Grabs by Fair (31 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Book Club Edition. Detective Book Club. The pages are in good clean condition. There is a name label on the front end paper. There is some light soiling on the front cover. The dust jacket has some light soiling. Included in this book: The Case of the Beautiful Beggar by Erle Stanley Gardner (A Perry Mason Mystery), and Up For Grabs by A. A. Fair (A Donald Lam-Bertha Cool Mystery). A. A. Fair is a pen name for Erle Stanley Gardner. 324 pages in total.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Corgi Edition. G, Edgewear, tears, creases, spine lean, browning. A Lam & Cool crime thriller. Corgi GC7496. Photo on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Good. 1966. Corgi Edition. 158 pages. Pictorial paper cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. (mystery) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. First paperback edition. Cover has corner folds. Bookstore stamp on the advertisement page. This is the 25th Bertha Cool and Donald Lam mystery, preceded by Fish or Cut Bait, and followed by Cut Thin to Win and others.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Includes two titles, each numbered separately: The Case of the Horrified Heirs by Erle Stanley Gardner, 171 pages & Up for Grabs by A. A. Fair, 144 pages. Dust jacket somewhat faded over backstrip area. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. FIRST THUS. First Edition Thus. Published by Detective Book Club, 1965. Octavo. Hardcover. A double novel of The Case of the Troubled Trustee by Erle Stanley Gardner and Up for Grabs by A.A. Fair. Book is very good with light spotting on page ends and previous owner writing on flyleaf and title page. Dust jacket is very good with shelfwear. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very Good Condition. Has some wear. Five star seller - Buy with confidence!

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First paperback edition. Cover not creased. Pages are clean and unmarked, off-white. This is the 25th Bertha Cool and Donald Lam mystery, preceded by Fish or Cut Bait, and followed by Cut Thin to Win and others.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover with dust jacket. ORIGINAL 1964 PRINTING. Dust jacket and cover show minor edge wear, rubbing to corners. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. Three books in one. (mystery, crime, fiction) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club Edition. First Printing. Publisher's full beige cloth, brown lettering on spine. The volume contains both "The Case of the Horrified Heirs, a Perry Mason Mystery" by Erle Stanley Gardner; and "Up for Grabs" by A. A. Fair. . The volume is in virtually perfect condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. The dust jacket is moderately chipped, with some small loss at the head of the spine and on the front panel. FINE/VERY GOOD. . Perry Mason Mysteries Series. Book Club Edition. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. 171, 144 pp.

Unknown. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Unknown. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. American 1st edition. minor evidence of being ex-library with front endpaper removed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good - Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good-Very Good. Bill Hughes (DJ) (illustrator). First Edition. A 1st edition (Morrow on the DJ spine, book spine & title page) of a mid 1960s Donald Lam/Bertha Cool mystery. Bright orange boards with sharp black lettering. Price clipped DJ. Light edge wear to the DJ with a .5" closed tear at the bottom of front flap fold panel. Light rubbing to the bottom right of the front panel. The rear panel is lightly soiled with a faint damp stain at the bottom left spine hinge that does not penetrate. The lettering on the spine is lightly faded. The internals are clean and tight. Previous owner's initials (GBB) in two .5" round ink stamps (one red & one blue) on the RFEP. Overall a very good copy .

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 19 cm x 13 cm, 219 pp. Foxing on the top fore edge.

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. Dust jacket laminated to boards. Binding is good. Pages generally in clean condition.

Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, 219 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price clipped front flap. Spine white with black and red lettering. Exterior has slight plus wear including faint age toning, light sunning to the spine and some soiling scuffs. Boards have slight wear including slight edge wear with mild tilt to the spine. Text block has slight wear including slight age toning to the edges with light offsetting to the end papers. Slight erasure to the half title page. A Donald Lam-Bertha Cool mystery. First edition. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex, Column X. 1407232. FP New Rockville Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. No additional printings. 5 1/4 x 7 1/2 Book; binding tight with mild bump to top spine, boards straight and clean; small soil spot to fore edge and bottom edge with slight bump to top edge, 3/4" x 1/2" soil spot to one page else text free of marks, appears gently read. Dust jacket ($3.50) has mild chipping to mostly spine and flap fold ends with 3/4" closed tear to bottom rear cover and 1/4" closed tear to top, moderate fading to spine. Color sharp to covers. Under archival quality mylar cover. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Ed.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition. Another Donald Lam /Bertha Cool mystery. A FINE book in a NEAR FINE jacket ( slight tan to spine, [rice clip and one short closed tear).

Hard Cover. Condition: BOOK VERY GOOD. Dust Jacket Condition: JACKET NEAR FINE. 1st Edition. A VERY CLEAN, ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT, BEAUTIFUL DUSTJACKET IN NEW, GLOSSY BRODART. 1st printing. NOT PRICE CLIPPED - $3.50 on flap. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. This book appears to have never been read and hardly ever opened. 219pgs. A Donald Lam Bertha Coll Mystery. Scarce.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Orange brds. Fine copy . DJ. in mylar.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.25cm); orange paper-covered boards, titled in black on the spine; dustjacket by Bill Hughes; 219pp.; spine ends gently nudged, tiny spot to upper edge of textblock, trace of adhesive residue to lower edge of endpapers; Very Good+ to Near Fine. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.50) with red title on spine faded to yellow, else Near Fine. Cool and Lam #25. "Insurance again, this time a company that wants to set up an ongoing project to expose phony whiplash claims. Big ongoing retainer, big fees for each claim - Bertha's eyes glitter at all the legit dollars up for grabs. Donald is packed off to a dude ranch in Arizona to investigate the plaintiff in the first claim, with stern instructions not to stir this one up. It's not his fault someone's wife ends up dead in the Sierras, or that Sgt. Sellers is so annoyed at his 'amateur' interference that he throws away a key piece of evidence at the scene of the death" (from the publisher). HUBIN, p.139; BARZUN & TAYLOR 804.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. A smart and very scarce first UK edition of this Cool and Lam novel from American author Erle Stanley Gardner. First UK edition, originally published in the US in 1964. Very scarce edition. A Cool and Lam novel. The distinguished Mr. Homer Breckinridge had been waiting for twenty minutes for Donald Lam to make an appearance. When he finally does arrive, Lam soon realises that this respectable insurance claim is much more sordid and dangerous than it first appears. Written by Erle Stanley Gardner, under the pen name A. A. Fair, an American author and lawyer, best known for the Perry Mason series of legal detective stories. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is very smart with light sunning to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with minor age toning to the endpapers. Near Fine. book.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. A smart and very scarce first UK edition of this Cool and Lam novel from American author Erle Stanley Gardner. First UK edition, originally published in the US in 1964. Very scarce edition. A Cool and Lam novel. The distinguished Mr. Homer Breckinridge had been waiting for twenty minutes for Donald Lam to make an appearance. When he finally does arrive, Lam soon realises that this respectable insurance claim is much more sordid and dangerous than it first appears. Written by Erle Stanley Gardner, under the pen name A. A. Fair, an American author and lawyer, best known for the Perry Mason series of legal detective stories. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is very smart with minor wear and sunning to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine/Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo., 219pp. Beautiful First Edition with no other printings listed as called for by this publisher. Bound in orange cloth with titles in black on spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with a touch of bumping to the spine ends but quite minor. Clean pages throughout with no toning.A feint, errant spot or two on the end-papers. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($3.50), has perhaps a hint of soiling but is fresh and bright with no creases, tears or chipping. Inscribed and signed by the author on the front end-paper using his real name, "To my friends Sue and Frank Fiske with all my love. Yours, Earle. Earle Stanley Gardner". Though the couple are unknown, there is clearly a very close association. A gorgeous collectable copy and quite uncommon inscribed and in such high-grade condition. Signed by Author(s).