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The Goodbye Look
by Macdonald, Ross
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/very good
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969. First Edition, Third Printing. Cloth. Near fine/very good. First edition, third printing of The Goodbye Look, inscribed by the author, Ross Macdonald.. Octavo, 243pp, [3]. Black hardcover, beige cloth spine, title stamped in gilt on spine. Stated "third printing" on copyright page. Top edge pink. Solid text block, a near fine example. In the publisher's dust jacket, $4.95 retail price on front flap, touch of shelf wear, chipping along top edge, a very good example. Signed on the front free endpaper: "For Gören B_, a most pleasant and learned interlocutor, with the cordial regards of the author, Ken Miller (Ross Macdonald). Santa Barbara, Calif. April 5, 1972." The fifteenth book in the Lew Archer series.
Synopsis
Ross Macdonald died in 1983.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13153
- Title
- The Goodbye Look
- Author
- Macdonald, Ross
- Illustrator
- First edition, third printing of The Goodbye Look, inscribed by the author, Ross Macdonald.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Third Printing
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- first edition ross Macdonald, signed book Ross Macdonald, ross mcdonald first edition, The Dark Tunnel Macdonald, The Goodbye Look Macdonald, The Far Side of the Dollar Macdonald, The drowning pool Macdonald, The Doomsters Macdonald, Trouble Follows
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- Jacket
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- Inscribed
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- 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....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- First Edition
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- Copyright page
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- 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...
- Gilt
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