The Underground Man by Ross Macdonald - 1971-11-01

Hardback. Very Good.

London: Collins/Crime Club. Near Fine in Good+ dust jacket. 1971. First British Edition. Hardcover. 0002318482 . DJ chipped with some edgewear, short tear bottom back DJ spine, some scuffing, sticker stain back flap. Previous owner's name on front free end paper. ; A bright solid, book, DJ in Mylar, unclipped. ; Lew Archer Mystery; 255 pages; As a mysterious fire rages through the hills above a privileged town in Southern California, Archer tracks a missing child who may be the pawn in a marital struggle or the victim of a bizarre kidnapping. What he uncovers amid the ashes is murder—and a trail of motives as combustible as gasoline. The Underground Man is a detective novel of merciless suspense and tragic depth, with an unfaltering insight into the moral ambiguities at the heart of California's version of the American dream.If any writer can be said to have inherited the mantle of Dashiell Hammet and Raymond Chandler, it was Ross Macdonald. Between the late 1940s and his… Read More

First UK Edition, hardback 255 pages, ex-library book with rubber-stamp marks and stickers, good overall condition: binding is tight & most pages are clean. Jacket in fair condition with some wear & tear.

London: Collins Crime Club, 1971. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. Hardcover, spine ends rubbed, otherwise VG in Good+ dustjacket with creasing at spine ends, and small pink mark at top and bottom edge of front panel.

London: Collins Crime Club;. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1971. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0002318482 . 1st edition; 8vo hbk in d/w; scarlet cloth boards; gold gilt lettering to spine; no names or other handwriting inside; tiny amount of foxing to blocked page foredges; d/w not price clipped (1.50) a few tiny nicks to d/w edges, scarcely noticeable; vg+/Vg; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

London: The Crime Cllub, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.