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The Drowning Pool (Signed First Edition)
by Kenneth Millar writing as John Ross Macdonald
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1950. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page.
The second Lew Archer novel, basis for the 1975 film, the second of two Lew Archer adaptations featuring Paul Newman in the lead role (renamed "Harper").
Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Boards slightly warped, with faint foxing on the top page edges. Jacket moderately rubbed, with light wear on the spine ends. In a black cloth slipcase.
The second Lew Archer novel, basis for the 1975 film, the second of two Lew Archer adaptations featuring Paul Newman in the lead role (renamed "Harper").
Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Boards slightly warped, with faint foxing on the top page edges. Jacket moderately rubbed, with light wear on the spine ends. In a black cloth slipcase.
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- Bookseller
- Royal Books, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 157933
- Title
- The Drowning Pool (Signed First Edition)
- Author
- Kenneth Millar writing as John Ross Macdonald
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- Mystery and Crime | Hard-boiled Crime Fiction | Books into Film
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books into Film; Hard-boiled Crime Fiction; Mystery and Crime;
Terms of Sale
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Royal Books, Inc.
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Baltimore, Maryland
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www.royalbooks.com
We are an open shop located in the midtown section of Baltimore. Check our website for directions if you are coming through the Baltimore area. We are open 10AM-6PM EST, Monday through Friday. You may email an order at any time, 24 hours a day.
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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