Axe Grind by Fair (7 results)

Reprint Ex library with usual labels and stamps but a presentable copy. Dustjacket has label to spine but is in a removable cover under which it appears VG=.

1st this - UK paperback with typical period cover illustration A little rubbed to spine and edges =- Good.

Condition: Good. 1951. First Edition. 211 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth with gilt lettering. Inscription to front pastedown. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Good condition paperback. Light wear and marking to covers with creasing to the spine. Tan to pages with previous owners name to front endpaper. Main text in good clean condition.

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Ex library copy with usual stamps & stickers.

Paperback. Condition: VG-. 1st Thus.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. None (illustrator). First edition. The very scarce first UK edition of this Lam-Cool mystery from American author Erle Stanley Gardner. The very scarce first UK edition.With the very scarce original unclipped dust wrapper.A thrilling instalment to the 'Cool-Lam' mystery series by American author Erle Stanley Gardner, published under his pseudonym A. A. fair and centring on a fictional private detective firm ran by Bertha Cool and Donald Lam.This novel sees Lam's help requested by a woman named Georgie Rushe determined to break up the so-called happy home of one Ellery Crail. In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart, with light bumping to the spine head. Dust wrapper is smart, with sunning to the spine and edge wear, resulting in chipping to the spine head and tail. Handling marks to the wrap and a large closed tear to the rear hinge. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Near Fine. book.