THE BLUE HAMMER(A LEW ARCHER NOVEL)
by ROSS MACDONALD
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good /Very Good
- Seller
-
THETFORD, Norfolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
LONDON: The Thriller Book Club. NB: Reading copy only. Hard cover. Illustrated dust jacket. Slight wear on DJ edges. Not price clipped. Red boards. Creasing on top edges of some pages. Top edge tears on a few pages. These are up to 4cm long from the top edge. They affect text but do not prevent it from being read. Otherwise clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. First published in 1976. Book club edition. Location: RED4 . Good. Hardcover. First Thus. 1977.
Synopsis
Ross Macdonald's real name was Kenneth Millar. Born near San Francisco in 1915 and raised in Ontario, Millar returned to the U.S. as a young man and published his first novel in 1944. He served as the president of the Mystery Writers of America and was awarded their Grand Master Award as well as the Mystery Writers of Great Britain's Gold Dagger Award. He died in 1983.
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Details
- Seller
- TARPAULIN BOOKS AND COMICS (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 006553
- Title
- THE BLUE HAMMER(A LEW ARCHER NOVEL)
- Author
- ROSS MACDONALD
- Illustrator
- ANGELA MADDIGAN(JACKET ART)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- The Thriller Book Club
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1977
- Bookseller catalogs
- CRIME/THRILLER;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Terms of Sale
TARPAULIN BOOKS AND COMICS
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About the Seller
TARPAULIN BOOKS AND COMICS
Biblio member since 2005
THETFORD, Norfolk
About TARPAULIN BOOKS AND COMICS
I am a bookseller of predominantly used(second hand) books. I specialise in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Graphic Novels, British and American comics, TV and Film books and magazines. I also sell other varieties of fiction and non-fiction. Including historical novels, poetry, history books, native american history, new age, philosophy, motivational books, classics.
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- Reading Copy
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