The Instant Enemy
by Ross MacDonald
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good book in very good dust jacket
- Seller
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Ridgewood, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: The Crime Club, 1968. First UK edition. Hardcover, [octavo], red cloth boards, gilt spine titles, pictorial dust jacket, 223 pp. Very good book in very good dust jacket. Jacket design by George Coral.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Better Read Than Dead (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1623
- Title
- The Instant Enemy
- Author
- Ross MacDonald
- Illustrator
- Jacket design by George Coral
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, [octavo], red cloth boards, gilt spine titles, pictorial dust jacket, 223 pp
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good book in very good dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First UK edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Crime Club
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- Ross Macdonald, The Instant Enemy, Crime Club
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About the Seller
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Ridgewood, New York
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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....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
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- Cloth
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