Fair Ron (5 results)

hard cover, unpaged, 8 1/4 x 11 1/8 inches, very good book condition, no dust jacket, non-fiction,

Softcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Limited Edition; First Printing. 28 folded leaves, numbered and signed edition fine limited edition (#599) paperback in plastic overlay on dark stiff paper covers, black cloth tape spine. Book is in English though I think there was another in German. Fair is an African-American poet from Chicago, known for his novel Cornbread, Earl and Me. His poetry, like this book is rather austere and avante-garde. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; Unpaginated pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Jacket by Ron Collins (illustrator). 1st Edition. First UK edition, first impression. Ex library with usual stamps and defects. Some edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, Nasty old tape marks to endpapers, some slight yellowing to back jacket and page block, corners bruised, not price clipped (18s), no personal inscriptions, pronounced lean, internally cleanish and tight, overall a reasonale copy for its age and ex library. 216pp. Bertha Cool was purring like a kitten. A client had just hired the agency to investigate a suspected insurance swindle and in Bertha's glittering eyes, that was just the sort of respectable case they needed. Donald Lam had his doubts but he began looking around for suitable bait to set the trap. What he didn't know was that the trap was already baited and more than ready to spring. A. A. Fair was the pseudonym of American lawyer and mystery writer Erle Stanley Gardner (1889-1970), author of the Perry Mason mysteries. Quite a scarce book.

Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. Paperback, VG. 58pp ( printed as 29 concertina style pages on olive grey card ) accetate covers & cloth spine, Copy 002 of an unknown number of copies, SIGNED by the author below the copy number, small snag to the base of the spine. Ronald Lyman Fair [ 1932 - 2018 ] American writer and sculptor, known for his experimental and versatile literary forms. 250 grams.

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!