New York. New York: William Morrow and Company. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A Perry Mason mystery. Owner's nameplate inside front cover. Gray boards have small faint white rubbed spots. Light wear at extremities of cover. Tight and square, pages clean and very slightly yellowed. Jacket has chips, all corners are slightly clipped but not including the price ($2.50) . 1/2 - 1" missing pieces at head and foot of jacket spine. Front flap is completely severed at fold, but this is not noticable in the protective mylar cover. Back panel of jacket is a little browned. Front panel is of a beautiful coquette, bright and clean, still attractive. The front panel is almost entirely intact and has very little edgewear. This cover is extremely racy for 1949 mid-America, as the nude coquette is standing behind a pink transparent shower curtain. In spite of defects, a handsome copy. . This is the first printing (NAP) ; it is NOT the book club edition. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. H4 .

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Bookseller: Sweet Beagle Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 14283
Title: The Case of the Cautious Coquette
Author: Gardner, Erle Stanley
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: William Morrow and Company
Place of Publication: New York. New York
Date Published: 1949
Keywords: Mystery Perry Mason
Bookseller catalogs: Mystery;

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