New York: William Morrow & Company, 1943. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); black cloth, blocked and titled in red on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [iv],[2],3-248,[4]pp. The words "First Edition" written in ink in an early hand at upper left corner of front pastedown, a stamp-sized label shadow to..... More
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1956. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); yellow cloth boards, with titles stamped in black on spine and front cover; dustjacket; viii,244,[4]pp. Pictorial bookplate of noted American bibliophile Adrian Homer Goldstone (1897-1977) mounted to front pastedown. Spine ends and one lower board corner gently..... More
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1947. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); teal simulated cloth boards, with titles stamped in dark blue on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [vi],250pp. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper to German-American actress Marlene Dietrich (1901-1992): "To Marlene Dietrich / Whose smile..... More
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1957. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); slate grey cloth, with titles stamped in burgundy on spine and front cover; dustjacket; viii,246,[2]pp. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced $2.95), with light wear to crown and extremities. The 53rd Perry Mason novel, in..... More
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1941. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.75cm); russet cloth, blocked and titled in maroon on spine and front cover; burgundy topstain; vi,282pp. Some offsetting to endpapers, with a hint of foxing to right edge of textblock; Near Fine, lacking the dustjacket. The first of..... More
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1937. First Edition. A pleasing copy of the first Doug Selby novel, one of nine Gardner would write in between his Perry Mason and Cool & Lam series between 1937-1949. Mundell, p.42; Hubin, p.158. First Printing. Octavo (19.75cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in..... More
Chicago: Fictioneers, Inc., 1940. First Edition. Quarto; illustrated wrappers; 130pp, illus. Edge chipping, tears, and brief loss to upper left corner of front wrapper; barest tanning to text edges, else creamy and supple; still bright and complete - Very Good. Contains the stories 'Tong Trouble' by Erle Stanley Gardner, 'Clamp..... More
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London: The Atlas Publishing and Distributing Co., Ltd., 1929. First U.K. Edition. A well-preserved copy of this issue, featuring Part 2 (of 5) of The Maltese Falcon. A loaded issue besides, with Carroll John Daly's Race Williams novelette The Silver Eagle, Erle Stanley Gardner's Ed Jenkins novelette Straight From the..... More