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GARDNER, ERLE STANLEY

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GARDNER, ERLE STANLEY
<b>306. ERLE STANLEY GARDNER</b> Important D.S. "<i>Erle Stanley Gardner</i>", 3pp. legal folio, New York, Dec. 10, 1941, a contract between Gardner and William Morrow & Co. for the publication of the very first "<i>A.A. Fair</i>" [Gardner's pseudonym] mystery "<i>Double or Quits</i>", with typical contractual deletions and additions, boldly signed at conclusion. Fine condition. The A.A. Fair mysteries featured the investigative team of Bertha Cool, a sassy, tough-talking detective in her sixties, and her partner Donald Lam, a timid, disbarred lawyer in his twenties.<b>$300-400</b>