 1971.
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8048 THE SMILING MEDUSA – Muir, 1971.
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BY
MARY ROBERTS RINEHART
(1970-1976)
0795 THE BREAKING POINT – 1970.
In the 1960s, the Dell reprints
of the classic Mary Roberts Rinehart mysteries are credited to Hector Garrido
and Victor Kalin. But the 1970s editions are all uncredited. I spoke to
Hector Garrido and to Victor Kalin’s daughter, and we all agree the 70s
covers are the work of a third artist. George Ziel was that artist.
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0795 THE BREAKING POINT, 1975.
When the price of their
paperbacks went up, Dell reissued some of their Rinehart series with new
uncredited covers. Many of them have little touches we’ve come to identify as
Ziel’s, like the partial faces beside the woman on this cover, the black cat
with the crescent moon on THE CONFESSION & SIGHT UNSEEN (below), and the
dark group of men in hats and overcoats on THE SWIMMING POOL (below).
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3127 THE GREAT MISTAKE, 1970.
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3127 THE GREAT MISTAKE, 1976.
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0077 ALIBI FOR ISABEL, 1971.
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0212 THE ALBUM, 1971.
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0212 THE ALBUM, 1976.
Compare with TOWER ABBEY, Crest 2-4044-1, above.
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2735 THE FRIGHTENED WIFE, 1971.
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3460 HAUNTED LADY, 1971.
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8248 THE STATE VS. ELINOR NORTON, 1971.
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8248 THE STATE VS. ELINOR NORTON, 1974.
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8316 THIS STRANGE ADVENTURE, 1971.
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8355 THE STREET OF SEVEN STARS, 1971.
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9565 THE WINDOW AT THE WHITE CAT, 1971.
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9790 THE YELLOW ROOM, 1971.
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1278 THE CIRCULAR STAIRCASE, 1972.
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1654 DANGEROUS DAYS, 1972.
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5035 LOST ECSTASY, 1972.
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7308 THE RED LAMP, 1972.
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9370 THE WALL, 1973.
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8428 THE SWIMMING POOL, 1974.
The 1962 and 1966 editions of
Dell 8428, THE SWIMMING POOL, have cover paintings by Victor Kalin. The 1970
edition of THE SWIMMING POOL is the work of Hector Garrido. This 1974 reprint
has a new cover. We have seen those faceless men in fedoras and coats before.
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0044 THE AFTER
HOUSE, 1975.
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1094 THE CASE OF JENNIE BRICE, 1975.
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1452 THE CONFESSION & SIGHT UNSEEN, 1975.
The Ziel cat. Compare with ANITA (Avon 02295) above.
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2380 EPISODE OF THE WANDERING KNIFE, 1975.
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0465 THE BAT, 1976.
The last of Ziel’s 26 Rineharts.
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6231 MYSTERY OF THE WITCH WHO WOULDN’T – Platt, 1973.
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04971 MARA – Morris, 1978. “A James A. Bryans Book”.
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12645 THE FAR SIDE OF DESTINY – Mullen, 1979.
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10178 ALL WE KNOW OF HEAVEN – Mullen, 1980.
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15707 MISTRESS OF WYNDS – Haviland, 1981.
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94520 THE
KIDNAPPING OF CHRISTINA LATTIMORE – Nixon, 1980.
With her white Oxford shirt,
rolled-up blue jeans and white sneakers, Christina is a match for the girls
on his next Dell cover, THE SÉANCE. |
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97937 THE SÉANCE –
Nixon, 1981
When the cover art was auctioned in 2008, George Ziel was
identified as the artist. |
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