THE CASE OF THE SMOKING CHIMNEY by Gardner, Erle Stanley - 1943

William Morrow & Company NY. Good with no dust jacket. 1943. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First edition, first printing with 1943 on both title and cp, no later printing. Lacks jacket however the front, non price clipped ($2.00) DJ flap was taped to the front pastedown and since fallen off and has been laid back inside, the rear flap remains taped to rear pastedown. Former owner period address label on front fly and her old add label is on the upper title page, it now looks blank but when held up to a light it appears to be her old and now faded address. This does not appear to be an ex lib however the rear blank fly page has about seven date stamps and an old book seller ink imprint on same page. A number is penned on upper left rear pastedown. Book is good or slightly better. (THIS BOOK IS IN OUR POSSESSION. WE SHIP MOST BOOKS SIX DAYS A WEEK AND WILL CONFIRM WITH TRACKING NUMBER FOR DOMESTIC ORDERS OR CUSTOMS NUMBER FOR NON DOMESTIC). ; 8vo .