Case Baited Hook, First Edition (21 results)

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Pocket Book #414, 1st edition, 1946. Very Good with light spine lean, dealer stamp on cover, light tanning inside, light creasing and some "stepping" on page ends, the start of peeling laminate on rear cover, but overall a bright, attractive copy.

Hardcover. Condition: NF. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. First Thus. First printing of the Triangle edition. A good copy in a good dust jacket. Book.

Paperback. first PB. 414, almost near fine, mystery novel, paperback,

Paperback. first PB. 414, near fine, unused mystery novel, paperback,

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. Perry Mason agrees to represent a masked, unidentified girl if she was ever in legal trouble, and then the murder occured. Bumped and rubbed with a bit of wear at the corners and spine ends. Front hinge cracked, rear loose, cigar store stamp on the front end paper. Tears to the fore edge of the first two end papers, remnants of the jacket flaps glued to the pastedowns.

Paperback. First Printing. Pocket Book 414. A very good copy.; Small octavo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. An excellent copy but sadly the title page has been removed. It is believed to be a first edition of 1940. 281 pages.

hardcover. first thus. 12mo. 281pp. Perry Mason took the bait--a $10,000 note--and became involved in one of his most baffling cases. First thus, unusual in DJ. #00716. very good: staining to front board, age wear, toning to text block very good: toning/age wear, chipping, small closed tear at base of spine.

First Edition. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 281 pages. The 16th entry in the very popular Perry Mason series. A very good copy in cloth boards with some minor wear and a small former owner signature to the front free endpaper. No dust jacket.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Penguin Paperback Edition / Second Print (first Penguin published 1957). Paperback copy, no dustjacket. 187pp. Not library copy, no inscriptions, no creasing to spine, light rubbing to edges. (51/2).

First edition in Penguin. Penguin Books, Harmondsworth. 1957. Paperback. 188 pages. Sl. shelf-wear to cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. First Edition. True first printing with matching dates. Book is in very good plus close to near fine condition, with owner's name and address hidden under jacket flap. Binding is crisp and sturdy, boards are covered in a flawless facsimile dust jacket so book "presents" like new. Nice copy of this uncommon Perry Mason mystery.

First Edition/First Printing with no additional printings mentioned; A Very Good book in a Very Good dust jacket. Inscribed by good friend Walter Buchen, a Chicago business man, with a letter, dated in the year of publication, from Buchen to another friend describing how Gardner finished the book while hunting with Buchen. An outstanding copy of this early Perry Mason novel; uncommon in the first printing and in collectible condition; this copy with a unique association and provenance. This copy in vey good condition with light rubbing to the board edges, some minor spotting to the front board, and mild foxing to the page edges; housed in a crisp and bright very good dust jacket that shows some light rubbing and creasing to the edges, and some mild fading to the spine lettering. Overall, a highly presentable and collectible copy, enhanced with the unique letter. Not remaindered, not price-clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship securely wrapped in a sturdy box.

First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); red cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in black on spine and front cover; red topstain; fore-edge untrimmed; 281pp. Lacking dustjacket. Shelf-soil on covers, with rubbing to spine ends, topstain lightly faded, and residue to front endpaper; Very Good. The 16th Perry Mason mystery. Basis for the 1957 television adaptation starring Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale and William Hopper [Season one, episode fourteen, December 1957]. HUBIN, p.162. [84291].

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Dulled spots to the publishers black cloth binding, VG entirely free of any former owner marking. Dust wrapper chipped at spine head with old tape ghosts to head and heel of spine, $2.00 publication price intact to jacket flap.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Publisher's black cloth over boards. Spine and front cover stamped in red. Original illustrated dust jacket. Binding is bright en firm, fore edge untrimmed, top edge stained (faded) red. Lower corners slightly bumped. Some pale soiling to boards. No marks or inscriptions. Jacket is worn and nicked at edges with short tears, the longest of which is repaired with clear tape at verso; rubbing; folds creased. 281 pp. Jacket now protected in mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, 1940 stated on title and copyright page. Inscribed and dated on the front free end paper by Gardner to his wife, Natalie, seven years after they separated. Book near fine, front lower corner slightly bumped, white spot on rear cover. Dust jacket very good, some wear at front corners and spine ends. Flap price $2.00. Housed in a custom-made slipcase. Comes with a certificate of authenticity, issued by Gardner's grandson, Alan Gardner McKittrick.

First Edition. Uncommon Perry Mason mystery novel which features a ten thousand dollar bill. Very Good but for mild dampstain to rear cover, in dustjacket with staining to rear panel, most noticeable at verso, else Very Good.

First Edition. Perry Mason investigates a murder in which he was "played for a sucker". Near Fine but for "Office File Copy" stamped at top page edge, in Very Good price-clipped dustjacket, shallow loss at top spine end, "Office File Copy" stamped at rear panel.

First Edition. Uncommon Perry Mason mystery novel which features a ten thousand dollar bill. Near Fine in attractive Very Good plus dustjacket, few tiny closed tears at edges, top spine end and top flap corners with nicks and rubbing.

First edition. Fine in dust jacket with light wear to the front cover corners and lightly rubbed at the spine ends. A Perry Mason mystery.