Lew Ken (8 results)

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Wildside Press, 2005, 4to, 127 pages, illustrations. Softcover edition, facsimile edition of December 1939 edition, near fine. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Vinyl. Condition: Very Good. Both sides near mint to mint in VG+ jacket showing minimal wear. London red label LL. 1444. Nice!

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Very good condition. Light wear. Binding tight, pages clean. Pictures available upon request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 298 pp. Includes: illustrations, index.

Cloth. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. Signed first edition of Archer in Hollywood by Ross Macdonald, inscribed to his lawyer, Harris Seed. This omnibus edition of Lew Archer stories includes The Moving Target, The Way Some People Die, and The Barbarous Coast. (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, ix, 528pp. Yellow cloth, title in blue on spine. Blue topstain, lightly sunned and foxed. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page. Solid text block, small points of wear to spine and front endpaper, otherwise fine. In the publisher's dust jacket, $6.95 retail price on front flap, faint shelf wear. (Penzler 262-263) A vibrant example. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "Santa Barbara / Feb. 1 /67 / For Harris, with profound thanks for his brilliant and powerful representation. Ken." A nice association copy between Ross Macdonald and his longtime lawyer and friend. Kenneth Millar, signed "Ken" in this copy, used numerous pseudonyms over his career, including John Macdonald, John Ross Macdonald, and Ross Macdonald. These pen names, made up of popular Millar family names, were used to help avoid confusion between Kenneth and his wife, Margaret, who was also a mystery fiction author. Signed.

Condition: Good. Autograph collection assembled by John Wilkinson of England. 52 pieces.Collection of cards, album pages and clipped magazine photographs signed by prominent tennis champions, including: Rod Laver (signed card and colour magazine photograph), Andres Gimeno (signed colour magazine portrait), Evonne Goolagong-Cawley (signed black and white magazine photograph), Tony Roche (signed album page, Arthur Ashe (signed newspaper photograph), Neale Fraser (signed card), Roy Emerson (signed card), Lew Hoad (signed card), John Newcombe (signed album page "to John, thank you for your kind letter. Wishing you good luck"), Maria Bueno (signed card), Ann Jones (signed card), Virginia Wafe (signed card), Darlene Hard (signed album page "Best wishes to you and your family" and black and white magazine photograph), Pancho Gonzalez (signed card), Nicola Pietrangeli (signed card), Bill Bowrey (signed card), Nancy Richey (signed and "Dear John, Thanks so much for your letter"), Lesley Bowrey (signed card), Kerry Melville (signed card), Francoise Durr (signed card "All my best wishes"), Ken Fletcher (signed card "To John, Best Wishes"), Frew McMillan (signed card "All the very best john"), Bob Hewitt (signed card), Dennis Ralston (signed card and colour magazine photograph), Pierre Barthes (signed photograph), Tom Okker (signed card), Rosemary Casals (signed card and black and white magazine photograph), Judy Tegart (signed card "To John, with very best wishes"), Julie Heldman (signed card), Helga Nissen (signed album page), Winnie Shaw (signed album page and clipped newspaper photograph), Annette Du Plooy (clipped signature and newspaper photograph), Tom Gorman (signed album page), Clark Graebner (signed card, dated 1968), Marty Riessen (signed card "To John, thank you for your kind letter. Best wishes and good luck in the future"), Cliff Drysdale (signed card "To John, very best wishes"), Zejlko Franulovic (signed colour magazine photograph), Charlie Pasarell (signed card), Mark Cox (signed card and colour magazine photograph), Roger Taylor (signed glossy black and white photograph), Martin Mulligan (signed album page), Jan Leschly (signed card, Copenhagen 13 July 1967), Owen Davidson (signed card), Bobby Wilson (signed colour magazine picture) and Butch Buchholz (signed card "To John, wish you the very best of luck", 1969).

Paperback. Condition: Good. Illustrated by Ward, H.J. (Hugh Joseph) - Cover (illustrator). First Edition. 128 pages. Great cover art by H.J. Ward. Stories include: Peril's Highway; Jackaroo; Bayou Madness; Rubies of Empire; Diana Daw; Graveyard of Missing Ships; She-Sheriff Barbara; Dangerous Bequest. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy.; Magazine; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Bellem, Robert Leslie; Trent, Clive; Merrill, Lew; Maxwell, Clayton; Court, Harley L.; Speer, Hugh; Cooper, Ken Spicy-Adventure Stories Magazine, October 1939, Volume 10, Number 6 Peril's Highway; Jackaroo; Bayou Madness; Rubies of Empire; Diana Daw; Grav.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Rare and valuable information and materials. Includes large softcover containing sample documents and two VHS cassettes. Insight and clarity presented here. Near fine volume protected in very good pictorial clamshell case with short hinge split. 332 pages. Insured post. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.