Search Results: find a victim by macdonald john ross

1955. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Bantam , 1955. 1st thus . Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. Bantam # 1360. Near fine paperback printing. Binding square and tight. Internally unmarked. No tears to wraps. Minor creases to spine. An early Lew Archer novel before MacDonald dropped John from his pseudonym.

Alfred A. Knopf. Hardcover. Collectible - Acceptable. NO dust jacket. Patterned red and tan boards have shelf wear and some slight tearing to pattern. Spine is torn at top. Discoloration on pages with tanning due to age.

New York: N.Y. / New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1954, 1st Edition, First Printing, 1954. ----------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) ---hard cover, a Very Good/Very Good+ example, a bit of age toning/dustiness to the upper edge of the text block, some rubbing to the edges of the boards, ---in an attractive Fair to Good price clipped dustjacket, some small chips and tears, some loss at spine tips, dampstain to jacket --- jacket is now in a hi-quality mylar protector, -- Sterling and Margaret Campbell bookplate attached to front flap --- STERLING CAMPBELL was a Canadian aviator and film director best known for the 1947 film Bush Pilot, one of the first narrative feature films ever produced by a Canadian film production company. ---Campbell served in the Canadian Army during the First World War. He later worked in Hollywood, California as a technical and action assistant director, including the films Wings, Dawn Patrol, Hell's Angels, Air Circus, Legion of the Condemned, Forced Landing and… Read More

London: Cassell. Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket. 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Black cloth, silver gilt lettering/thumbprint to spine. Offset to endpages, light foxing, cocked. Front hinge starting but holding. Jacket in mylar with wear to extremities, light soil, price of 9/6 net. First British edition. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

London: Cassell Crime Connoisseur, 1955. Foxing to top page edges. Owners signature of ffep. Spine has slight ridge in center. Color on jacket still bright. Back panel lightly soiled. Head of spine jacket frayed.. 1st British Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Mystery.

London: Cassell, 1955. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. A foxing spot to the fore-edge otherwise VG indeed in like D/W with minor wear but which is complete and attractive.

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1954. First edition stated. Slant at spine (cocked). First free end paper cut at 45 degree angle along right corner extending down about 3". Light wear at tips of boards and spine ends. Jacket is without a flaw but a facsimilie of first edition, not the original. It is protected in mylar. . First American Edition. Cloth. Vg-/Fine (Facsimilie Dust jacket). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Mystery.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/About Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing. Hard cover 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall in red patterned boards, white spine medallion w/black titles and dec., green topstain. Fine book in About Fine unclipped DJ w/ stained spine, now in clear protective cover. Published under the name of "John Ross" Macdonald, so he would not be confused with John D. Macdonald, a veteran Knopf Author. John D. still unhappy, so he dropped the "John" and just went by "Ross" after this. A Lew Archer mystery, set in southern California. 215pp. Early title in very nice condition.

Knopf Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). FIRST. A NEAR FINE IN VERY GOOD PLUS DJ NOT PRICE CLIPPED. fifth Lew Archer mystery, Millar is still using the pseudonym of John Ross MacDonald. signed on laid in card.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. First Edition. First Edition. The fifth Lew Archer novel. Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Corners and spine ends lightly worn and bumped. Jacket spine panel lightly faded, with a few scratches on the bottom portion of the front panel. Scarce.

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1954. Pretty nice copy in its first printing. Unmarked and tight. Hint of lean. Price clipped jacket has 1" closed tear at top of front panel, light soiling and moderate wear. Scarce. In mylar. The red lettering on jacket front panel and spine is bright with no sunning. . First American Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus to Near Fine/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Mystery.

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1954. Nice copy in its first printing with First Edition statement on copyright page. Unmarked, tight and square. Price intact jacket has two tiny chips and faint dampstain to small area on spine. Red lettering on both front panel and spine bright and fresh. Very little paper loss. In mylar. . First American Edition. Hardccover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus to Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Good. Signed by Ross Macdonald on the title page. The fifth hardboiled mystery featuring Southern California private detective Lew Archer. "Ross Macdonald" was the primary pseudonym employed by American-Canadian writer Kenneth Millar (1915-83), who dropped the "John" after the publication of this novel. Octavo. Original patterned paper-covered boards. The spine is ever so slightly leaning. Faint staining along the extremities of the dust jacket, which is a bit toned with some minor shelfwear; else very good.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. First edition of Find a Victim by John Ross Macdonald, in the scarce first state dust jacket.. Octavo, 215pp. Patterned red paper boards, title in black on spine. Top edge dyed blue. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page. Solid text block, spine tips lightly bumped, else fine. In the publisher's first state dust jacket, $2.75 retail price on front flap, faint wear to both panels, shallow chip and a short closed tear to top edge of rear panel. Red text on spine remains vibrant. A scarce near fine copy. The fifth book in the Lew Archer series.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. First Edition stated on the copyright page. Original price of $2.75 printed on the front flap of the dust jacket. Previous owner's name inscribed on the front free endpaper. A nice, bright, square copy. Minor edge wear. Dust jacket has some chipping at the corners and spine ends. A closed tear on the bottom of the front panel. Light soiling. Comes housed in a custom slipcase.

New York: Knopf. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1954. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Very close to fine in like dust jacket. (Couple of tiny nicks in jacket. Hint of shelf-wear. Top edge faded. ) FIFTH Lew Archer novel. ; 5 1/2" x 7 3/4"; 215 pages .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. First edition. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Small octavo. [vi], 215, [1, colophon] pp. Patterned paper over boards, original dust jacket. Some rubbing to jacket, very tiny chip on rear of jacket at top, with two small creases nearby, some rubbing to book. Still, near fine. HBS 67411. $3,000.