Find a Victim

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1954. Pretty nice copy in its first printing. Unmarked and tight. Hint of lean. Price clipped jacket has 1" closed tear at top of front panel, light soiling and moderate wear. Scarce. In mylar. The red lettering on jacket front panel and spine is bright with no sunning.… Read more about this item

London: Cassell. Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket. 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Black cloth, silver gilt lettering/thumbprint to spine. Offset to endpages, light foxing, cocked. Front hinge starting but holding. Jacket in mylar with wear to extremities, light soil, price of 9/6 net. First British edition. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. First edition. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Small octavo. [vi], 215, [1, colophon] pp. Patterned paper over boards, original dust jacket. Some rubbing to jacket, very tiny chip on rear of jacket at top, with two small creases nearby, some rubbing to book. Still, near fine. HBS… Read more about this item

London: Cassell, 1955. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. A foxing spot to the fore-edge otherwise VG indeed in like D/W with minor wear but which is complete and attractive.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. First edition of Find a Victim by John Ross Macdonald, in the scarce first state dust jacket.. Octavo, 215pp. Patterned red paper boards, title in black on spine. Top edge dyed blue. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page. Solid text block, spine tips lightly… Read more about this item

New York: N.Y. / New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1954, 1st Edition, First Printing, 1954. ----------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) ---hard cover, a Very Good/Very Good+ example, a bit of age toning/dustiness to the upper edge of the text block, some rubbing to the edges of the boards, ---in an attractive Fair to Good price… Read more about this item

London: Cassell Crime Connoisseur, 1955. Foxing to top page edges. Owners signature of ffep. Spine has slight ridge in center. Color on jacket still bright. Back panel lightly soiled. Head of spine jacket frayed.. 1st British Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Mystery.

New York: Bantam , 1955. 1st thus . Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. Bantam # 1360. Near fine paperback printing. Binding square and tight. Internally unmarked. No tears to wraps. Minor creases to spine. An early Lew Archer novel before MacDonald dropped John from his pseudonym.

New York: Knopf. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1954. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Very close to fine in like dust jacket. (Couple of tiny nicks in jacket. Hint of shelf-wear. Top edge faded. ) FIFTH Lew Archer novel. ; 5 1/2" x 7 3/4"; 215 pages .

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1954. First edition stated. Slant at spine (cocked). First free end paper cut at 45 degree angle along right corner extending down about 3". Light wear at tips of boards and spine ends. Jacket is without a flaw but a facsimilie of first edition, not the original. It is… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1954. Nice copy in its first printing with First Edition statement on copyright page. Unmarked, tight and square. Price intact jacket has two tiny chips and faint dampstain to small area on spine. Red lettering on both front panel and spine bright and fresh. Very little paper loss.… Read more about this item

Alfred A. Knopf. Hardcover. Collectible - Acceptable. NO dust jacket. Patterned red and tan boards have shelf wear and some slight tearing to pattern. Spine is torn at top. Discoloration on pages with tanning due to age.