GARDNER, Erle Stanley (1889-1970). The Case of the Howling Dog. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1934. 8vo. 295 pp. Publisher's full black cloth, front board and spine stamped in red, publisher's unclipped ("$2.00") dust jacket.

Light rubbing, faint soiling to binding, text very lightly toned, some occasional thumbsoiling in text, light soiling to edge of text block; jacket with 7 tape repairs on verso, jacket sunned, scuffed, edgeworn, several marginal tears, chips. A near fine copy in a good jacket. FIRST EDITION OF THE FOURTH PERRY MASON MYSTERY, IN THE SCARCE ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. This novel was the basis of the 1934 film of the same name, the first film adaptation of a Perry Mason story.