The Name is Archer by Macdonald, John Ross - 1955

NY: Bantam Books, 1955. Paperback Original. The author's only first edition iin paperback. Cover by Hooks.Light-moderate wear. Photos on request. Size: Mass Market. First Printing, Feb. 1955. #1295.. Paperback. Good-.

Bantam Books. New York: Bantam Books, Inc. , 1971 reprint. 5996 almost near fine paperback,

Bantam Books. New York: Bantam Books, Inc. , 1971 reprint. 5996 near fine paperback,

New York: Bantam Books. Good+. 1955. First Edition. Paperback. Softcover in pictorial wraps. First printing of first edition. A Bantam Mystery paperback original, #1295, with 25 cents cover price. Book is clean and crisp; spine is slightly slanted, binding is loose, and there is a soft vertical crease to front cover. Contains five Lew Archer stories "under one cover for the first time. " They are Find the Woman, Gone Girl, The Bearded Lady, The Suicide, Guilt-Edged Blonde, The Sinister Habit, and Wild Goose Chase. 194 pp. .

New York: Bantam Books, 1955. 194 pages. "Under one cover for the first time, Bantam Books bring you these stories about Lew Archer--stories which have raised John Ross Macdonald to the top among mystery writers." Book is clean and tight with minor reading creases to spine, minor edgewear, a small stain to edge of inside front cover & first page, and pages are uniformly tanned. Much nicer than it sounds--A nice first edition with an attractive pictorial cover.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback.

NY: Bantam Books; (1955). First Edition . Mass Market Paperback. Paperback original (Bantam #1295), very good in original wraps. Very light spotting near top of covers; pages are starting to brown. Reading creases on spine; book opens a little too far in front of page 11. No names or other markings in or on book. Seven Lew Archer short stories written from 1946 to 1954.

New York: Bantam Books, 1955. Hint of edge and corner wear, gently scuffed, overall a very crisp and clean first Bantam Books edition! The first Lew Archer novel! Extremely rare and hard-to-find! 194 unmarked and uncreased, suspense-filled and mystery-riddled pages! Very very scarce! ".....Lew Archer, private detective in the land of dreams ---- California; in the land of peaches and honey, misery and murder ---- male and female! The name is Archer and don't get me wrong ---- It's not that women are greedier than men.....No, it's not that, necessarily, or even that they cause more trouble than men, it's just that ---- well ---- If you stick a lighted match into a barrel of gasoline something;s going to happen, and as far as men are concerned that's what women are ---- a lighted match. Take the case of The Guilt-Edged Blonde or the Gone Girl or ---- but better yet, just turn the page ---- And don't forget ---- the name is Archer.". First Thus. Mass Market Paperback.… Read More

Bantam Books. New York: Bantam Books, Inc. , , 1955 first edition . 1295 very good -fine, reading crease PBO. Cover by Hooks. Author's only first edition in paperback. ,

NY: Bantam. VG+. 1955. 1st Edition. Paperback. Bantam #1295, 1955. First Bantam printing, paperback original. VG+ con dition. Very slight spine lean. Rubs to the book's corners and spine t ips. Mild dust soiling to the wrappers. Cover art by Mitchell Hooks. .

Bantam 1295, 1955 Paperback original, vg-vg+. First Edition, Paperback Original.