The Perry Mason Mystery Series Collection.

GARDNER, Erle Stanley.

$4,800.00

Item Number: 90456

New York: William and Morrow Company, 1950-1957.

First editions, first issues of 39 titles from the Perry Mason Mystery series. Octavos, 39 volumes, original cloth. The Case of the Ice-Cold Hands, The Case of the Deadly Toy, and The Case of the Screaming Woman are each inscribed by the author to his secretary with a full page inscription on the front free endpaper. Titles include: The Case of the One-Eyed Witness (1950), The Case of the Negligent Nymph (1950), The Case of the Angry Mourner (1951), The Case of the Fiery Fingers (1951), The Case of the Grinning Gorilla (1952), The Case of the Hesitant Hostess (1953), The Case of the Green-Eyed Sister (1953), The Case of the Restless Redhead (1954), The Case of the Runaway Corpse (1954), The Case of the Nervous Accomplice (1955), The Case of the Glamorous Ghost (1955), The Case of the Sun Bather’s Diary (1955), The Case of the Demure Defendant (1956), The Case of the Gilded Lily (1956), The Case of the Terrified Typist (1956), The Case of the Daring Decoy (1957), The Case of the Screaming Woman (1957) (Inscribed by Gardner to his secretary), The Case of the Foot-Loose Doll (1958), The Case of the Deadly Toy (1959) (Inscribed by Gardner to his secretary), The Case of the Singing Skirt (1959), The Case of the Duplicate Daughter (1960), The Case of the Shapely Shadow (1960), The Case of the Spurious Spinster (1961), The Case of the Blonde Bonanza (1962), The Case of the Reluctant Model (1962), The Case of the Ice-Cold Hands (1962) (Inscribed by Gardner to his secretary), The Case of the Amorous Aunt (1963), The Case of the Stepdaughter’s Secret (1963), The Case of the Mischievous Doll (1963), The Case of the Phantom Fortune (1964), The Case of the Horrified Heirs (1964), The Case of the Troubled Trustee (1965), The Case of the Beautiful Beggar (1965), The Case of the Worried Waitress (1966), The Case of the Queenly Contestant (1967), The Case of the Careless Cupid (1968), The Case of the Fabulous Fake (1969), The Case of the Calendar Girl (1958), The Case of the Lucky Loser (1957). Each volume is near fine to fine in a very good to fine dust jacket. 

Composed of over 80 novels and short stories, The Perry Mason series details the intriguing cases of no-nonsense criminal defense lawyer, Perry Mason. The series ranks third in the top ten best-selling book series and has been adapted for several motion pictures and long-running radio series. The Case of the Ice-Cold Hands leads Perry Mason to an interesting murder trial featuring an embezzler who gambles on the ponies and wins and a mysterious cooler of trout packed in dry ice.