FONTANA EDITIONS

Fontana is the mass-market paperback imprint for William Collins (now HarperCollins). The list published Peter Cheyney for the best part of 50 years from 1953. Although the gallery below is not quite complete, it does give a potted history of detective book cover design. If you can add any images (or even just numbers) please get in touch: email.

Please note: re-published titles were given a new series number.
No. 8 • 1953 No. 27 No. 35 No. 123 No. 107
No. 209 • 1958 No. No. No. No. No.
No. 232 No. 305 No. 325 No. 385 No. 401 No. 481 No. 514
No. 521 No. 587 No. 590 No. 593 No. 612 No. 668 No.
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No. 626 • 1962 No. 655 No. 662 No.
No. 865 No. No. No. 957 • 1964 No. 962
No. 1011 • 1965 No. 1081 No. 1168 No. 1143 No. 2035 No. 1025
No. 1312 • 1967 No. 1386 No. 1378 No. 1399 No. 1403 No. 1549 No. 1556
No. 1609 No. 1673 No. 1719 No. 1773 No. 1331 No. No. 1478
No. 1455 No. No. 1479
No. 7355 • 1986 No. 7356
1988 1990