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Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

6792 good - very good, creases, faint damp mark (MYSTERY NOVEL), paperback,

D-210 good - very good , creases Photo cover. paperback,

Creased/Worn cover and browned pages. POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED! (UK ONLY). FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AND FURTHER DETAILS. FROM A DEALER WHO TELLS YOU WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEIR TELEPHONE AND ADDRESS CONTACT DETAILS ARE. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾"

Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.01

6792 near fine, unread, but small store stamp inside (MYSTERY NOVEL), paperback,

1960 Corgi paperback reissue. Good reading copy ,A.A.Fair now Known to be Erle Stanley Gardner

First paperback edition thus. Good condition, light spine crease, bookstore stamp on first page.

D-210 very good - fine Photo cover. paperback,

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

Solid with creases on the spine and a small corner crease on the front cover.

A facsimile of the first edition DJ and so labeled. Like new in DJ protector.

Creasing to spine. Edges of spine rubbed. Crease to rear cover. Moderate foxing. Previous owner's name. ; 1960 Corgi reprint. [2], 190 pages. Black card covers with photographic illustration. Page dimensions: 161 x 104mm. Crime fiction. "The sign on the door said - COOL & Lam Confidential Investigations - It meant that Bertha Cool and Donald Lam could be hired to trace a missing girl . . ." - from blurb on rear cover.

Solid with creases on the spine and a small corner crease on the front cover.

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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

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; Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall

First paperback edition thus. Good condition, light spine crease, bookstore stamp on first page.

Paperback. 190 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Corgi, UK, 1960. Reprint. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have light creasing. Edges of covers have superficial wear. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are reasonably tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Finding the girl came easy -- She was a New York Model -- a five-foot-four brunette with the loveliest pair of legs this side of the Mason-Dixon line and the kind of curves that can't be kept under cover for very long. Hiding her proved tougher -- Donald Lam wasn't the only guy who was trying to find this particular gal. Both the New Orleans and Los Angeles police wanted to get their hands on her. They had two reasons -- both murder! *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Crime; Inventory No: 23110136.

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.

Solid with creases on the spine and a small corner crease on the front cover.

Paperback. 224 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Dell Books, USA, 1961. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Edges of covers have superficial wear. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are lightly tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Finding the girl came easy -- She was a New York Model -- a five-foot-four brunette with the loveliest pair of legs this side of the Mason-Dixon line and the kind of curves that can't be kept under cover for very long. Hiding her proved tougher -- Donald Lam wasn't the only guy who was trying to find this particular gal. Both the New Orleans and Los Angeles police wanted to get their hands on her. They had two reasons -- both murder! *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Crime; Inventory No: 23110135.

277 pages. Water damage to foredge of rear endpapers. Binding soiled. Dust jacket water stained, chipped and scuffed at edges. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

A 1st edition (Morrow on the title page & spine) of the 7th Donald Lam/Bertha Cool mystery from the early 1940s. Yellow boards with black lettering & decoration. Light darkening to the spine and mild soiling to the front & rear boards, though they still have nice yellow color. A very good copy of an early Cool & Lamb first.

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.

Reprint. Hard cover 8vo in green cloth w/black spine titles. About Fine. Spine tips sunned, else Fine book in Very Good DJ chipped at spine tips and corners, now in clear protective cover. 275pp.

Dust jacket is Grosset & Dunlap, matches the Morrow dj, sometimes seen during this era. Book is in yellow cloth & perfect. Same date title page & copywrite page. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" Tall

First Edition. Uncommon Donald Lam and Bertha Cool mystery featuring the French Quarter of New Orleans. Very Good but for four tape shadows at endpapers, in Good only (mostly price clipped) dustjacket, scotch tape at exterior spine ends and flap edges, verso with scotch tape at several edges, quarter sized chip at lower spine end.