Erle Stanley Gardner: The Case of the Real Perry Mason

New York: William Morrow, 1978. First Edition. SIGNED by author Dorothy B. Hughes on the title page. Winner of the coveted Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America the same year this book was published, 1978.

One of only two forays by Hughes into biography or non-fiction, having established herself with four of the greatest novels of crime fiction published in the mid-20th century, "The So Blue Marble," "The Fallen Sparrow," "Ride the Pink Horse," and "In a Lonely Place." The last three of these were made into canonical films noir.

Tide marks to the spine ends, sticker shadow to the front pastedown, overall Very Good plus in a Very Good dust jacket with corresponding tide marks to the top and bottom edges.

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