A. A. Fair [Erle Stanley Gardner] — You Can Die Laughing

London , Heinemann, 1958. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first UK edition of this exciting crime novel featuring the 'Cool and Lam' detective agency and their new client, a Texas tycoon. Written by the noted detective fiction writer, Erle Stanley Gardner, and in the original dust wrapper. The very 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 by a Texas tycoon to locate a certain women. 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 lovely with a slight lean and the odd minor spot to the endpaper. The wrap is sound with a closed tear to the rear joint, sunning to the spine and rear, the odd spot, and very small closed tears and chips to the extremities. Internally firmly bound with clean and generally bright pages. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Good.