
cover art by Paul Kresse
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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






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


1959 Morrow US first edition

1960 Heinemann UK first edition

1961 Corgi reissue from the UK

1962 Pocket reissue, cover art by Harry Bennett

1963 Corgi reissue from the UK

1964 Pocket reissue, 3rd print


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
