Description: Erle Stanley Gardner's "The Case of the Velvet Claws", the very rare first Perry Mason novel. The copyright is the original 1933 date but this is a later undated Walter J Black reprint, probably from the 1940s, associated with the Detective Book Club. The dust jacket matches the original Morrow first publication jacket. An affordable reprint of a very rare first edition. Dust jacket: Significant loss to top edge on spine, front and back panels; bottom corners of front panel have chunks missing. Rear flap edge has three finger-sized holes. Various small chips and holes scattered around. The reds on the spine and spineward edges of front panel have faded leaving just the white behind.Book: mushroom-coloured cloth discoloured in places. Endpapers are tanned and edges of boards are rubbed, especially on spine. No other defects.
Price: 460 AUD
Location: Thornbury, VIC
End Time: 2024-10-27T05:25:05.000Z
Shipping Cost: 27.76 AUD
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Language: English
Author: Erle Stanley Gardner
Publisher: Walter J Black
Original/Facsimile: Original