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The Instant Enemy
by Macdonald, Ross
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good/near fine
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/near fine. The Instant Enemy by Ross Macdonald, first edition, first printing.. Octavo, 227pp, [3]. Yellow hardcover, blue cloth spine, title stamped in silver on spine. Stated "first edition" on copyright page. Top edge stained yellow. Tape remnants to covers, previous ownership signature on front free endpaper, bookplate removed from rear free endpaper. In the publisher's near fine dust jacket, price-clipped, touch of shelf wear to top edge of spine, a bright example. Part of the Lew Archer series.
Synopsis
Ross Macdonald's real name was Kenneth Millar. Born near San Francisco in 1915 and raised in Ontario, Millar returned to the U.S. as a young man and published his first novel in 1944. He served as the president of the Mystery Writers of America and was awarded their Grand Master Award as well as the Mystery Writers of Great Britain's Gold Dagger Award. He died in 1983.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13575
- Title
- The Instant Enemy
- Author
- Macdonald, Ross
- Illustrator
- The Instant Enemy by Ross Macdonald, first edition, first printing.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
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