The Instant Enemy

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 227pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Perhaps a hint of rubbing to the spine ends but quite minor. Sharp unclipped dust-jacket, ($4.50), has a dog-ear on the rear flap. A touch of toning to edges.. Still fresh… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/near fine. The Instant Enemy by Ross Macdonald, first edition, first printing.. Octavo, 227pp, [3]. Yellow hardcover, blue cloth spine, title stamped in silver on spine. Stated "first edition" on copyright page. Top edge stained yellow. Tape remnants to covers, previous ownership signature on front free endpaper, bookplate… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8x5x0. First edition. Jacket price clipped, minimal wear to jacket spine head. 1968 Hard Cover. 227 pp. Generations of murder, greed and deception come home to roost in time for the most shocking conclusion ever in a Lew Archer novel. At first glance, it's an… Read more about this item

At first glance, it's an open-and-shut missing persons case: a headstrong daughter has run off to be with her hothead juvenile delinquent boyfriend. That is until this bush-league Bonnie & Clyde kidnap Stephen Hackett, a local millionaire industrialist. Now, Archer is offered a coll 100 Gs for Hackett's safe return by his coquettish heiress mother… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968. First edition. A near fine copy, red ink 'D' stamp to front free end paper in a near fine dust jacket, with a few small scratches, some soiling to rear panel. (10648). Octavo, cloth backed boards. A Lew Archer novel. Two teenagers runaway and get involved in a kidnapping.… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); mustard/yellow paper covered boards back in blue cloth; titles stamped in silver on spine; author's crest/initials embossed on front board; yellow top-stain; dustjacket; 227pp. Mild bump to base of spine, else a Fine copy. Dustjacket is price-clipped, light soilng else Near Fine. 14th title in… Read more about this item

Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, 2008-04-08. Reprint. paperback. Used: Good.

Bantam Books, February 1985. Paper Back. Used - Good. Different cover. Good condition. Shows some signs of use/age/shelf wear/creasing. No writing. Stamped inside front cover. Has staining. Front cover has a small tear on side edge. Top right corner of front cover is torn off.

VG+ / VG+. 1968 Knopf, stated First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. MacDonald was hitting on all cylinders at this stage of his career. This title is becoming more difficult to find as of late. Book and jacket both in nice shape, with just a slight spine lean.

Knopf Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. A VERY GOOD FIRST IN dust jacket. NOT PRICE CLIPPED..

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Very good with small stains in margins of a few pages, corner lightly bumped in a very good dustwrapper with modest edgwear.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 227pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Perhaps a hint of toning to edges but barely. Sharp unclipped dust-jacket, ($4.50), has a small price written in at the bottom of the front flap.Light soiling. Still fresh and bright… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968., 1968. First edition. First edition. Fine in dust jacket with a hint of wear to the head of spine. Laid-in to this copy is an invoice from Random House, Inc (who owned Alfred A. Knopf) addressed to Kenneth Millar, (Ross Macdonald) selling him 6 copies of THE INSTANT ENEMY at discount. Lew… Read more about this item

The Instant Enemy (Lew Archer Series, Book # 14) by Ross Macdonald At first glance, it's an open-and-shut missing persons case: a headstrong daughter has run off to be with her hothead juvenile delinquent boyfriend. That is until this bush-league Bonnie & Clyde kidnap Stephen Hackett, a local millionaire industrialist. Now, Archer is offered a coll 100 Gs for Hackett's safe… Read more about this item

NY: Knopf. 1968. vg+. Hardcover. A Lew Archer mystery. Book club edition; 240pp; soiling & small tears to edges of white dust jacket .

Alfred A. Knopf, 1968. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket in good condition. Book club edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. The dust jacket is housed in protective… Read more about this item

London: The Crime Club, 1968. First UK edition. Hardcover, [octavo], red cloth boards, gilt spine titles, pictorial dust jacket, 223 pp. Very good book in very good dust jacket. Jacket design by George Coral.

London: The Crime Club/Collins; (1968). First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First UK edition, fine in a near fine dust jacket. The jacket has minor edgewear and small creases on both flaps. The white background of the jacket is clean and bright. A Lew Archer novel. Publisher's price on jacket flap; no names or other marking in or… Read more about this item

Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, 2008-04-08. Reprint. paperback. Used:Good.

UsedAcceptable. Paperback Book, Obvious wear and tear, may have some damage to the cover, binding or pages, but integrity still intact. No missing pages or anything that would compromise the reading of the book. Tanning or light water stains possible. Ask questions and request photos. Items are uploaded with their own individual photo, but when Multiple Items are… Read more about this item