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FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, OF THE CASE OF THE FOOT-LOOSE DOLL,
WARMLY INSCRIBED BY ERLE STANLEY GARDNER

GARDNER, Erle Stanley. The Case of the Foot-Loose Doll. New York: William Morrow, 1958. Octavo, original cloth, original dust jacket.

First edition, presentation copy, of this Perry Mason mystery, warmly inscribed by the author: “To Sue and Frederick with all good wishes to two wonderful people. Always, Erle Stanley Gardiner. April 1958.”

“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 56 of 86 books in the series.

Dust jacket price-clipped. A beautiful, fine copy, most desirable inscribed.