The Drowning Pool

VG / G+. 1950 Knopf, stated first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. MacDonald's 6th novel, and 2nd featuring Lew Archer. Basis for Paul Newman film version from the mid-60's. Book has a little shelf wear along board edges. Jacket has edge wear + wear to spine and flap folds. Jacket is intact and not price clipped.

Pocket Book 2821, 1959. 2nd. Paperback. A VG+ bright tight copy.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1950. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. First Edition stated on the copyright page. Book has slight edge wear, very slight darkening of gutters. Dust jacket has original price of $2.50 printed on the front flap. Slight chipping at the corners and spine ends. Two small pieces… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1950, 1950. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Published in New York by Alfred A. Knopf in 1950. First Edition is stated on bottom of copyright page. Book very good except for light fading at top and bottom rdges. DJ good except for missing pieces on corners, creasing along top and bottom edges,… Read more about this item

New York: Knopf, 1950. A First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good in a very good unclipped dust jacket. Boards a little faded and soiled, spine ends pushed. Glue indications in the gutter of the first two end papers, where I believe they were glued together and back into the binding at… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1950. First edition. Upper corners gently bumped edges a little toned, a nearly fine copy in a better than very good dust jacket with some overall rubbing to black ink background of the jacket. (15539). Octavo, boards. The second Lew Archer novel. "A noirish, centrifugal amorality pervades Archer's world and The… Read more about this item

Alfred A. Knopf, 1950. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A very good first edition in a very good dust jacket, with narrow strip of front flap missing, affecting part of the price but none of the text on the flap. First Edition is stated on bottom of copyright page. DJ price reads "$2.5" as the 0 is… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1950., 1950. First edition. First edition. Light offsetting to front three endpapers caused from binder's glue, else a near fine, bright copy in dust jacket with light professional restoration to the spine ends, corners, and extremities, and small, old water stain to the verso, not visible on the outer cover. When Maude Slocum -… Read more about this item

Alfred A. Knopf, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Published in New York by Alfred A. Knopf in 1950. First Edition stated on copyright page. Book very good+. DJ very good, price-clipped. Book comes in specially made cloth slip cover.

Pocket, 1951. Softcover. Poor. #821

New York: Pocket Books/Permabooks, 1959. 2nd. Softcover. Very Good/None. 195 pages. Paperback. Pocket Book #2821. Moderate crease to center front cover wrapper. Record # 368762

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1950. First edition. Octavo. [244, 1 pp]. Decorative colored patterned paper boards, dust jacket. Extremities worn and somewhat sunned. Front hinge cracked, tape remnants on endpapers. Book store stamp on front free endpaper. Jacket spine chipped, flaps with old tape, else very good. HBS 67403. $200.

New York: Pocket Books, 1951. First Paperback Edition [stated] . Illustrated Wrapers. Very Good. First Softcover Printing. Complete, No Names Or Marks. Faint Reading Crease Near Spine Edge Of Front And Rear Covers, Faint 3/4" Crease Top Edge, And Another Coming From Center Of Spine

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1950. First Edition. Octavo, green illus. boards (hardcover), uncut, [v] 244 pp + [i] pp. Good, with lightly rubbed and soiled covers, foxing (age darkening) to endpapers. The 2nd title in the Lew Archer Series & Film Classic. Photographs gladly provided upon request. From Foreword: Lew Archer, who made… Read more about this item

NY: Knopf, 1950. VERY GOOD condition in POOR dust jacket. NY. Knopf. HARDCOVER. 1950. FIRST Edition, FIRST Printing. Bound in green patterned boards with blue titles in black cust jacket. Square and firm, original price of $2.50 intact. Toning to covers, see images. EX-LIBRARY, sticker residue and library pocket affixed to… Read more about this item

New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1950.. First edition.. publisher's boards in dust jacket.. Slightly cocked; spine a little soiled; edges rubbed. The jacket has a few pieces of internal tape, a few small chips, a 2" closed tear to the bottom of the back panel, and some general use. A very good copy in dust jacket.. … Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1950. First edition stated. Green patterned boards with small blue fish illustration near bottom right of front panel. Green boards still clean and pretty fresh, spine tannned.. Missing front free endpaper and hinge seemingly cracked slightly but hinge at both front and back solid. Rear endpaper and pastedown show light… Read more about this item

E-363. Good. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York. 1950. 244 pgs. A Lew Archer Mystery. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in decorated paper covered boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present Text is clean and free of… Read more about this item

Knopf, 1950. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Ed. First ed. Very good/Very good condition, moderate over all wear to book and dustjacket, small crinkles to top and bottom edges of dustjacket, small closed tears to lower left corner of front and lower right corner of back of dustjacket, several small rubbed spots to back and spine of dustjacket, dustjacket worn… Read more about this item

Pocket, 1951. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.