macdonald ross pseud (9 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good+ dj. Illustrated by (dj design) Hal Siegel (illustrator). First Edition. [spine slightly turned, no other significant wear but a small remainder stamp on the bottom edge of the text block; the jacket is modestly surface-worn, with some minor wear at edges and extremities]. This installment in the Lew Archer chronicles "plunges [him] into a fascinating and intricate case connected to a disastrous oil spill on the coast of Southern California. It involves him with three generations of the imposing Lennox family whose offshore oil platform has caused the spill; whose young heiress, glimpsed for a haunting moment on the beach -- handsome, angry-eyed, clutching an oil-drenched sea bird in her arms -- has disappeared.".

364 S. Oln. mit OU., Schutzumschlag min. eingerissen, Exlibris eingeklebt, gutes Expl. 1.dt.Ausg. WiLex 1017.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. "The Dark Tunnel" by Kenneth Millar, written under pseud. by Ross Macdonald. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1944. First edition of the author's rare first book (he later became famous writing under the pseudonym, Ross Macdonald). Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Octavo. [viii], 1-241, [3, blank] pages. Publisher's full red cloth, front board and spine stamped in black. In the rare original publisher's dust jacket. Cloth spine toned and rubbed, tailcap somewhat bumped. Boards slightly rubbed and soiled. Small spot of soiling at lower corner of front free endpaper, not affecting author's signature. Jacket spine toned, creased, and chipped at edges, with a long tear (approximately six inches) at the rear joint. Jacket panels edgeworn, thumbsoiled and rubbed, with some moderate chipping and a few short tears. The printed price on the front jacket flap has sticker residue from a previous price sticker, and the rear jacket flap is creased at the lower corner. Still, a very good copy of this rare book, one of only four novels published under Millar's real name. Chemised in slipcase. Signed by Author(s).

8vo, pp. 227. Original yellow quarter boards, lettered in silver on blue to spine, author's initials blind stamped to front panel. Top edge yellow, leading edge uncut. Illustrated dust jacket, photographic portrait of the author to rear flap. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. First edition. The fourteenth volume (of eighteen) in the author's Lew Archer series. A fine copy.

FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, pp. 240, crown 8vo, original black boards, backstrip lettered in silver, a few faint spots to lightly toned edges, dustjacket slightly rubbed and nicked at extremities, very shallow chipping at head of folds, very good. The US edition of the previous year was published under the truncated pseudonym of Ross Macdonald, to avoid confusion with author John D. MacDonald.

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: dj. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); yellow floral-pattered paper-covered boards, with titles printed in black on spine; dustjacket; [viii],212,[4]pp. Light wear to spine ends and lower board edges, topstain faded, else Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.50), lightly edgeworn, with some dustiness to rear panel, and several tiny nicks and tears; Very Good+. Millar's fifth book written under the Macdonald pseudonym, a non-Archer novel first published in a condensed version in Cosmopolitan magazine under the title Experience with Evil. BRUCCOLI A9.1.a; HUBIN, p.268.

8vo, pp. 247. Original black quarter boards, lettered in gilt on green to spine. Author's initials and leaf design blind stamped to front panel. Leading edge uncut. Illustrated dust jacket, author's photographic portrait to rear flap. Ownership signature to front free endpaper dated 17 January 1965, but a fine copy in an all but finr dust jacket with the lightest of wear to head of spine. Dust jacket design by Arthur Hawkins. First edition. A Lew Archer title, and a fine copy. HUBIN, p. 268.

FIRST EDITION pp. [v], 240, crown 8vo, original patterned orange boards, the backstrip with lettering printed in black on a white panel, slight lean to spine with edges gently rubbed, top edge grey with others roughtrimmed, a couple of very faint spots to flyleaf, dustjacket slightly chipped, nicked and rubbed at extremities, very good. Inscribed by the author on the flyleaf, using a familiar form of his real name, to friends in Santa Barbara - the setting for the Lew Archer novels: 'For Hugh and Josie, who have made Santa Barbara a more interesting place to live in. Affectionately, Ken'. The fourth Lew Archer novel; the blurb compares the author to Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Eric Ambler.

FIRST EDITION, pp. 215, crown 8vo, original boards of patterned paper, slight lean to spine, fore-edge roughtrimmed, dustjacket slightly nicked and chipped with gentle fading to backstrip panel, very good. Inscribed by the author on the flyleaf, to someone whose input had evidently informed some details in the novel: 'For Doctor Bert Waite, to whose remarkable experience and generosity this story owes some touches of authenticity. Happy birthday! With my very best regards, Kenneth Millar'. The fifth Lew Archer novel; the author's identity is declared by the publisher on the dustjacket's rear panel, so that readers 'need puzzle no more'.