{"product_id":"the-d-a-holds-a-candle-erle-stanley-gardner-bestseller-mystery-edition","title":"The D.A. Holds a Candle, Erle Stanley Gardner — Bestseller Mystery Edition","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"75\"\u003ePublication:\u003c\/b\u003e New York, Lawrence E. Spivak, 1942\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"123\"\u003eFormatting:\u003c\/b\u003e 8vo, pp. 125.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCondition Report:\u003c\/b\u003e Very Good. The original green pictorial wrappers remain remarkably bright and attractive, exhibiting only the expected light edge-wear, gentle rubbing, and faint reading creases to the spine typical of wartime digest paperbacks. The binding is reassuringly secure with no separation, and the spine ends show only minor chipping that does not detract from the book's overall squareness. A touch of surface abrasion is present to the lower rear wrapper, alongside subtle corner bumping. Internally, the text block is sound; the pages display customary and uniform age-toning given the cheaper paper stock of the era, yet remain clean, supple, and entirely free from foxing or heavy blemishes, presenting a highly readable and solid copy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCatalogue Note:\u003c\/b\u003e This is the Bestseller Mystery digest edition (No. B22) of Gardner’s acclaimed novel, issued as a lightly abridged version in a standard wartime pulp format. It features a neat period ink ownership inscription to the upper right corner of the title page, reading \"C. Reay, Chattanooga Tennessee, 19.x.42.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003eThese early digest paperbacks from the Mercury\/Bestseller imprints are increasingly difficult to source on the open market, as their utilitarian production standards meant very few survived in such an intact, presentable state.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003eIn this gripping mystery, the dynamic young District Attorney of Madison County, Doug Selby, finds himself untangling a sinister web of deception involving auto camps, forgery, and a brutal murder. When a dead man is discovered in a tourist cabin and a hitchhiker is connected to the crime, Selby must navigate a maze of false identities and hidden motives. Racing against time—and his cunning political rival, the unscrupulous attorney A.B. Carr—Selby must shine a light on the truth before a ruthless killer slips through the cracks of justice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54354168512851,"sku":"4670","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260717_181902.jpg?v=1784551581","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/the-d-a-holds-a-candle-erle-stanley-gardner-bestseller-mystery-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}