# Is "The Case of the Sulky Girl" by Erle Stanley Gardner a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of The Case of the Sulky Girl by Erle Stanley Gardner (William Morrow, 1933) is identified by: William Morrow, New York, 1933 first printing. The US Morrow edition is the true first.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- William Morrow, New York, 1933 first printing
- The second Perry Mason novel, published September 1933
- First-printing convention: 1933 on the title page and no mention of later printings on the copyright page
- Publisher imprint reads William Morrow
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Erle Stanley Gardner |
| Publisher | William Morrow |
| Year | 1933 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | William Morrow, New York, 1933 first printing |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
William Morrow, New York, 1933 first printing. The second Perry Mason novel, published September 1933. First-printing convention: 1933 on the title page and no mention of later printings on the copyright page.

## Is this the true first?
The US Morrow edition is the true first.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Grosset & Dunlap and other reprints follow.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *The Case of the Sulky Girl* by Erle Stanley Gardner a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/the-case-of-the-sulky-girl
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-03.