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FIRST EDITION OF THE CASE OF THE HORRIFIED HEIRS, INSCRIBED BY ERLE STANLEY GARDNER

GARDNER, Erle Stanley. The Case of the Horrified Heirs. New York: William Morrow, (1964). Octavo, original red paper boards, original dust jacket.

First edition, boldly inscribed: “With best wishes to H——- Kirby. Yours, Erle Stanley Gardner.”

“Full of good points” (Barzun & Taylor, 1416). “In Perry Mason, the combative defense attorney who manipulates the legal system to vindicate the innocent, Gardner created one of the most widely recognized figures in American literature? Mason came to embody the ideal of the American lawyer” (ANB). This is number 74 of 86 books in the series. Hubin, 162.

Book fine, dust jacket extremely good with faint soiling and light rubbing to extremities. A near-fine inscribed copy.