The DA Takes a Chance. by Gardner, Erle Stanley

Pocket Books. New York: Pocket Books, Inc. , 1954 first edition . 1010 good , creases, shading Photo cover. paperback,

Pan Books, 1958. Paperback. Acceptable. 1958. First Edition Thus. 187 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Slight cracking to binding, rear cover slightly loose. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Paper cover has mild edgewear with curling to corners. Light tanning to spine and edges with splits to spine edges. Wear marks overall.

Pocket, 1954. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Pocket Books, 1954. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: New English Library, 1968. Book. Good+. Paperback. First Thus.. 160pp. Minor external wear. Internally VG. No inscriptions. Includes supply & fitting of new correctly sized protective lyfjacket..

London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1956. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. First British edition. Back board bears some white streaks.

Roslyn, New York: William Morrow & Compnay Inc., 1948. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Lofgren, Charles . Not a Perry Mason, but book #8 of only 9 titles in the author's Doug Selby series. Orig. serialized in the Saturday Evening Post, this is the 1948 FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from Wm. Morrow, with DJ design by Charles Lofgren. Hardcover 8vo has gray cloth-covered boards with red lettering & design to spine. Condition is Good: generally quite clean, binding strong & straight, pages creamy white & unmarked, but pages 225/26 & 27/28 were torn & taped. Heavy rubbing to lower extremities & corner bumping. The unclipped DJ (with orig. $2.50 price intact) is only Fair, downgraded due to dampstaining which mainly impacts the back cover & verso; front image is clean. Chipping & creasing all around; protected now in new clear mylar cover Free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of… Read More

Cengage Gale, 1996. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Thorndike, ME: G K Hall & Co, 1996. Soft cover. Good. The cover shows some edgewear. The binding is sound. Ex-library with the usual markings.

W. Morrow, 1948. Hardcover. Good. 1948. No Edition Remarks. 276 pages. No dust jacket. Grey paper covered boards. Ex Libris plate to front pastedown. Light water staining, creasing and tanning to pages; text unaffected. More prominent to text block edges, hinges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has minor staining and tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.