A. A. Fair [Erle Stanley Gardner] — An Axe to Grind

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1951. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first UK edition of this Lam-Cool mystery from American author Erle Stanley Gardner. The very scarce first UK edition. With the very scarce original unclipped dust wrapper.A thrilling instalment to the 'Cool-Lam' mystery series by American author Erle Stanley Gardner, published under his pseudonym A. A. fair and centring on a fictional private detective firm ran by Bertha Cool and Donald Lam. This novel sees Lam's help requested by a woman named Georgie Rushe determined to break up the so-called happy home of one Ellery Crail. In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart, with light bumping to the spine head. Dust wrapper is smart, with sunning to the spine and edge wear, resulting in chipping to the spine head and tail. Handling marks to the wrap and a large closed tear to the rear hinge. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Good.