Tag Archives: Perry Mason

FFB: The Case of the Vagabond Virgin

Posted on May 30, 2013 by

this is the 113th in my series of seldom read or forgotten books The Case of the Vagabond Virgin by Erle Stanley Gardner © 1948, this edition 1953, Pocket Book 1953 mass market paperback, mystery – Perry Mason # 32 I took … Continue reading →

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FFB: Crime Through Time edited by Miriam Grace Monfredo & Sharan Newman

Posted on February 28, 2013 by

this is the 107th in my series of forgotten or seldom read books Crime Through Time by Miriam Grace Monfredo & Sharan Newman, Berkeley Prime Crime 1997 – paperback – historical mystery short story collection A few years back, I saw a mention … Continue reading →

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FFB: The Case of the Perjured Parrot by Erle Stanley Gardner

Posted on February 14, 2013 by

this is the 105th in my series of forgotten or seldom read books The Case of the Perjured Parrot by Erle Stanley Gardner © date 1939, this edition: Pocket Books, Cardinal edition,1959 mass market paperback – mystery – Perry Mason 14th (by publication … Continue reading →

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FFB: The Case of the Substitute Face by Erle Stanley Gardner

Posted on January 31, 2013 by

this is the 104th in my series of forgotten or seldom read books The Case of the Substitute Face by Erle Stanley Gardner © date 1938, this edition: Ballantine Books 1987 mass market paperback – mystery – Perry Mason 12th (by publication date) … Continue reading →

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forgotten book: The Case of the Caretaker’s Cat

Posted on August 12, 2010 by

by Erle Stanley Gardner, © 1935, edition read: Pocket Books, 1962 paperback –  Perry Mason # 7 the 42nd in my series of Forgotten Books. This, the seventh of Gardner’s Perry Mason novels, has possibly the most convoluted plot of the … Continue reading →

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The Case of the Howling Dog

Posted on June 2, 2010 by

by Erle Stanley Gardner, © 1934, this Pocket Book edition: 1942 featuring Perry Mason, attorney This is the 4th Perry Mason mystery, following Velvet Claws, Sulky Girl and Lucky Legs. When a man comes to Mason asking for him to make … Continue reading →

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Erle Stanley Gardner: The Case of the Real Perry Mason

Posted on May 27, 2010 by

Erle Stanley Gardner: The Case of the Real Perry Mason Dorothy B. Hughes, William Morrow & Co. 1978 hardcover – biography (authorized by Gardner’s estate) This is the 35th in my series of Friday Forgotten Books If you want to know just … Continue reading →

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31st Annual Vintage Paperback Collectors Show & Sale

Posted on March 22, 2010 by

Sunday, March 21, the first day of Spring. I went to the paperback collector’s show, and it was good. Here are 6 of the 30 books I got.   We got to the show about 9:3o, and after paying the … Continue reading →

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The Case of the Velvet Claws

Posted on December 4, 2009 by

by Erle Stanley Gardner, © 1933 The 15th entry in a series of Friday Forgotten Books The cover shown here isn’t the one on the book I have – mine is in a 3-novel volume titled A Perry Mason Omnibus published … Continue reading →

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