signed first edition Hardcover
1979 · New York
by Macdonald, Ross
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1979. Review Copy. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Signed review copy of Archer in Jeopardy by Ross Macdonald, with an inscription to rare book dealer James Pepper. This omnibus edition of Lew Archer stories includes The Doomsters, The Zebra-Striped Hearse, and The Instant Enemy.. Octavo, vii, 757pp. Blue hardcover, title in silver on cream cloth spine. Blue topstain. Solid text block, faint sunning to top edge, clean interior. In the publisher's dust jacket, $14.95 retail price on front flap, lightly sunned spine, small loss to bottom corner of rear panel. (Penzler 262-263) A vibrant copy. Includes the publisher's review copy slip laid-in at front, with a portrait of the author. Inscribed to a rare book dealer on the title page: "To James Pepper from Ross MacDonald.
(Inventory #: 16459)