first edition
1935 · New York
by GARDNER, Erle Stanley
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1935. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in red on spine and front cover; red topstain; [vi],304,[2]pp. Modest wear to cloth - particularly at the spine ends - topstain dulled, upper corners gently bumped, rear hinge cracked and neatly re-glued, with a few small, faint stains scattered through the margins; Very Good, lacking the dustjacket. The sixth Perry Mason novel, a case involving a stolen glass eye and a client embezzling money from a loan shark. HUBIN, p.162. (Inventory #: 52743)