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

London, Heinemann, 1968. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first UK edition of this crime novel featuring the 'Cool and Lam' detective agency and a suspected insurance swindle, written by the noted detective fiction writer Erle Stanley Gardner. The scarce first UK edition.In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. A thrilling instalment of the 'Cool and Lam' detective series which follows the private detective agency of Betha Cool and the former lawyer Donald Lam. In this volume the agency is hired to investigate a suspected insurance swindle. This novel is written by Erle Stanley Gardner under the pen name 'A. A. Fair&apos. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally excellent with a slight lean and minor offsetting to the endpapers. The wrap is very smart with the odd slight mark, sunning, and light edge wear. Internally firmly bound with clean and bright pages. Spotting to the fore edge. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.