Published by William Morrow and Company, New York, 1942
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Signed
Advance reading copy (proof). Octavo, plain wrappers with pictorial dust jacket affixed at the spine. A Perry Mason mystery. Typewritten letter laid in, dated 1944 on Gardner's letterhead answering a query, signed by the author's secretary Jean Bethel. [Reference: Hubin, p. 314]. Ink stamped publication date and price to front free end paper, rubbing to edges and reading creases to spine. A very good copy. Quite uncommon. (32377).