F-SERIES ACE Double Western Series

F-103 HARRY WHITTINGTON A Trap For Sam Dodge (1961; listed as "first book publication") and F-103b LEE FLOREN High Thunder (1961; listed as "complete novel")

Original cover art that probably was modified for "A Trap For Sam Dodge." Artist is Sergio Leone. Art work has a paper tag that indicates that the title for this particular illustration was "#302 Tombstone Showdown." Please see detail image to examine similarity with this illustration and the cover art for ACE F-103. Thus, although ACE F-103 does not give any information on the cover artist, I suggest that Sergio Leone is a good choice.

HARRY WHITTINGTON (1915 - 1989) was one of the most prolific paperback writers of the 1950's through the 1960's. He wrote in nearly every genre and had success as a screenwriter for Warner-Brothers and created the television shows "The Lawman," "The Alaskan," and "The Dakotas" in the 1960's.

F-106 BRIAN GARFIELD Justice At Spanish Flat (original title: Range Justice; listed as "abridged"; 1960) and F-106b TOM WEST The Gun From Nowhere (1961; cover by Jerome Podwil)

F-110 RAY HOGAN Track the Man Down (listed as "complete novel") and F-110b LEE WELLS Savage Range (1961; listed as "first book publication")

F-116 CLEMENT HARDIN (aka DWIGHT BENNETT NEWTON) The Lurking Gun (cover by Korby; 1961; listed as "first book publication") and F-116b LOUIS TRIMBLE Deadman Canyon (1961; listed as "complete novel")

DWIGHT BENNETT NEWTON (b. 1916) was a highly prolific writer of the western genre. He wrote under a number of pseudonyms. In addition, he was story content and staff writer for the television series "Wagon Train," "Death Valley Days," and "Tales of Wells Fargo." He was a founding member of the Western Writers of America.

F-120 JACK M. BRICKHAM Gunman Can't Hide (1st ACE printing November 1961) and F-120b JOHN CALLAHAN Come in Shooting (1st ACE printing November 1961)

F-124 STEVEN G. LAWRENCE Slatterly (1961; listed as "first book publication") and F-124b STEVEN G. LAWRENCE Bullet Welcome For Slatterly (1961; listed as "complete novel")

F-126 EDWIN BOOTH The Troublemaker (1962; listed as "first book publication") and F-126b RAY HOGAN A Marshall For Lawless (1962; listed as "complete novel")

Original cover art for The Troublemaker. Acrylic on board (20" x 12.5") and unsigned.

F-128 TOM WEST The Buzzard's Nest (1962; listed as "first book publication") and F-128b LOUIS TRIMBLE Siege at High Meadow (1962; listed as "complete novel")

F-134 ROD PATTERSON A Shooting At Sundust (1962; listed as "first book publication") and F-134b GORDON D. SHIRREFFS Tumbleweed Trigger (1962; listed as "complete novel")

F-138 STEVEN G. LAWRENCE Walk A Narrow Trail (a "Slattery" novel) and F-138b STEVEN G. LAWRENCE A Noose For Slattery (1962; listed as "first book publication")

F-142 L. P. HOLMES Wolf Brand and F-142b L. P. HOLMES Smoky Pass (1962)

F-144 FRANK WYNNE Massacre Basin (listed as "complete and unabridged") and F-144b CLEMENT HARDIN(aka DWIGHT BENNETT NEWTON) The Badge Shooters (1962; listed as "first book publication")

F-148 HARRY WHITTINGTON Wild Sky (1962; listed as "complete novel") and F-148b TOM WEST Dead Man's Double Cross (1962; listed as "first book publication")

F-150 NELSON NYE Hideout Mountain (listed as "complete novel") and F-150b NELSON C. NYE Rafe (1962; listed as "first book publication")

F-152 GORDON D. SHIRREFFS Rio Desperado and F-152b GORDON D. SHIRREFFS Voice of the Gun (1962; listed as "first book publication")

F-160 RAY HOGAN New Gun For Kingdom City and F-160b RAY HOGAN The Shotgunner (1962; listed as "first book publication")

F-164 STEVEN G. LAWRENCE Longhorns North (a "Slattery" novel; cover by Rafael de Soto) and F-164b STEVEN G. LAWRENCE Slattery's Gun Says "No" (cover by Bob Schinella; 1962; listed as "first book publication")

Original cover art for Slattery's Gun Says "No". Gouache on board (20" x 14.5") and signed in lower right. Note that tape was used to block out the image area for publicaiton. Close-up of image area.

F-172 TOM WEST Battling Buckeroos (listed as "complete novel") and F-172b GILES A. LUTZ Gun Rich (1962; listed as "first book publication")

F-176 DAN J. STEVENS Gun Trap at Bright Water (1963; listed as "first book publication") and F-176b RAY HOGAN The Outside Gun (1963; listed as "complete novel"; cover by Bob Schinella)

Original cover art for "The Outside Gun" by Ray Hogan. Artist is Bob Schinella and the medium is oil on board. Image size 17" x 26" and signed (G R Schinella) in the center near the railing.

F-184 NELSON C. NYE Death Valley Slim (1963; listed as "first book publication") and F-184b NELSON NYE The Kid From Lincoln County (cover by Robert Peak; 1963; listed as "complete novel")

Original Robert Peak painting for the The Kid From Lincoln County

F-185 WILLIAM O. TURNER The High Hander and F-185b LOUIS TRIMBLE Wild Horse Range (1963; listed as "complete novel")

Please note that my copy of Turner and Trimble has F-185 - this may be a misprint and might be F-186. If anyone has another copy - let me know. UPDATE: Looks like the number should be F-186 - looks like this is a misprint (gee- points!).

F-196 HARRY WHITTINGTON Dry Gulch Town (1963; listed as "first book publication") and F-196b HARRY WHITTINGTON Prairie Raiders (1963; listed as "complete novel")

F-200 TOM WEST Triggering Texan (1963; listed as "first book publication") and F-200b FRANK WYNNE (aka BRIAN GARFIELD) The Big Snow (1963; listed as "complete and unabridged")

F-208 L. P. HOLMES Side Me At Sundown (1963; listed as "first book publication") and L. P. HOLMES F-208b The Buzzards of Rocky Pass (listed as 'complete novel")

F-214 LOUIS TRIMBLE The Man From Colorado (listed as 'complete novel") and F-214b BILL BURCHARDT The Wildcatters (1963; listed as "first book publication")

F-224 NELSON NYE Bancroft's Banco (listed as "complete novel") and NELSON C, NYE The Seven Six-Gunners (1963; listed as "first book publication")

F-230 TOM WEST Lobo Lawman (1963; listed as "first book publication") and F-230b RAY HOGAN Trail of the Fresno Kid (1963; listed as "complete novel")

F-238 STEPHEN PAYNE Brand Him Outlaw (1963; listed as "complete novel") and F-238b GORDON D. SHIRREFFS Quicktrigger (1963)

F-244. RAY HOGAN Last Gun at Cabresto (1963; listed as "first book publication") and F-244b EDWIN BOOTH Valley of Violence (1962; cover by MAC)

Original cover art for Impostors in Mesquite by MAC (in lower left corner). Oil on board (12" x 16"). The verso indicates pencilled notation for "Imposters in Mesquite" as well as a crossed-out notation for F-244 (Valley of Violence; 1962). This artwork was orignally used for the cover of Edwin Booth's Valley of Violence and dates its provenance to no later than 1962.

F-250 BARRY CORD The Masked Gun (listed as "complete novel") and F-250b TOM WEST Gallows Gulch (1963; listed as "first book publication")

F-254 PHILIP KETCHUM The Ghost Riders (1964; listed as "first book publication") and F-254b WILLIAM HEUMAN Hardcase Halloran (1964)

F-260 LOUIS TRIMBLE Trouble At Gunsight (1964; listed as "first book publication") and F-260b BRIAN GARFIELD Trail Drive (listed as "complete and unabridged")

This is the first ACE Double western copy where I have found Brian Garfield not using his Brian Wynne pseudonym.

F-264 BEN ELLIOTT Contract in Cartridges (listed as "complete novel") and F-264b TOM WEST Don't Cross My Line (1964; listed as "first book publication")

F-272 RAY HOGAN The Man From Barranca Negra (1964; listed as "complete novel") and F-272b STEPHEN PAYNE No Job For A Cowboy (1964; listed as "first book publication")

F-276 BRIAN WYNNE Mr. SixGun (c. 1954; 1964; listed as "first book publication") and F-276b WILLIAM E. VANCE The Wolf Slayer (1964)

F-284 LIN SEARLES Border Passage (1963; listed as "first book publication") and F-284b BEN SMITH The Homesteader (1964; listed as "complete and unabridged")

F-292 GORDON D. SHIRREFFS The Hidden Rider of Dark Mountain and F-292b TOM WEST The Man at Rope's End (1964; listed as "first book publication")

F-298 NELSON NYE Treaure Trail from Tucson (1964; listed as "first book publication") and NELSON NYE Sudden Country (1964; listed as "complete novel")