A. A. Fair [Erle Stanley Gardner] — Traps Need Fresh Bait

New York, William Morrow and Company, Inc. 1967. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of this 'Cool and Lam' detective novel from Erle Stanley Gardner, writing under the pen name of A. A. Fair. The first edition, first impression of this work. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Cool and Lam is a fictional American private detective firm that is the center of Erle Stanley Gardner's series of detective novels, using the pen name A. A. Fair. This instalment sees Bertha Cool investigate a suspected insurance swindle as Donald Lam looks to set a trap.  In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart, with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Dust wrapper is also very smart, with slight sunning to the spine and bumping to the head and tail. With a minor closed tear to the tail and a couple marks to the wrap. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.