
cover art by John A. Coughlin

stories include:
Hugh “Bulldog” Drummond, (“Sapper”), “The Masked Strangler” [Part 2 of 5], The London Magazine November 1928 (+8), as “Temple Tower”
Agatha Christie, “The Dead Harlequin” (Harley Quin), The Grand Magazine, March 1929

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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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`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



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

1953 Guild reissue from the UK

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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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1963 Consul reissue from the UK



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


