December 1921 issue

December 1921 issue

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~ Meredith Beyers, “The Dark Brown Dress”, author’s only appearance in BM

~ Walter Deffenbaugh, “Hear Not, See Not. Speak Not Evil”, 1st story in this issue

~ Walter Deffenbaugh, “Fit for a King”, 2nd story in this issue, 7th and 8th stories in BM

~ Elizabeth (Bessie) Dudley, “Ananias Ltd”, ‘A Chinese among the characters’, 3rd of 4 stories in BM

~ John B. Hart, “In Full Payment”, author’s only appearance in BM

~ J.B. Hawley, “The Mystery of the One-Legged Man”, 8th of 12 stories in BM

~ Pettersen Marzoni, “Fear”, 1st of 2 stories in BM

~ David Morrison, “Thornton Smiled Significantly”, 2nd of 2 stories in BM

~ Harry M. Sutherland, “The Weeping Killer”, short-short, 1st of 2 stories in BM

~ John D. Swain, “The Man Who Knew Too Much”, 2nd of 2 stories in BM

~ Frederic J. Thorne, “The Prisoner Speaks”, ‘A Complete Mystery Novelette’, 7th of 10 stories in BM

~ Harold Ward, “The Woman Who Cursed a Man”, 19th of 29 stories under this name in BM [29th of 46 stories in BM under three different names – Ward Sterling and H.W. Starr]

~ Henry S. Watson and Asa Steele, “The Trap Thief”, 2nd of 2 stories in BM

~ Charles S. Wolfe, “The Finishing Touch”, 1st of 3 stories in BM

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The Case of the Lucky Legs x 19 + 1

`1934 Morrow hardcover, Gardner’s third Perry Mason mystery novel

1935 First National picture – Warren William as Perry Mason

1941 Pocket reissue – cover art by Pierre Martinot

1945 World Publishing/Tower edition

Feature Books #49 Perry Mason (David McKay, 1946) Condition: VG+. Perry Mason in “The Case of the Lucky Legs.” Vernon Greene art

1947 Pocket reissue

1951 Pocket reissue

1952 Morrow Collector’s Edition hardcover reissue – cover by Charles Lofgren

1953 Guild reissue from the UK

1956 Pocket reissue

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1959 Cardinal reissue – cover art by John Fernie

1960 Great Pan reissue from the UK – cover art by Sam Peffer

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1962 Brazilian reissue

1963 Consul reissue from the UK

1960s Consul reissue

1967 Pocket reissue

1967 Sphere reissue from the UK – cover illustration by Bill Botten

1973 Pocket reissue

1990 Ballantine reissue

2015 Ankerwycke reissue

December 1932 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

December 1932 issue

cover art by William Reusswig

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T.T. Flynn, “The Black Doctor” (Val Easton, Secret Service)

Frederick Nebel, “A Truck Load of Diamonds” (Cardigan)

Erle Stanley Gardner, “Marked Money” (Dane Skarle)

Richard J. Credicott, “The Three Horrible Heads” (Anthony Fletcher)

Joseph Mulvaney, “Smart Like a Fox” (Oscar Fox)

October 1926 issue ~ cover art by Andrew Bensen

October 1926

cover art by Andrew Bensen

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stories included:

Herbert Asbury, “The Thing Without a Name” (Part 1 of ?)

Nels Leroy Jorgensen, “Shooting Stakes”

Robert Leslie Bellem, “Buried Evidence”

Raoul Fauconnier Whitfield, “The Dead Man’s Eyes”

1952 Falcon paperback original – cover art by George Gross

1952 Falcon paperback original

cover art by George Gross

his first novel, not only as Hunter but as Ed McBain as well

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cover art repurposed for 1959 Beacon paperback original