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New Dell Edition First printing, October 1957. The cover shows some edgewear with a little creasing. The binding is sound.

224 pages. " Roberta Fenn was every man's dream - a clinging climber with photogenic features and a phenomenal body. She had what it took to get what she wanted, and she wanted a lot.But one thing she wasn't looking for was an early grave, and that was where she was heading - unless the redoubtable Bertha Cool and the inimitable Donald Lam jumped in, guessed right, and moved fast to save this bedevilled dream girl from a nightmare of blackmail, double cross and murder. " >>Minor cover creasing; edge wear to covers; wear to lower paper spine; Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall

A 1st thus of a Triangle Books edition (# 396) from the early 1940s of the 7th Donald Lam/Bertha Cool mystery. Brown boards with black lettering. Light edge wear to the DJ with a .375" closed tear at the bottom left of the front panel. The internals are clean and tight. Browning to the pages typical of these editions. 2" horizontal closed tear to page 99/100 & a smaller one in the center of of page 101/102. A very good copy.

First Printing. Octavo. (19.5cm); yellow cloth-covered boards titled in black on the spine; yellow topstain; 277pp. Light soil to the yellow boards; two spots of rubbing to the fore-edge of the front board, one near crown of spine; spine ends lightly pushed; Very Good, lacking the dustjacket. The 7th Cool and Lam mystery- "This one chiefly laid in New Orleans and pivots on impersonation to assist blackmail. The murders, as well as Donald's jeopardy are done and resolved with a a stroke of the brush- the sign of invention before it yields a formula." BARZUN & TAYLOR 801; HUBIN, p.139.

First Edition. Uncommon Donald Lam and Bertha Cool mystery featuring the French Quarter of New Orleans. Very Good but for sign of bookplate being removed from front endpaper, in dustjacket lacking most of the lower half of the spine, else Very Good with few small chips and wear, perhaps very slightly trimmed.