The Dark Tunnel
by MILLAR, Kenneth (Ross MacDonald)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Fine (Facsimile DW)
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
NY: Dodd, Mead, 1944. Bound in red cloth, stamped in black with a 1/3" stripe across the top edge that is a bit lighter. Overall, a tight, clean copy of this -- the first edition of the prolific author's first book. Millar went on to write the highly acclaimed Lew Archer series under the name Ross Macdonald. Two of these were filmed with Paul Newman in the lead role. Fitted with a facsimile dust jacket that fits the book perfectly. 241 pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Fine (Facsimile DW).
Synopsis
When Dr. Robert Branch's best friend ends up dead he knows it is the work of an underground Nazi group on the campus of the University where he works, and that he could be next. T his is the first book by Kenneth Millar, who later wrote under the pseudonym Ross MacDonald to not get confused with his wife Margaret Millar who was achieving her own fame in mysteries. -
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Details
- Bookseller
- abookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7000328
- Title
- The Dark Tunnel
- Author
- MILLAR, Kenneth (Ross MacDonald)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Fine (Facsimile DW)
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1944
- Keywords
- Detective; Mystery; Red Badge
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery;
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Springtown, Pennsylvania
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Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...