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. 169 • 1957
No. 8 • 1953 No. 19 • 1954 No. 27 No. 35 No. 61 • 1955 No. 107 • 1956 No. 123
No. 209 • 1958 No. No. No. No. ? • 1958
No. 232 • 1960 No. 305 No. 325 No. 375 No. 385 No. 401 No. 481
No. 514 No. 521 No. 587 No. 590 No. 593 No. 612
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No. 626 • 1962 No. 655 No. 662 No. 668 No. 784
No. 865 • 1963 No. No. No. 885 • 1964 No. 957 No. 962
No. 1011 • 1965 No. 1025 No. 1081 No. 1143 No. 1168 No. 1221 No. 2023 No. 2035
No. 1312 • 1967 No. 1331 No. 1378 No. 1386 No. 1399 No. 1403 No. 1450
No. 1455 No. 1478 No. 1479 No. 1549 No. 1556 No. 1609 No. 1673
No. 1719 No. 1775 No.
No. 7355 • 1986 No. 7356
1988 1990