A. A. Fair [Erle Stanley Gardner] — Kept Women Can&Apos;T Quit

London, Heinemann, 1961. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first UK edition of this Cool and Lam detective novel by Erle Stanley Gardner. The scarce first UK edition of this work. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.This is the twentieth instalment to the 'Cool and Lam' mystery series by American author Erle Stanley Gardner, centring on a fictional private detective firm ran by Bertha Cool and Donald Lam. This volume follows a fight for stolen loot after a police sergeant is accused of pocketing himself from the robbers. In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with only minor bumping to the spine head and tail. Dust wrapper is very smart, with edge wear and spotting visible to the fly leaves. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Previous owner's ink inscription to the front free endpaper. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed.