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GARDNER**, ERLE STANLEY: : THE CASE OF THE NEGLIGENT NYMPH.** [GREAT PAN G118.]

LONDON.PAN BOOKS LTD,1958.

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UK,12mo p/back,1st edn. [Originally serialised in (US) Collier's magazine,as 6 weekly parts spanning from September 17th to October 22nd, 1949.US (NY),WILLIAM MORROW & COMPANY.1949,1950 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,precedes the UK,William Heinemann,1956 1st edn.This issue the first UK p/back 1st edn,also preceded by US(NY),Pocket Books,1954.] VG.No owner inscrptn and no price removal from card cover.Bright,crisp,clean with minor faint blemishes,vibrant colour pictorial artwork by Sam Peffer (PEFF),illustrated font cover with b/w lettering,lightly concave spine/backstrip with lightly dulled white letters and PAN logo+No. to foot and NO reading creases to same,rear panel yellow background with red+ black-lettered story synopsis.[The cover art is based on a b/w posed photo of Kitty Peffer.] Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - both front corners with faint creases - but no nicks,tears or splits present. Top edges aged/toned with minimal sporadic spotting,fore-edges less aged/toned,so slightly brighter and without foxing; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - unread,apart from my own collation.UK,12mo p/back,1st edn,5- 185pp [paginated] includes author's foreword,23 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title_title pages and to the rear 6pp publisher's adverts for other PAN titles. See my book ID rja894220 for US,8vo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn of this same title. Other E. S. GARDNER p/b and HB 1st edns available,please search my MODERN FIRSTS and MODERN FIRSTS2 catalogues. 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. Samuel John Peffer (known as PEFF),b. 3rd November,1921 – d. 14th March,2014) was a British commercial artist who designed film posters,and paperback book covers.His best known work was for the covers of the paperback James Bond novels published by PAN BOOKS LTD.,in the 1950s and 1960s,for which he created a consistent and distinctive style.He went freelance around 1954.He was noticed by the Pan Books art buyer,Tony Bowen-Davies,and during the 1950s and 1960s,he painted hundreds of book covers,including from 1957,particularly the Fleming novels 'Casino Royale','Moonraker','From Russia with Love' and 'Dr. No.',all for Pan,as well as many Christie novels. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if item is offered P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/CAnada customers please be aware: standard AIR postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. between 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving within a week or so,and sometimes before the quoted 42 days - but not always. **

UK,12mo p/back,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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