Wives and Lovers
by MILLAR, MARGARET
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Santa Barbara, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Random House, 1954. First Edition. Signed presentation copy inscribed by the author Margaret Millar to her sister, Dorothy (nicknamed ‘Doagie’), Dorothy’s husband Clarence, and their daughter Jane. Inscribed: “For Doagie, Jane & Clarence, With all my love, Margaret Millar, Santa Barbara.” Very good bright copy with a trace of edge wear in a worn dust jacket with some fading to the spine, a bit of dampstaining, and some chips and tears. Margaret Millar (1915 - 1994) was the wife of fellow detective fiction writer Kenneth Millar / Ross Macdonald. In 1956 she won the Edgar Allan Poe Award, Best Novel for ‘Beast in View’ and in 1983 she was awarded the Grand Master Award by the Mystery Writers of America in recognition of her lifetime achievements. H.R.F. Keating included Millar's ‘Beast In View’ in his collection ‘Crime & Mystery. The 100 Best Books,’ with the following critical praise: "Margaret Millar is surely one of late twentieth-century crime fiction's best writers, in the sense that the actual writing in her books, the prose, is of superb quality. On almost every page of this one there is some description, whether of a physical thing or a mental state, that sends a sharp ray of extra meaning into the reader's mind." She is also the author of such noted works as ‘The Devil Loves Me,’ ‘Fire Will Freeze,’ ‘The Invisible Worm,’ ‘How Like an Angel,’ ‘Do Evil in Return,’ etc.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- James Pepper Rare Books, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18004E
- Title
- Wives and Lovers
- Author
- MILLAR, MARGARET
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1954
Terms of Sale
James Pepper Rare Books, Inc.
We accept VISA, Mastercard, personal checks, and money orders issued on US Banks. If paying by credit card, please supply the card number, expiration date, and a daytime phone number. We guarantee all items to be as described. We accept returns for any reason, with notification within three days of your receipt of the order. All returns must be shipped insured. Shipping is: $7.00 first item, $1.00 each additional. Foreign orders will be shipped at cost. California residents please add 7.25% sales tax.
About the Seller
James Pepper Rare Books, Inc.
Biblio member since 2005
Santa Barbara, California
About James Pepper Rare Books, Inc.
We are long-term members of the Antiquarian Bookseller's Association of America. We specialize in American & English Literature, Mystery & Detective Fiction, Rare Cinema Material, Autograph & Signed Material, and an Eclectic Offering of Literature & Ephemera.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...