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The Barbarous Coast

The Barbarous Coast

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The Barbarous Coast

by Ross Macdonald

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  • Hardcover
  • first
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first edition first printing hardcover in dust jacket (Knopf 1956); no prior owner marks; little age tone to text pages, light offsetting to end papers; tight bind but slight spine lean; clean cover vivid titling; dj edge wear: small shallow chipping at corner tips and spine head; flap price present; some soil to dj back panel B03ambibeb

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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Bookseller
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Bookseller's Inventory #
biblio9095881
Title
The Barbarous Coast
Author
Ross Macdonald
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
first edition
Publisher
Knopf
Date Published
1956
Weight
0.00 lbs

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Tight
Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Jacket
Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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....
Chipping
A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...

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