BLUE CITY
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, 1968. First Edition Thus, Later Printing. . Mass Market Paperback. Good Plus to Very Good. Vintage paperback, Bantam F3867; an early MacDonald hard-boiled mystery featuring Johnny Weather, discharged from the Army, who returned home to find his father murdered and his father's young wife ready to buy his silence with her body; Third Printing of First Bantam Edition (originally published in hardcover in1947); text is clean, tight, lightly age-tanned with a slight spine lean in pictorial wrappers showing only minor surface and edgewear.
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
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002002
- Title
- BLUE CITY
- Author
- MacDonald, Ross (Kenneth Millar)
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus to Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus, Later Printing.
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Bantam Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- MYSTERY, AMATEUR SLEUTH, VINTAGE PAPERBACK, HARD-BOILED, NOIR,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery; Vintage Paperback; Amateur Sleuth;
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
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- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- 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....
- Mass Market
- Mass market paperback books, or MMPBs, are printed for large audiences cheaply. This means that they are smaller, usually 4...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.