A. A. Fair [Erle Stanley Gardner] — Fish or Cut Bait

New York, William Morrow and Company, 1963. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of this 'Donald Lam-Bertha Cool' mystery novel by Erle Stanley Gardner. The first edition, first impression of this work.With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. The twenty-fourth novel in the 'Cool and Lam' mystery series by American author Erle Stanley Gardner, centring on a fictional private detective firm ran by Bertha Cool and Donald Lam.Written under the pen name A. A. Fair, this instalment sees Cool and Lam hired for day-and-night coverage of a harassed woman when a tortuous tale involving a high-class 'escort service' unfolds. In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with minor sunning to the spine and shelf wear to the head and tail. Dust wrapper is very smart, with edge wear and a few marks visible to the rear cover. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.