ERLE STANLEY GARDNER (1961) Press photo

Associated Press. No binding. Just About Fine. [New York]: Associated Press, 1961. Vintage original approximately 9 x 7" (24 x 18 cm) black-and-white photo, AP stamp on verso, mimeographed text affixed, just about fine. Erle Stanley Gardner (1889-1970) was an American author and lawyer, best known for the Perry Mason series of legal detective stories. Gardner also wrote numerous other novels and shorter pieces as well as a series of nonfiction books, mostly narrations of his travels through Baja California and other regions in Mexico. He was the best-selling American author of the 20th century at the time of his death. (Wikipedia) Press portrait of the celebrated mystery writer, as he dictates into a tape recorder.