first edition
1939 · New York
by GARDNER, Erle Stanley
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1939. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); black cloth, blocked and titled in red on spine and front cover; red topstain; dustjacket; [iv],[2],3-279,[5]pp. Light fraying to cloth at crown, small white streak to right edge of front cover, else a clean, Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.00), with light wear to spine ends and extremities and a few tiny tears; Very Good+ to Near Fine, with the red spine-lettering notably bright and unfaded. Attractive copy of the 15th Perry Mason novel, centered around a wealthy gold tycoon and his young, gold-digging fiancée. HUBIN, p.163. (Inventory #: 51609)