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PRESENTATION COPY OF THE CASE OF THE MYTHICAL MONKEYS,
WARMLY INSCRIBED BY ERLE STANLEY GARDNER

GARDNER, Erle Stanley. The Case of the Mythical Monkeys. New York: William Morrow, (1959). Octavo, original red paper boards, original dust jacket.

First edition, presentation copy, inscribed: “To my good friends Sue & Frank Fiske with all the love in the world from Yours, Erle. Erle Stanley Gardner. June 1959.”

“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 59 of 86 books in the series. Hubin, 163. An abridged version of this book was serialized in The Saturday Evening Post. Erle Stanley Gardner frequently inscribed books to the recipients of this copy, Frank and Sue Fiske. In addition to being one of Gardner’s close friends, Frank Fiske was also a writer; his short story, “Court of the Singing Goldfish,” was published alongside Gardner’s Western novelette, “On the Poison Trail,” in the July 1926 issue of Triple-X.

Book near-fine, with a few white smudges and only slightest rubbing to boards. Price-clipped dust jacket near-fine, with a bit of rubbing.