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New York: Knopf, 1959., 1959. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Signed by the author. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket with light wear to spine ends, and with two tiny closed tears to top edge of rear panel. Lew Archer is hired by an elderly woman to find her son, Anthony Galton. Anthony disappeared twenty-three years before along with a suspiciously streetwise bride and several thousand dollars of his family's fortune. All Archer's investigation turns up is a headless skeleton, a boy who claims to be Galton's son, and a con game whose stakes are so high that someone is still willing to kill for them. Beautiful copy housed in a black, cloth slipcase with three red leather labels on spine with titles stamped in gold gilt.

New York: Knopf, 1959., 1959. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Inscribed by the author to his lawyer and longtime friend, "For Harris and Nancy [Seed] two of the best people I know. Affectionately, Ken, April 1959." Fine in dust jacket with light wear to spine ends, and with one small closed tear to top edge of rear panel. Lew Archer is hired by an elderly woman to find her son, Anthony Galton. Anthony disappeared twenty-three years before along with a suspiciously streetwise bride and several thousand dollars of his family's fortune. Archer's investigation turns up is a headless skeleton, a boy who claims to be Galton's son, and a con game whose stakes are so high that someone is still willing to kill for them. Beautiful copy.

A NEAR FINE FIRST EDITION IN DUST JACKET. SIGNED ON TITLE PAGE.

Knopf Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). FIRST. A FINE FIRST IN DJ. SIGNED ON TITLE PAGE.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Stated first edition. Pink/white decorative boards. Inscribed to ffep by Kenneth Millar in Santa Barbara, Feb. 1967, to Oscar winning screenwriter Daniel Fuchs. Spine ends/points lightly frayed/softened. Edges lightly rubbed. A few pencilled notations to front pastedown. Sound binding and joints. The DJ in mylar is near fine, with a hint of handling. Flap price $3.00.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. First edition. A near fine copy, some dustiness to top edge with some light fade to top stain, some light foxing to end papers, light shelf wear in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelf wear, touch of color fade to pink color in design on spine panel and very light foxing to flaps. A very nice copy. (8537). Octavo, boards. Signed by Millar. A Lew Archer novel. "Cumulatively exciting, beautifully plotted and written with taste, perception and compassion." - Anthony Boucher. "...a mystery that turns upon multiple questions of inheritance and identity." Nolan, Ross Macdonald: A Biography, p. 198. [Reference: Pederson (ed.), St. James Guide to Crime and Mystery Writers, (4th ed.), pp. 676-678].

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. Inscribed by Macdonald on the front endpaper. Good in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($3.00), soiled at the back panel, rubbed and with a few creases and small chips at the edges. Red patterned paper on the boards, rubbed at the edges. Firmly bound with a forward lean, green top stain, clean internally. The eighth Lew Archer novel, considered by Tom Nolan to be one of the first of Macdonald's serious works.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959., 1959. First edition. First edition. Fine, bright, tight copy in dust jacket with light professional internal restoration to head of spine. Twenty years ago, Anthony Galton vanished, along with his streetwise bride and several thousand dollars of the Galton fortune. Now his dying mother wants him found, and Lew Archer is on the case: is Anthony hiding somewhere, happy and eager not to be discovered? But what Archer finds - a headless skeleton, a clever con and a terrified blonde - reveals a game whose stakes are so high that someone is willing to kill.

Knopf Book. Fine. Hardcover. FIRST. A FINE FIRST IN DJ. SIGNED ON LAID IN CARD.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. First edition. A fine copy in fine price-clipped dust jacket with dark pink ink on spine panel sun faded to medium pink. Overall, a sharp copy. (10872). Octavo, boards. A Lew Archer novel. "Cumulatively exciting, beautifully plotted and written with taste, perception and compassion." - Anthony Boucher. "...a mystery that turns upon multiple questions of inheritance and identity." Nolan, Ross Macdonald: A Biography, p. 198. [Reference: Pederson (ed.), St. James Guide to Crime and Mystery Writers, (4th ed.), pp. 676-678].

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1970. First edition stated. Signed by Dorothy B. Hughes on front endpaper. She is the famed author of IN A LONELY PLACE, THE BAMBOO BLONDE, AND THE SO BLUE MARBLE. It appears to be from her library. There is no inscriiption. She lived in Southern California at the time of her death and this was purchased in North Holllywood. Slight twist to spine but otherwise clean and bright. In mylar. . Signed by Dorthy B. Hughes . First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1973., 1973. First edition. First edition. One of 250 numbered copies signed by the author. This is copy 93. Fine in decorated paper over boards as issued.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970. A beautiful copy of the first printing. Fine condition in a Fine dust jacket. NOT price clipped ($7.95, 04/70). Protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are creamy white, fresh, crisp and unmarked. 1970. First printing with "First Edition" so stated on the copyright page. ARCHER AT LARGE is the First Collected Edition of three previously published Lew Archer novels. It contains: THE GALTON CASE [1959], THE CHILL [1964], and BLACK MONEY [1966]. It also has a new 5-page Foreword by the Author [in 1981 this foreword by Macdonald was reprinted in the Capra Press limited edition, SELF-PORTRAIT, CEASELESSLY INTO THE PAST. See Bruccoli A31]. Top edge tinted yellow. This copy agrees in all respects with the first printing as described in the standard Ross Macdonald… Read More

Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo. Pp. 45, [1] colophon. Illustrated paper boards, lightly bowed and the spine a touch sunned. Edition of 250 copies, this is no. 48, signed by Ross Macdonald.

knopf,, hardcover, 1970 first edition stated. near fine book in a near fine dust jacket bumping,

New York: Knopf. 1970. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. .

Cassell, 1960. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Ed Thus. First British edition. Good/good condition, moderate over all wear to book and dustjacket. Book has lending library sticker to inside front cover, diirt smudge to title page. Dustjacket crinkles to top and bottom edges of the spine, back cover rubbed. .

Cassell, London., 1960. First U.K. edition. Octavo. pp [iv], 242. Crime. Ownership inscription, in Finnish, on front free endpaper. Very good indeed in very good, chipped and rubbed dustwrapper with a one-inch closed tear at top edge of upper panel.

New York: Knopf, 1959. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good +/No Jacket. New York: Knopf, 1959. A firmly bound first printing copy. The binding is worn at the edges and spine and one bottom corner.The spine is lightly toned and the front free endpaper is torn out. A previous owner's nameplate is attached to the front endpaper. No other marks.. 1st Edition. Good +/No Jacket. Book.

Cassell, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. The dust jacket is shelf rubbed, edge worn and marked, with multiple small chips, tears and creases along the edges, especially near the spine. Despite this, the jacket remains legible, whole and bright. Internally, there are ink and stamp markings on the front end page and pastedown, and the pages are tanned and foxed throughout. Despite this, the pages are neat, complete and legible. There are no other markings or inscriptions within. The book is a touch cocked, but the binding remains tight and it is presented charmingly in cellophane. JK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.