GARDNER ERLE STANLEY The Case of the Stuttering Bishop

Sale 2462 - Lot 152

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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900

GARDNER, ERLE STANLEY. The Case of the Stuttering Bishop. 8vo, publisher's black cloth lettered in red, few pale spots to top edges; dust jacket, spine panel head chipped not affecting letters, small chips to rear panel, few corners nicks, pencil annotation to top of rear flap. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1936

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first edition, signed and inscribed by gardner: To Tee Rose / Who is a part of the Gardner Fiction Family with lots of love from the whole gang - and best wishes for a much deserved success. / Yours all round / Erle Stanley Gardner / August 1936." Additionally signed below "with Love / Jean Bethell." Bethell, first Gardner's secretary then his wife, was the model for the Della Street character in the Perry Mason novels.