A. A. Fair [Erle Stanley Gardner] — Top of the Heap

London, William Heinemann Ltd , 1957. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first UK edition of this Cool-Lam mystery novel from American author Erle Stanley Gardner. The first UK edition of this work. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.A Cool and Lam novel from American author Erle Stanley Gardner, written under the pen name A. A. Fair and centring on the happenings of a fictional private detective firm ran by Bertha Cool and Donald Lam. Lam is hired by the last man to see the girlfriend of a notorious gangster alive, a case that leads Donald to a lucrative mining scam. In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with minor shelf wear only. Dust wrapper is very smart, with light edge wear and a few spots to the wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with a few spots to the endpapers. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.