Traps Need Fresh Bait: A Donald Lam / Bertha Cool Mystery
by FAIR, A.A. (pseud. of Erle Stanley Gardner)
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1967. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.25cm); red paper-covered boards, titled in black on the spine; dustjacket by Susan Mccarthy; 216pp.; minor rubbing to rear board; faint soil mark inside front cover, else Fine. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.95) with sticker residue on front flap; minor rubbing to the extremities; short, closed tears, Very Good+.
Cool and Lam #2. "Someone is advertising for a witness to an auto accident in such a way as to seem to be suborning perjury. Also, an earlier claim was settled with evidence obtained in this way. The client wants Cool and Lam to find out what is back of it all. Gardner kept up with the law, and knew of the implications of the recent Miranda Rights decision of the Supreme Court for gathering evidence. He believed he had found a loophole allowing evidence improperly gathered under the new rules to be admissible, if obtained investigating another incident, such as a private detective searching a flat without permission. When Donald introduces the loophole, it brightens up Sgt. Sellers' day no end" (from the publisher); HUBIN, p.139; BARZUN & TAYLOR 804.
Cool and Lam #2. "Someone is advertising for a witness to an auto accident in such a way as to seem to be suborning perjury. Also, an earlier claim was settled with evidence obtained in this way. The client wants Cool and Lam to find out what is back of it all. Gardner kept up with the law, and knew of the implications of the recent Miranda Rights decision of the Supreme Court for gathering evidence. He believed he had found a loophole allowing evidence improperly gathered under the new rules to be admissible, if obtained investigating another incident, such as a private detective searching a flat without permission. When Donald introduces the loophole, it brightens up Sgt. Sellers' day no end" (from the publisher); HUBIN, p.139; BARZUN & TAYLOR 804.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55000
- Title
- Traps Need Fresh Bait: A Donald Lam / Bertha Cool Mystery
- Author
- FAIR, A.A. (pseud. of Erle Stanley Gardner)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- William Morrow and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1967
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction; Mystery, Crime, and Detective Fiction;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Rubbing
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- Octavo
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.