A. A. Fair [Erle Stanley Gardner] — Up for Grabs

London, Heinemann, 1965. First edition. Cloth. A smart and very scarce first UK edition of this Cool and Lam novel from American author Erle Stanley Gardner. First UK edition, originally published in the US in 1964. Very scarce edition. A Cool and Lam novel. The distinguished Mr. Homer Breckinridge had been waiting for twenty minutes for Donald Lam to make an appearance. When he finally does arrive, Lam soon realises that this respectable insurance claim is much more sordid and dangerous than it first appears. Written by Erle Stanley Gardner, under the pen name A. A. Fair, an American author and lawyer, best known for the Perry Mason series of legal detective stories. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is very smart with light sunning to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with minor age toning to the endpapers. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.