THE UNDERGROUND MAN
by MacDonald, Ross (Kenneth Millar)
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good Plus to Very Good
- Seller
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Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Bantam Books, 1972. First Printing, First Paperback Edition. . Mass Market Paperback. Good Plus to Very Good. Vintage paperback, Bantam Q7040; a novel from the celebrated hard-boiled mystery series featuring California private detective Lew Archer; text is clean, tight, square in white pictorial wrappers with front cover showing light, horizontal crease near bottom edge, four penpoint indentations near top, o/w minimal surface and edgewear.
Synopsis
Ross Macdonald's real name was Kenneth Millar. Born near San Francisco in 1915 and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, 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 Silver Dagger Award. He died in 1983.
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Details
- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002011
- Title
- THE UNDERGROUND MAN
- Author
- MacDonald, Ross (Kenneth Millar)
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus to Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Printing, First Paperback Edition.
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Bantam Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- MYSTERY, FIRST EDITION, PRIVATE DETECTIVE, LEW ARCHER, CALIFORNIA, VINTAGE PAPERBACK,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery; Private Detective; Vintage Paperback;
Terms of Sale
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
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About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Mass Market
- Mass market paperback books, or MMPBs, are printed for large audiences cheaply. This means that they are smaller, usually 4...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise