Buy this book on-line GARDNER**, ERLE STANLEY: : THE CASE OF THE NEGLIGENT NYMPHUS.NY.WILLIAM MORROW & COMPANY.1949,1950. ISBN No ISBN.
US,12mo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn.[Precedes the UK,William Heinemann,1956 1st edn. Serialised in Collier's magazine,as 6 weekly parts spanning from September 17th to October 22nd,1949.] NFINE.Owner ink name to front pastedown.Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain blue-grey bds with bright,crisp, blocked black ink letters to front board+ spine/backstrip; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks,tears,splits or fraying present,and plain white endpapers with verso+ recto of both front+rear free endpapers respectively,with light off-set shadowing from respective opposing pastedowns,whose edges also have light toning,both hinges solid and sound - without any splits,tears or cracking.Rear board's external lower edge with production fault of a horizontal crease from gutter to fore-edge - concomitant spot to inside i.e the rear pastedown without any break or cracking - so not a later,accidental internal crease.The external crease follows the edge of the internal cloth turnover under the paper pastedown at the board's lower edge.Top edges lightly toned from light dust-soiling,but still bright and clean and without foxing/spotting,fore-edges similarly,but slightly brighter and also without foxing/spotting; contents bright, tight,clean - text body virtually foxing-free,solid and sound,near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread,apart from my own collation.US,12mo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn,v -viiipp+1-275pp [paginated] includes author foreword (dated October,1949),24 chapters,plus [unpaginated] half-title with blank reverse,title page and to the rear 2pp publisher's advert for Gardner's other Perry Mason Cases and also the D.A. mystery series titles.
See also,my book ID rja944121 for UK, vintage PAN p/back (G118)1st edn of same title.
A Perry Mason mystery (the 35th).Story later adapted for the 12th episode of the first season of the Mason TV series,1957/ 58.
A highly collected and prolific author, and usual item in Gardner's typical style, an important and welcome addition to the canon.
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