New York: William Morrow & Co.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1940. First Edition. Hardcover in jacket. First edition measuring 7 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches bound in black cloth with red lettering along the spine. Small discoloration to the upper board and to the head of the spine. Toned end pages but the contents remain complete in 283 bright crisp pages. Lightly soiled and foxed dust jacket with edge wear and some small chip loss. From the American First Editions collection of Donald C. Scriven (1948-2019). Don relished points of issue and the primacy of the dust jacket but above all he loved the literature! .

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Bookseller: Hoffman Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 77284
Title: THE D.A. GOES TO TRIAL
Author: Gardner, Erle Stanley
Format/Binding: Hardcover in jacket
Book Condition: Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Morrow & Co.
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1940
Keywords: Erle Stanley Gardner, Mystery

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Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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....
Points of Issue: Points are physical attributes that are specific to a printing or edition of a book, such as a typo on a specific page that was...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Crisp: A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Soiled: Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...