A. A. Fair [Erle Stanley Gardner] — Fools Die on Friday

London, William Heinemann Ltd , 1955. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first UK edition of this classic Cool-Lam mystery by Erle Stanley Gardner, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. The very scarce first UK edition. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. A Cool and Lam novel from American author Erle Stanley Gardner, written under the pen name A. A. Fair and centring on the happenings of a fictional private detective firm ran by Bertha Cool and Donald Lam. 'Fools Die on Friday' sees a girl pay Lam and Cool to stop her aunt from poisoning her uncle, however not all is as it seems when they notice the name she gives doesn't match with the monogram on her cigarette case. In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with shelf wear only. Dust wrapper is neatly split one of the fly leaves, separating it from the rest of the wrap. With scattered spotting and sunning to the spine, and light edge wear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with scattered spotting to the first and last few leaves. With an ink impression of Minerva Bookshop to the front free endpaper. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Good Only.