Spine ends & corners of book covers have a bit of light bumping and rubbing. Grey paper covered boards have red lettering to the spine and front cover of the book. Top spine end of book cover has a very small tear. Text pages are clean & bright. Endpapers are a solid white color. Spine ends & corners of dust jacket have a bit of light bumping & rubbing. Top spine end of dust jacket has a chip missing. Dust jacket has several other very small edge tears and some light nicks and rubbed spots. Overall, a very good+ copy. Book includes two novelettes along with the main story : The case of the Crimson Kiss, and, The Case of the Crying Swallow. "Perry Mason knew it was murder. But when the police got there it looked like suicide - except for the tall man in the tan-colored topcoat...and a most interesting fingerprint on the gun." Dust Jacket illustrated by Charles Lofgren.

Mystery Mysteries Mystery and Detective stories Whodunit Crime Fiction Murder Erle Stanley Gardner A Perry Mason story Private Eyes : Male