Philadelphia.: Triangle Books / The Blakiston Co., 1946. Reprint. "0049" on front end jacket flap.. Hard cover. Good in fair dust jacket. Age-toning to volume. Tears to jacket w/ chips. Clear tape repairs. Back board minor surface split.. Jacket cover art not credited.. 1 249 p. Red pebbled cloth over boards. Jacket art: frightened woman stares as hand opens covered platter. Black spine titles. Murder mystery fiction series, "a difficult case" for District Attorney Doug Selby in fictitious Madison City setting. A woman calls from the bus station. Her baby needs protection. A scream, the call ends. Selby arrives, finds the baby OK and luggage. Papers: missing woman is wife of the miserly rancher who just died. The story is complex. "violence and hair-raising action" follow.

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Bookseller: Hedgehog's Whimsey Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: Alibris.Mys2250011683
Title: The D.A. Cooks a Goose
Author: Gardner, Erle Stanley
Illustrator: Jacket cover art not credited.
Format/Binding: Hard cover
Book Condition: Used - Good in fair dust jacket. Age-toning to volume. Tears to jacket w/ chips. Clear tape repairs. Back board minor surface split.
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Reprint. "0049" on front end jacket flap.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Triangle Books / The Blakiston Co.
Place of Publication: Philadelphia.
Date Published: 1946
Keywords: Murder mystery fiction series|District Attorney Doug Selby, fictitious Madison City setting
Bookseller catalogs: Mysteries;

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Hedgehog's Whimsey Books was born in a random moment when I decided to become a used books seller. Beginning in 2001, I apprenticed myself with a longtime pro in the next town, hoping to learn her secrets. She encouraged my free help but was wary of sharing all those secrets. Nonetheless, she turned me loose when she felt I would not embarrass her; she was impressed, finding I actually knew something about books and authors and styles. I am still learning, and I am having a good time with the random avalanches of books to be recycled into good homes, one by one. Inventory has mounted: my mother downsized her 7,000-plus library, and we (my Geezer and I) went to library book sales, yard emporiums on weekends, estate dispersals, and added the books my kids left behind, wanting to stock their own shelves anew. Some folks simply tooled down our dirt road and left boxes on our porch. Myself? Well, I am also a photographer, journalist, curious stuff collector, avid reader, writer, editor, small-time publisher, and online pontificator. At Hedgehog Enterprises, I do "Words & Pictures by & for Folks with Prickly Backs, Soft Bellies, & Small Brains", established in 1991. Since I have the smallest brain (by unpopular vote), I am the Head Hedgehog. Do I specialize in particular genres? I thought I did, but my barn has lots of Geezer-built shelves, and we have many interests, so topics vary, as do book conditions and editions. I try to describe such, and sometimes have too much fun as I poke along. There is no charge for the therapy of browsing, folks, so find my sites and stay awhile. If a purchase results, know that the tax collector in Newport, New Hampshire, may get a pleasant surprise. Or, I may buy a few more apple cider donuts or sweet potatoes. No pressure. Hedgehogs do have yearnings. If you should visit by chance or by appointment, enjoy our old New Hampshire farmhouse location alongside the Sugar River and its companion recreation Rail Trail, nearby two historic railroad covered bridges just off Chandlers Mill Road. Feel welcome. -- Lucy G Wells, proprietor.

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Fair: is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Pebbled: Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.