1958 Morrow hardcover, first edition of the 55th Perry Mason novel
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1958 Heinemann advanced readers copy
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June 1964 Pocket reissue, 6th printing – cover art by Robert McGinnis
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1965 Thriller Book Club edition, London
`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
1958 Heinemann hardcover edition in the UK
1956 Pocket reissue – cover design by Milton Herder
cover photo of Suzy Parker
1961 Great Pan reissue – cover art by Pat Owen
April 29, 1965 title card for CBS episode
cover art by Darcy reused from Demars paperback
1973 Mayflower reissue from the UK
Saturday Evening Post serialization: Sep 11, Sep 18, Sep 25, Oct 2, Oct 9, Oct 16, Oct 23, Oct 30 1954. – illustration by James Bingham
1957 Pocket reissue – cover art by Charles Binger
1961 Pocket reissue – cover art by Charles Binger
1961 Thriller Book Club hardcover
1963 Pan reissue – cover art by Michel
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1981 Mayflower edition from the UK
1958 Hamish Hamilton, true 1st edition
1958 Houghton Mifflin hardcover
1959 Brazilian edition in Portuguese
1960 Cardinal reissue – cover art by William Rose
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1961 Australian edition from Horwitz – cover art by Theo Batten
1965 British edition – cover design by Alan Spain
1968 Pyramid reissue – cover art by Joseph Lombardero
1975 Penguin edition – cover design by James Tormey
1977 Ballantine reissue, 1st print (owner’s copy) – cover art by Richard Waldrep
later 1977 Ballantine reissue – cover art by Richard Waldrep
1979 Pan/Macmillan reissue – cover photo by Peter Williams
late 8os UK Penguin reissue
1999 Scandinavian edition (unsure of country)
2004 French graphic novel edition
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1953 Hammish Hamilton UK hardcover, the true first edition of this novel
1954 Houghton Mifflin hardcover, first US edition – (owner’s copy)
cover illustration by Lorraine
final Marlowe novel, an American classic and winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel
1954 Hammish Hamilton book club edition
August 1955 Pocket reissue, 2nd printing – (owner’s copy)
cover art by Tom Dunn
1964 Pocket reissue – cover art by Harry Bennett
1971 Ballantine reissue – cover art by Richard Waldrep
1971 Penguin UK reissue – cover design by James Tormey
1972 Ballantine reissue – cover art by Tom Adams (owner’s copy)
1973 Ballantine movie tie-in reissue (owner’s copy)
1979 Pan/Macmillan reissue – cover photo by Richard Williams
1988 UK Vintage/Black Lizard reissue
1988 Vintage/Black Lizard reissue
1988 Vintage/Black Lizard reissue
1949 Hamish Hamilton UK hardcover, the true first by three months – cover art by C.W. Bacon
1949 Houghton Mifflin hc, 1st edition – cover art by Boris Artzybasheff (owner’s copy)
1949 Pocket reissue – cover art by James Neil Boyle
1950 Pocket reissue – cover art by William Shoyer (owner’s copy)
1957 Pocket reissue – cover art by Charles Binger
1971 Ballantine reissue – cover art by Tom Adams (owner’s copy)
1976 Ballantine reissue, 3rd print – cover art by Richard Waldrep (owner’s copy)
1979 Pan/Macmillan reissue – cover photo by Colin Thomas
1988 Vintage/ Black Lizard reissue
1946 Pocket reissue – cover art by Tom Dunn
1959 Cardinal reissue – cover art by Morgan Kane
1971 Ballantine reissue – cover art by Tom Adams (owner’s copy)
1976 Vintage reissue – cover art by Richard Waldrep (owner’s copy)
1979 Penguin UK reissue – cover by James Tormey
1979 Pan/Macmillan reissue – cover photo by Peter Williams
1988 Vintage/Black Lizard reissue
2010 Penguin Classics UK reissue
1940 Knopf hardcover, 1st edition
1943 Hamish Hamilton UK 1st ed.
1956 Pocket reissue, 2nd printing – cover art by James Meese (owner’s copy)
1945 Pocket reissue – cover by E. McKnight Kauffer
The Brasher Doubloon (20th Century Fox, 1946). Very Fine- on Linen. Three Sheet (41″ X 78.5″).
adaptation of Raymond Chandler’s The High Window – noted in tiny print on the poster
1961 Horwitz reissue from Australia – cover art by Theo Batten
1967 Hamish Hamilton reissue, Fingerprint Edition
1971 Ballantine reissue – cover art by Tom Adams (owner’s copy)
1976 Vintage reissue – cover art by Richard Waldrep (owner’s copy)
1979 Pan/Macmillan reissue – cover photo by Peter Williams
1988 Penguin/Random House reissue
1992 Vintage/Black Lizard reissue
1993 Thorndike large print edition
2011 Penguin Classics UK reissue
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