Search results 11 Found

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Advance review copy in wrappers, a very rare Gardner book, especially in a nice advanced version of the original dust jacket. Housed in a custom-made case with gold lettered leather labels on the spine.