A. A. Fair [Erle Stanley Gardner] — Beware the Curves

London, Heinemann, 1957. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A smart first UK edition of this Cool and Lam novel from American author Erle Stanley Gardner. First UK edition, originally published in the US in 1956. A Cool and Lam novel. When John Dittmar Ansel asks Cool and Lam to track down a man named Karl who, six years earlier on his honeymoon in Paris, once gave him a good idea for a story, Lam smells a rat. A little research quickly reveals that Mr. Ansel is not a writer, and that the search for Karl may lead them down a much darker path. 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, very smart with minor wear to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also very smart with minor wear to the panel edges and the odd small closed tear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. With minor age toning to the endpapers. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.