Erle Stanley Gardner — The Case of the Buried Clock

New York, William Morrow and Company, 1943 . First edition. Cloth. A bright copy of the third printing Eric Stanley Gardner's twenty-second Perry Mason novel. The first edition, third printing of this work, published three months after the first edition. In the publisher's original brightly illustrated unclipped dust wrapper.A thrilling Perry Mason novel, following the criminal defence lawyer as he solves a new case. Two mysteries converge in this work: a returning war veteran stumbles across a buried clock that is apparently keeping sidereal time; a murder victim is found in a rural area where, it seems, all the neighbours go out for walks at night.With a former owner's inscription to the front free endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Bumping to back strip head and tail, otherwise externally excellent. Inscription to back head of front free endpaper. Endpapers age toned. Loss to dust wrapper back strip tail, with chipping to back strip head, and two small losses to the head of the front wrap. Perimeters of rear wrap lightly age toned. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good.