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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970. A beautiful copy of the first printing. Fine condition in a Fine dust jacket. NOT price clipped ($7.95, 04/70). Protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are creamy white, fresh, crisp and unmarked. 1970. First printing with "First Edition" so stated on the copyright page. ARCHER AT LARGE is the First Collected Edition of three previously published Lew Archer novels. It contains: THE GALTON CASE [1959], THE CHILL [1964], and BLACK MONEY [1966]. It also has a new 5-page Foreword by the Author [in 1981 this foreword by Macdonald was reprinted in the Capra Press limited edition, SELF-PORTRAIT, CEASELESSLY INTO THE PAST. See Bruccoli A31]. Top edge tinted yellow. This copy agrees in all respects with the first printing as described in the standard Ross Macdonald…
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