{"product_id":"the-case-of-the-terrified-typist-erle-stanley-gardner-1st-edition","title":"The Case of the Terrified Typist, Erle Stanley Gardner — 1st Edition","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePublication\u003c\/b\u003e: London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1961\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eFormatting\u003c\/b\u003e: 8vo, pp. 240.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCondition Report\u003c\/b\u003e: Very Good. The black cloth binding remains square and firm, with the spine lettering bright and unblemished by any significant shelf wear. Internally, the text block is highly presentable; while there is the expected uniform age-toning to the page margins typical of mid-century paper stock, the leaves are clean and free from foxing or staining. The original dust jacket is notably bright and completely intact, retaining its unclipped price of 13s 6d net to the front flap. It exhibits only minimal signs of handling, primarily consisting of some very light edge-rubbing and a faint touch of creasing at the spine tips, but it remains entirely free of any major chipping, loss, or price-clipping. An excellent, solid copy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCatalogue Note\u003c\/b\u003e: This is the first UK edition, following the true first American edition published by Morrow in 1956. Mid-century Heinemann mystery dust jackets are notoriously prone to heavy wear, fading, and chipping, making the survival of this unclipped jacket in such a bright, complete state particularly desirable for collectors of the genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003eWhile Gardner’s Perry Mason novels were printed in substantial numbers, surviving first UK editions that retain a crisp, unmodified dust jacket have become increasingly uncommon on the open market, as the vast majority were either heavily handled by the public or absorbed into commercial lending libraries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003eWhen a terrified temporary typist abruptly vanishes from Perry Mason’s office, she leaves behind a pair of hidden diamonds and a trail of urgent questions. What begins as a curious office mystery rapidly escalates into a complex legal labyrinth when Mason takes on a new client, a gem importer working in the very same building who suddenly finds himself accused of both diamond smuggling and murder. To untangle a web of corporate deceit and clear his client's name, Mason must locate his missing typist before the prosecution springs an air-tight trap.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55706129826131,"sku":"6678","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20261027_104058.jpg?v=1793557980","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/the-case-of-the-terrified-typist-erle-stanley-gardner-1st-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}