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A.A. Fair. Eleven A.A. Fair First Editions

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A.A. Fair. Eleven A.A. Fair First Editions
<B>A.A. Fair [pseudonym of Erle Stanley Gardner]. 11 1940s and 1950s First Editions.</B></I> New York: William Morrow and Company. Eleven hardcover twelvemo titles, each with dust jacket, including: <B><I>Turn on the Heat</B></I></B></I>. 1940. 306 pages. Gray buckram with black and red titling. Good condition with moderate wear to boards, spine and corners; moderate age toning of textblock, with occasional soiled leaves; jacket is worn at edges and corners. [and:] <B><I>Bats Fly at Dusk</B></I></B></I>. 1942. 277 pages. Light blue cloth with black spine lettering. Fair condition, with moderate wear and bumping to boards and corners; faded spine; moderate age toning of textblock with occasional soiled leaves; jacket is worn and chipped at edges and corners. [and:] <B><I>Crows Can't Count</B></I></B></I>. 1946. 281 pages. Bound in tan cloth with green lettering on spine. Fine condition with only the lightest of shelf wear; textblock is fine; dust jacket is worn at edges and faded at spine, with a one-inch square section missing at spine tail. [and:] <B><I>Fools Die on Friday</B></I></B></I>. 1947. 247 pages. Orange buckram binding with black spine lettering. Overall, this book is in fine condition, with very little wear or rubbing to spine ends and corner tips; textblock is fine; dust jacket is creased and worn at edges and spine ends. [and:] <B><I>Bedrooms Have Windows</B></I></B></I>. 1949. 250 pages. Green buckram with blue spine lettering. Nearly very fine with minimal wear to spine ends; textblock is fine; dust jacket is very good with wear and rubbing to spine head and tail. [and:] <B><I>Top of the Heap</B></I></B></I>. 1952. 243 pages. Green buckram with black spine lettering. In fine condition with rubbing and wear at spine ends and corner tips; textblock is fine; dust jacket is well worn with chips, creases, tears and areas of paper loss. [and:] <B><I>Beware the Curves</B></I></B></I>. 1956. 224 pages. Bound in red buckram with black titling. Nearly very fine with the slightest of wear to corner tips and spine; textblock is very fine; dust jacket is fine with minimal wear at edges and corners. [and:] <B><I>You Can Die Laughing</B></I></B></I>. 1957. 214 pages. Red wrappers show very faint wear at spine head, else very fine; textblock is very fine; dust jacket is creased and worn only at spine ends and corner tips. [and:] <B><I>Some Slips Don't Show</B></I></B></I>. 1957. 189 pages. Red buckram with black titling. Nearly very fine with the slightest of wear to corner tips and spine; textblock is very fine; dust jacket shows moderate wear at edges and corners. [and:] <B><I>The Count of Nine</B></I></B></I>. 1958. 244 pages. Red buckram with black titling. Nearly very fine with the slightest of wear to corner tips and spine; textblock is very fine; dust jacket is moderately worn at edges and corners. [and:] <B><I>Pass the Gravy</B></I></B></I>. 1959. 252 pages. Bound in yellow buckram with black titling. Glue and tape residue on recto and verso boards; moderate rubbing and bumping to spine ends and board corners; textblock has a few bent leaves, else fine; dust jacket shows moderate overall wear. <BR><BR>One of America's greatest detective-mystery writers, A.A. Fair (aka Erle Stanley Gardner) wrote nearly 100 novels that sold more than 1,000,000 copies each. The adventures of lawyer-detective Perry Mason are perhaps his best-known works. <I>From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.</B></I><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Books & Catalogs (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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