Spine shows some darkening, corners bumped, slight foxing. Clean and tight copy.
A 2 in 1 book printed for the Detective Book Club featuring two top notch mystery/detective writers. Perry Mason and Ellery Queen in one volume.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall View More...
Black boards with gold lettering. Spine slightly cocked, corners bumped, a little edge wear and rubbing, store sticker and some scribbling on front free end paper. Jacket in new Brodart, a little edge wear, price clipped, a little creasing to flaps. A nice copy. ; Last of the Perry Mason series, published after Gardner's death. ; Perry Mason; 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" Tall; 220 pages; "Sylvia Farr was a phony. Perry Mason could tell just by looking at her. Her cheap coat didn't go with her smartly tailored suit, her hairdo didn't go with her beautifully kept hands - and her face didn't go with ... View More...
Tan boards with brown lettering, 162 pp. Spine slightly cocked, corners bumped, slight edge wear and rubbing, front board just starting, names on front FEP. Jacket in new Brodart, a little edge wear and rubbing especially at top and bottom of spine. A nice copy. ; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 162 pages; "Take one wife, strikingly beautiful ... One ex-wife, whittled down to make a comeback ... A gorgeous secretary trying to play the role of Ugly Duckling ... And you have three lovely and shapely ladies who figure prominently in the life - and death - of Morley L. Theilman. "It started with b... View More...
Corners bumped, slight edge wear, Page 89 somewhat creased, shows rubbing. "Julia Branner insists her marriage was sabotaged by her millionaire father-in-law, who forced her to give up her baby girl for adoption. Now, years later, a young woman appears, claiming to be Julia's long-lost daughter. But Julia insists the heir-apparent is a fake-and vows to keep the family fortune from falling into the wrong hands. Abetted by a bishop with questionable credentials, Julia plans to expose the impostor. But things take a devilish turn when the curious cleric vanishes and Julia's father-in-la... View More...
Spine somewhat slanted w/ one crease, minor edgewear/bumping, crease on back cover, "20" on free endpaper, chip at p. 22. Text is yellowing, but clean and unmarked. "Perry Mason desperately needed information about his client and her father who was in prison, convicted of stealing $396,751.36 from a bank. The money had never been recovered. The one man who might have the facts Mason needed was Jordan L. Ballard. So Mason went to Ballard's house, hoping to confirm some suspicions. Hardly had Mason returned to his office when Paul Drake called to report that Ballard had been mu... View More...
Tan boards with brown lettering. Ex-library with all the stamps and markings. Spine cocked, minor edge wear, some tape residue. Boards starting at front and back, repaired with archival tape. Jacket in new Brodart, some edge wear and chipping. A solid reading copy. ; Perry Mason; Ex-Library; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 176 pages; "What chance has a pretty young girl, short of funds, to win a suit for assault against the heir to a fortune - even though her case may be justified? Perry Mason, Della Street and Investigator Paul Drake have their hands full this time. Not only must they win this ca... View More...
Tan boards with brown lettering. Spine a bit cocked, corners bumped, slight edge wear and rubbing. Jacket in new Brodart, a little edge wear and chipping, some scuffing. Overall, a nice copy. ; Perry Mason; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 140 pages; "It was against the restaurant rules for a waitress to beleaguer customers for advice, but Katherine Ellis was not only young and beautiful, it was obvious that she was deeply worried ... "So when Perry Mason finished lunch, he left her a note: 'My usual fee for an office consultation is ten dollars. The tip under the plate is eleven dollars.' Then... View More...
Spine slanted/ reading crease, some edgewear. Text yellowing, but clean and unmarked. "When a very respectable man, a candidate for councilman on a reform ticket in fact, is picked up drunk as a hoot-owl and involved with a girl hitch-hiker, there are apt to be headlines. The Blade printed them in large, black type. That led to a libel suit and a secret investigation by a Blade reporter. At least it was supposed to be secret. But apparently the wrong person or persons unknown got wind of it, because the reporter soon became a corpse lying in a vacant lot. Sidney Griff, the criminolog... View More...
Pocket Book #287. Edgewear, 1" tear at bottom of spine. Spine brittle, p. 17 detached. Text yellowed, but clean and unmarked. "'A guy in one of the cabins is ready for a funeral.' District Attorney Doug Selby slammed down the receiver and ten minutes later was at the Keystone Auto Camp. 'Where is he?' Selby asked. Sheriff Brandon moved the dresser. The corpse was slumped down in a grotesque sitting position. In his right hand he held a revolver and in his left a long pin such as florists give with corsages. The clues indicated the Palm Thatch, a local roadhouse, as the starting... View More...
