The Case of the Half-Wakened Wife

New York: The M.S. Mill Company, Inc, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. First Printing. Octavo (19.75cm); black cloth, blocked and titled in blue on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [vi],218pp. Tiny crimp at crown, some faint finger-soil to rear cover, else a fresh, Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.00), with light wear to extremities, and a few tiny tears; Near Fine. Among the scarcer war-time Gardner books, and a notable (and short-lived) break from his regular publisher William Morrow. The 27th Perry Mason mystery. HUBIN, p.162. (Inventory #: 51751)