Crime novels Perry Mason The Case of the Terrified Typist & The Case of the Grinning Gorilla by Erle Stanley Gardner 1956 Walter Black

This is a very good hardcover. 1956 Walter Black Publishing. This copy is very good inside and out. The inside pages are very good and clean. The binding is tight and straight with fine sewn (not modern glued) binding. Grey hardcover boards are also very good with only a hint of shelf wear and feature gold lettering along spine in black block. Crown octavo book size or 5" x 8" with 135 pages. ESG design endpapers front and back.

This is two Perry Mason novels, The Case of the Terrified Typist and The Case of the Grinning Gorilla, two crime fiction mystery novels in one edition. They were written by Erle Stanley Gardner. This is the Walter J. Black, 1956 edition. Walter Black published a series of two-story volumes.
Perry needs a temporary typist and wonders why his new hire is so nervous. Soon, she flees in a panic, leaving behind a pair of diamonds hidden in a wad of chewing gum. Down the hall from Perry's office, a co-owner of a gem importing company has been charged in a smuggling scheme, and murdering his accomplice. Mason agrees to defend the accused man, who would rather die than cooperate. And he just might--unless Mason can track down the terrified typist.

The Case of the Grinning Gorilla, originally published in 1952, is a detective novel by Erle Stanley Gardner, featuring defense attorney Perry Mason. The bizarre plot centers on a missing secretary, an eccentric millionaire conducting psychological experiments, and an allegedly hypnotized ape that may be trained to commit murder.

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