first edition
1943 · New York
by GARDNER, Erle Stanley
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1943. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); light pink cloth, with titles stamped in dark brown on spine and front cover; dark blue topstain; dustjacket; [viii],244,[2]pp. Gentle sunning to spine and board edges, topstain slightly dulled, else clean internally; Very Good+ to Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.00), gently spine-sunned and lightly edgeworn, with some faint creasing at crown, and light dust-soil to rear panel and rear flap edges; Very Good+ or better. The 22nd Perry Mason mystery. HUBIN, p.162. (Inventory #: 51748)