GARDNER ERLE STANLEY The Case of the Caretakers Cat

Sale 2462 - Lot 150

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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900

GARDNER, ERLE STANLEY. The Case of the Caretaker's Cat. 8vo, publisher's black cloth lettered in green; dust jacket, shallow chipping to spine panel extremities and fold corners, stain to upper rear panel and flap, scattered rubbing; endpapers toned, newspaper portrait of Gardner laid down to front pastedown. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1935

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frist edition, signed and inscribed twice by gardner: "Tee Rose / with love from / Erle Stanley Gardner / November 1935" and "To Tee - who is going to be autographing some books of her own before many moons - and who will then owe the first copy of the first book to one who so keenly appreciates the rare talent she has. / In other words, Tee, you gotta give it to the old sidekick who is stronger for you than horseradish / Erle." Tee Rose, a young writer from San Francisco, was a lifelong friend of Gardner's and the recipient of many of these early, warmly and lengthily inscribed, presentation copies (see following four lots).