Top of the Heap by FAIR, A.A - 1952

USA: New Dell Pub., 1959. Book. Illus. by Robert McGinnis (GGA) Painted Cover.. Fair / Good, This is a Reading. Soft cover. First Edition By This Publisher. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 224 pages. Goodread notes = "When the beautiful girlfriend of a notorious gangster vanishes, the last man to be seen with her needs an alibi - and fast. Enter Donald Lam of the Cool & Lam detective agency. Donald tracks down the two women with whom his client claims to have spent the night and the client declares the case closed. But it's not. Something about his client's story doesn't add up, and Donald can't resist the temptation to keep digging. Before he knows it, he's dug up connections to a mining scam, an illegal casino, and a double homicide - plus an opportunity for an enterprising private eye to make a small fortune, if he can just stay alive long enough to cash in on it!. " >> This is a reading copy. Cover creasing; spine slant;; pen to… Read More

Dell D Series. New York: Dell Publishing Co. , 1959 . D-309 very good, creases Cover by Robert McGinnis. paperback,

Dell Books. New York: Dell Publishing Co. , reprint 1966. 8960 very good - fine, crease paperback,

New York: Morrow / Walter Black, 1952. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Notable for its condition. Slight spine lean, slight page edge foxing.

Walter J. Black, 1952. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good/Missing. 0x0x0. Thank you for supporting Earthlight Books and independent bookstores. Hard cover. No DJ. Very Good Condition. First edition. First printing. Full number line and/or stated 1st edition. A.A. Fair is a pseudonym of Erle Stanley Gardner

Walter J Black, 1952. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover without Dust Jacket. Bound in tan boards with title information to spine in brown. 178 pages. FINE. All corners pointed. Binding tight and square with very slight roll. Without tears, creases, bumps or chips. Not marked in any way and very clean and bright. All items carefully wrapped and sent boxed.

USA: New Dell Pub., 1954. Book. Illus. by Griffith Foxley (GGA) Painted Cover.. Near Fine.. Soft cover. First Edition By This Publisher. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 224 pages. Goodread notes = "When the beautiful girlfriend of a notorious gangster vanishes, the last man to be seen with her needs an alibi - and fast. Enter Donald Lam of the Cool & Lam detective agency. Donald tracks down the two women with whom his client claims to have spent the night and the client declares the case closed. But it's not. Something about his client's story doesn't add up, and Donald can't resist the temptation to keep digging. Before he knows it, he's dug up connections to a mining scam, an illegal casino, and a double homicide - plus an opportunity for an enterprising private eye to make a small fortune, if he can just stay alive long enough to cash in on it!. " >> Back Cover creasing;.

Walter J. Black, 1952. Hardcover. Good/Good. Walter J. Black, 1952; no printing/edition indicated; 178pp. Not stated, but likely a book club edition. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; minor wear to edges of boards, red titling remains bold; text very good; faint musty odor detectable when flipping through book; light foxing to edges of page block. Light wear, a few small chips and closed tears at edges of dust jacket; faint damp-spots on front and rear panels, spotting to front panel only really apparent on verso; jacket arrives wrapped in protective mylar. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: Walter J. Black. The Ghost of an old price mark on the front end paper. Light chipping to the dust jacket with faint soiling, a 5 inch tear to the jacket front panel. Dust jacket is in mylar. V9 . Very Good. Hardcover. 1952.

New York: Walter J Black/Morrow. 1952. No price on dj suggests a Book of the Month Club copy; Near fine+ in near fine+ dj. .