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The Bigger They Come (American Mystery Classics) by Erle Stanley Gardner (Writing as A.A. Fair)
Bertha Cool is the gruff, tough-talking corpulent head of her private detective agency, which opened after the death of her husband; Donald Lam is her meek, slight, and nervy new hire, who makes up for a lack of boldness with brilliant detective work. The duo couldn't be any more dissimilar. However, with their combined skills, they are an unstoppable force in solving crimes, as evidenced by their over two dozen successes in the long-running series penned by Perry Mason creator Erle Stanley Gardner.
In this, their first outing, Donald Lam is tasked with delivering divorce papers to a man who reportedly made a fortune in rigged slot machines. The only problem is that nobody -- not even the police -- can find him. Before long, Lam's seemingly simple assignment finds him caught up in a web of money, mysterious safety deposit boxes, and a gang of toughs every bit as desperate as he is to find the runaway… Read More

New York: Triangle Books, 1942. Hardcover. 8vo, hardcover with dust jacket. Vintage reprint of this hard to find title by Erle Stanley Gardner writing under the pseudonym A.A. Fair. Toning to pages, damp stain to upper corner of text block, dust jacket rubbed and creased, chipped at corners and edges, dj corners trimmed, rear panel of dj completely separated from dj spine.

Stained and discolored throughout. Further supported by a home library dust jacket, which has done its' level best to defend this book. Severe tears in dust jacket. Severe staining inside covers and on pages. Not many like this left in the world.
Because of the rarity, fragility, age of the volume, AND with a promise that I will do everything possible to get this volume to you unharmed, apologies, but i can not be responsible for damage incurred during shipping.