Eighteen Brilliant Pulp Novel Cover Illustrations by Robert McGinnis

“There's nothing more interesting than painting women, it's the greatest subject that can be.”

Robert McGinnis, who was born in 1926 and is now 93 years old, is famous for his illustrations that feature on over 1200 paperback book covers. He was also responsible for the Breakfast at Tiffany’s poster as well as Barbarella and several James Bond films.

Robert McGinnis

1961: Epitaph for a Dead Beat by David Markson.

 

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1960: Kill Now, Pay Later by Robert Kyle.

 

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1968: The Left Leg by Alice Tilton.

 

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1960: When Dorinda Dances by Brett Halliday.

 

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1960: April Evil by John D. MacDonald.

 

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1960: Death out of Focus by Bill Gault.

 

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1960: Murder on her Mind by Robert Dietrich.

 

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1961: Michael Shayne’s Long Chance by Brett Halliday.

 

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1962: Soft Touch written by John D MacDonald.

 

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1963: Marked for Murder by Brett Halliday.

 

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1963: Murder and the Married Virgin by Brett Halliday.

 

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1963: Murder by Proxy by Brett Halliday.

 

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1963: The Uncomplaining Corpses by Brett Halliday.

 

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1963: Never Kill a Client by Brett Halliday.

 

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1964: The Body Came Back by Brett Halliday.

 

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1964: The Corpse that Never Was by Brett Halliday.

 

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1964: The Velvet Vixen by Carter Brown.

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1964: Too Friendly Too Dead by Brett Halliday.

 

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1965: Drum Beat Dominique by Stephen Marlowe.

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