The Case of the Crooked Candle

New York: William Morrow and Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. [a good sound copy, minor shelfwear, a bit of deterioration to cloth at top of spine, one-time owner's name & address in ink on front endpaper, vintager bookseller's label (McClelland's Bookstore, Columbus, Ohio) at bottom corner of front pastedown; the jacket is moderately edgeworn, with tiny bits of paper loss at both ends of the spine, and a one-inch closed tear and associated creasing at the top of the front panel]. The 24th Perry Mason novel, "chockfull of action (mighty fast), angles (inventive and voluptuous), and aqua pura (meaning watertight solution as well as H2O." Adapted as episode #11 in the first season of the Perry Mason TV show (aired November 30, 1957). .