Inscribed presentation copy, signed by the author on the front free to Adolph and "Mother" Sutro in the year of publication. Signed "from a sincere friend and a loving and grateful 'son.' You turned this place over to me as I wrote this book and guarded me against interruptions. Thanks again! Yours Erle Stanley Gardner, Christmas, 1934." Adolph Gilbert Sutro (1891-1981) is the grandson of the famed San Franciscan and wealthy silver miner, Adolph H. Sutro, who at one time, owned one-twelfth of the acreage in San Francisco. Young Gilbert broke three world records on his homemade hydroplane in 1913 while flying around San Francisco Bay. Adolph G. Sutro's rubberstamp on the front pastedown. Author's fifth book and the fifth in the Perry Mason mystery series that was later made into the award winning television series (1957-1966), starring Raymond Burr.