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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: 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. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the front flyleaf. An attractive copy of the eighth Lew Archer novel, with one of the best jacket designs in the classic series. About Near Fine in a very lightly rubbed, Near Fine dust jacket.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First Edition, 8vo. Near fine; a crisp, clean copy. Dust jacket is very good+ with a small chip on the top spine end and light soiling to the back panel. Original price of $3.00 printed on the front flap. Comes housed in a custom slipcase.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. Octavo, boards. First edition. Eighth Lew Archer novel. "Cumulatively exciting, beautifully plotted and written with taste, perception and compassion." - Anthony Boucher. 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. (#100274)

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.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/About Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing. Hard cover 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall in red patterned boards, white spine medallion w/black titles and dec., green topstain. Fine book in About Fine unclipped DJ w/inevitable spine fade to pink, now in clear protective cover. A Lew Archer mystery, set in southern California. 242pp. Relatively early title in great condition.

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

Alfred A Knopf, 1970. Yellow cloth binding, red & gilt titles, yellow topstain. Stated first edition. Book unread, fine. DJ ($7.95; 04/70) near fine with slight rubbing, edgewear at spine.626 pp.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Book.

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.

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: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Good only with foxing on page edges, top corner of one page missing, tape shadows on endpapers and boards with a small abrasion and missing corner on rear fly, lacking the dust jacket. The eighth novel in the Lew Archer series.

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.

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1970. First printing. Unmarked, tight and square. Not many of these can be found. Lightly soiled to small area along top edge of front board. Price intact jacket sunned a bit on spine which is common with this title. In mylar. . First American Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Mystery.

Cassell & Co Ltd, London, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Poor Condition. VIII, 244 pages, last two pages blank, in colour illustrated dust jacket. Sewn binding.. Original black Hardcover with silver writing on the back strip, and the fingerprint colophon of " A Crime Connoisseur Book". There is foxing to all edges of the text block, the first two, and the last three leaves, and to the dust jacket. Ownership inscription on the front end page. Slight lean on the spine. The dust jacket has two long tears either side of the front panel bottom corners, and two short tears either side of the rear panel top. Associated chipping, and rubbing, with slight loss. A Lew Archer novel. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Crime Fiction; Inventory No: 0215688. .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. One of Macdonald's best, Lew Archer is hired to find Mrs. Galton's son. Ex-library, rebound in library boards, with internal and external stamps and stickers, a pocket in the back. Beverage ring ans small stains to the front board. Square and solid. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Ex-Library.