Gold Comes in Bricks (DELL #836; Bertha Cool and Donald Lam Murder Mystery) by Fair, A.A. (pseudonym of Erle Stanley Gardner ); - 1955

Dell D Series. New York: Dell Publishing Co. , 1961 . D-406 , almost near fine, Cover by Robert McGinnis. , paperback,

NY: Dell Publishing, 1945. 237pp. Mapback. Cover by Gerald Gregg. A Bertha Cool Murder Mystery. Slight wear, faint cover crease, no laminate. Photos on request. Size: Mass Market. Mapback, #84. First Printing.. Paperback. Good+.

Canada: Dell, 1966. Solid with a reading crease along the spine on the front cover and the covers show light wear.. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good.

U.S.: Dell 84, 1945. Solid with a crease down the centre of the back cover, corner creases on the front cover, a small sticker lift mark on the top of the front cover, and some small stains on the front cover. Some small chunks missing on the right edges of two inside pages that were attached together and then torn apart.. 1st Printing. Paperback. Good- Very Good.

Open Road Media, 2022. Paperback. New. 264 pages. 8.00x5.25x1.00 inches.

1940, William Morrow and Co., NY; Cover and text, Good. No DJ. A 2" tear and tape repair on page 251.

New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc.. 280pp. No additional printings indicated. Black cloth cover, spine title is worn away, cloth worn through at the edges, netting showing after the end paper. No marking in the text. H10 . Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 1940.

New York: William Morrow & Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1940. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Previous owner's name on the free endpaper. A few penciled dates and date stamps to the rear pastedown endpaper, but no other markings. Fading to the dust jacket spine. Light spotting to the bottom page edges. A few short nicks and tears to the price-clipped dust jacket. Light dust soiling to the rear panel. A Bertha Cool/Donald Lam mystery. ; 280 pages .

New York: William Morrow. Good in Good dust jacket. 1940. First Edition. Hardback. Originally priced at $2.00/black HB with gold lettering and gold brick icon on front in jacket with clear vinyl cover/; 8 vo; 280 pages; Slight wear at top and bottom spine and front top cover edge/between 7" and 8" tall/top and bottom edges of dust jacket flaps slightly clipped .

New York: William Morrow & Company, 1940., 1940. First edition. First edition. Fine in bright dust jacket with minor wear to the spine ends, and lightly rubbed at the two front cover corners. Brainy private detective Donald Lam is always one step ahead of the bad guys, but he’s also smaller than them and typically gets beat up. That’s why his boss, the ever-cranky Bertha Cool, has hired a martial arts master to teach him self-defense. The third book writing as A. A. Fair, features Bertha Cool and Donald Lam. Sharp copy.