The Case of the Lame Canary GARDNER, ERLE STANLEY

GARDNER, ERLE STANLEY. The Case of the Lame Canary. NY: William Morrow & Co., 1937. First Edition in very good dust jacket, bound in black and yellow cloth, book has bookplate of previous owner on front pastedown and a short inscription to the previous owner; end pages are darkened as are the edges of the pages (although to a lesser extent). The dust jacket is price-clipped; in fact, all 4 corners of the jacket are clipped; rubbing to both joints and flap folds; there are 5-6 small (less than 1/2") closed tears along the various edges; there is a small chip at the lower rear joint (about 3/8" x 1/4") and a tiny chip at the bottom of the front joint; the top joint has a chip (about 1/4" long x 1/8"); some rubbing along front joint of DJ, dust jacket in protective Mylar cover; minor soiling, minor wrinkling along edges. Previous owner's brief gift inscription on front flyleaf, and another previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown.