A. A. Fair [Erle Stanley Gardner] — Try Anything Once

New York, William Morrow and Company, Inc. 1962. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this Cool and Lam novel from American author Erle Stanley Gardner. First edition, first printing. A Cool and Lam novel. Carleton Allen was so incoherent that Bertha and Donald could hardly understand what he was telling them. But from the flood of disconnected sentences, a situation emerged: wife away, husband at loose ends, fling with a blonde, fearsome father-in-law, and a murder at a motel. 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 bumping to the extremities. Original price-clipped dust wrapper is also very smart with minor wear to the extremities and a small closed tear to the front panel. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.