The Dark Tunnel
by Millar, Kenneth (Ross MacDonald)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/Fiine
- Seller
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SANTA BARBARA, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co, 1944. Author's first book in its first printing. Red cloth with black stamping to spine and front board. 1/2" diameter water spot on front board. Moderate bump to one tip and light shelf wear to head of spine. Unmarked, tight and square. Jacket is a professionally made facsimile with no flaws. It is protected in mylar. Scarce. . First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Fiine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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
- Timothy Norlen Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012714
- Title
- The Dark Tunnel
- Author
- Millar, Kenneth (Ross MacDonald)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Fiine
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1944
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions;
Terms of Sale
Timothy Norlen Bookseller
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About the Seller
Timothy Norlen Bookseller
Biblio member since 2019
SANTA BARBARA, California
About Timothy Norlen Bookseller
I am a internet based bookstore that specializes in Modern First Editions, film sources, Mystery and Detective fiction and Western Americana. I have approximately 10,000 books, primarily first editions with about 1300 of them signed by the author. I try and stock only books that are sound, clean and attractive.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...