Three Roads by Millar Kenneth (32 results)

Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Condition: Good+. #497, Mapback, First Printing. 222pp. Cover by Bob Stanley. Light general wear. Photos on request. Size: Mass Market.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. #497. Paperback. Mapback. Unabridged. 222pp. Good-Very Good. Mod chipped readers crease & small stress creases detract light-mod. Fore-crnr of ff clipped wi/out loss of text. Leaves light-mod edge brwnd. Tight. Bright. No marks.

Mass market. Condition: Fair. Paperback. Text unmarked. Covers show edge wear with creases and soiling.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.

Soft cover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Issued. 1st PB Edition. An uncommon book. Dell 497.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Spine has no wrinkles, but front cover has a few close to the spine. Color front cover is clear and bright. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. FIRST THUS. First Edition Thus, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Dell Publishing, 1948. 12mo. Paperback. Code of 497 on cover and spine. Book is very good. Covers have some light shelf wear. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. digest sized paperback 222 pp. The front cover near the spine has a couple of creases to it. There is a fold and crease to the upper right-hand corner of the front cover. There is a stain on the tip register of the back cover. The spine is intact with no crease and only a slight roll which is more of a bevel. The text block is intact. It is in incredible condition for a book that is 77 years old. Perfect for the collector of vintage mystery fiction. From the back cover: "Brutal murder in sunny California is traced by a clue in the darkness of a man's lost memory." The map shows Los Angeles circa 1948 and could show some infamous crime scene locations. This is one of the sought-after Dell Map Back series of books which published maps of the main scenes on the back cover. Dell 497. Bob Stanley (cover) (illustrator).…

hardcover. No Jacket. First Edition. New York. 1948. Knopf. 1st Edition. Bookplate in Front and Dustjacket Flaps Pasted to Rear Endpapers, Otherwise Very Good. No Dustjacket. 223 pages. hardcover. keywords: Mystery California. DESCRIPTION - This is the tale of a man whose sanity and chance for happiness depend on his ability to recapture his unremembered past. Forget the past, cries Paula, who loves him but doesn't understand. I've got to remember it first, is Bret's grim answer. Any reader who starts back into the past with Bret will remain trapped at his side, for lying at the core of the darkness of this man's memory is a brutal, unsolved murder, Kenneth Millar, who has aptly been likened to James M. Cain and his brethren for the fast-moving, hard-boiled quality of his writing, starts his latest work at a slow, steady pitch that builds up and up till tension and suspense reach an unbearable high, and then - with all the sudden surefire speed and violence of a roller-coaster descent - takes his story into action. inventory #10898 Bookplate in Front and Dustjacket Flaps Pasted to Rear Endpapers, Otherwise Very Good. No Dustjacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Brown cloth first edition has light wear to points. Small stain to half title page. No jacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

PARIS, NRF / Gallimard [Brodard et Taupin, Paris-Coulommiers / Laquage Typolaque (pour la jaquette)] - Copyright 1950 - ACHEVÉ D'IMPRIMER LE 15 NOVEMBRE 1950 / [DL 4e trimestre 1950 [N° éditeur: 2260 / N° imprimeur: 8008] - C.18,5x12,5x1,9 cm - Cartonnage éditeur rouge et vert titré en rouge; jaquette blanche et verte laquée NON numérotée titrée en blanc et rouge, 4e de couverture au catalogue de la collection en blanc sur vert (12 titres); 249 et (5) pages. (Collection Série Blême, sous la direction de Marcel Duhamel - N° 14 - 150 fr.). Bon état.BIEN COMPLET DE SA JAQUETTE. Première édition dans la collection: 14 titres au catalogue (intérieur). La série aura 22 titres. . Français Livres. …

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Blue letttered beige cloth in pictorial dust jacket. Fade to top stain. Some foxing to front edge. Vertical tear to dj spine along seam. Still a pretty sharp copy of early Ross MacDonald whose real name was used on his early "pre Archer" books.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. First Edition. Macdonald's fourth and last book under his own name. Jacket design by Arthur Hawkins, Jr. This copy is from the Adrian Goldstone collection, with his bookplate. Small bookseller stamps on front pastedown and rear endpaper and tiny initials stamped on lower page edge, else near fine in very good plus dustjacket with light soiling, a few nicks and minor rubbing and wear at spine ends and corners. Hawkins, Jr., Arthur (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. FIRST. A FINE FIRST EDITION IN DJ WITH SIGNED CARD LAIN IN. LAID IN. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: About Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: About Fine. 1st. Beige cloth with blue titles in decorative dust jacket. Small ownership stamp to front endpaper. Dust jacket slightly worn at head and heel of the spine. Otherwise a fine copy of an early Millar.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 223 pages. First Edition, first printing. Macdonald's fourth novel and last as Millar. Dust jacket artwork by Arthur Hawkins. Inscribed on the first sheet as both Millar & Macdonald. Fine book with only a slight amount of fading to the to the top edge in a fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to the top and bottom of the spine. A beautiful copy. Hawkins, Jr., Arthur (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Ex-rental library copy. First edition (as stated upon copyright page). pages. Hardcover: H 19.75cm x L 13.5cm. Dust jacket with semi-surrealist front panel illustration by Arthur Hawkins, Jr. Dj rubbed with a few nicks at panel edges, shallow chipping at both spine ends, lengthwise swath of horizontal toning at top of front panel, rear panel has toning at top edge and vertical swath along flap fold, patch of surface peeling at both top and bottom of rear panel as well, toning at top and bottom edges of both flaps with black tape residue at terminal edges, small loss at front flap's top corner. Brown boards decorated with blue stamping, obtrusive black tape strips adhered at descending and ascending from top and bottom edges of each board with some residue where tape was partially removed, small patch of surface peeling to front board from tape removal, minor bumping and slight scuffing at spine ends. Foxing to edges and particularly strong upon fore-edge; toning to endpapers; vertical residue from removed tape strips on each pastedown; front free endpaper's top right has date stamp (May 31, 1948) and three-line ink notation regarding lending prices (the only lending library mark now present); ffep also chipped at bottom fore-edge corner with toning affecting front flyleaf's bottom corner; occasional foxing/brown staining to interior pages. Binding is firm. Kenneth Millar achieved fame as a mystery writer under his pseudonym Ross Macdonald (aka John Macdonald and John Ross Macdonald). THE THREE ROADS was Millar's fourth book following THE DARK TUNNEL (NY: Dodd, Mead, 1944), TROUBLE FOLLOWS ME (NY: Dodd, Mead, 1946), and BLUE CITY (NY: Knopf, 1947). THE THREE ROADS had a cinematic adaptation released in 1980 under the title "Deadly Companion" starring Michael Sarrazin and Anthony Perkins.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine (Facsimilie Dust jacket). First American Edition. First edition stated. Light brown boards with dark blue lettering to spine and both boards is clean and fresh. Small rubber stamp of Lending Library on front endpaper and four small rubber stamp dates and one ink date on last endpaper. No other markings. Hinge solid. Tight and square. Jacket is a professionally made facsimile with no flaws protected in mylar cover. Author's 4th novel. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The Three Roads by Kenneth Millar (First Edition) A bright copy. Previous owners name written in pen to front free end paper Slightly worn dust jacket; tape to the interior top and bottom of the spine; shelf wear; crease down center of the spine First Edition stated. Author's fourth book and last before changing to the Ross Macdonald pseudonym. BOOK. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very good +. very good +. Stated First edition. 8vo. Publisher's brown textured cloth, with blue spine lettering and decoration on both covers. Gray top stain. 223 pages. Slightly cocked. No names or marks. Illustrated dust-jacket (with price clipped), designed by Arthur Hawkins, Jr., has the slightest wear to corners. A crisp, unmarked copy of the first edition, first printing, in original dust-jacket, of Kenneth Millar's fourth novel.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Brown cloth titled in blue, gray topstain. Stated first edition. Hint of foxing to textblock edge. Tight and square. The DJ in mylar is rubbed to points, faintly soiled, very small dampstain to flap corner, price clipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First edition. Fourth novel by author (1915-1983) before he also started using the pseudonym Ross Macdonald. Small board corner bumps. Dust jacket with $2.50 price on flap has a few scratches on the rear panel and light edgewear.

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition of this well-received mystery by Ross Macdonald, considered by critics as one of the 'holy trinity of American crime writers' with Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler. 8vo. 223 pp. A near fine copy in brown cloth, black titles to the spine in a very good pictorial dustwrapper with light overall use and some unfortunate staining primarily to the back panel. Very uncommon. This is a scarce first edition of one of Ross Macdonald's early mysteries. Macdonald is widely regarded as one of the "holy trinity" of American crime writers, alongside Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler. The Three Roads was later adapted into the film Deadly Companion starring Michael Sarrazin and Anthony Perkins.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Author's Very Rare Fourth Book Fine Copy In A Near Fine Jacket.$2.50 on Flap.Stated First Edition.Signed on Half-Title. Book Plate Under Front Flap.Excellent Fresh Copy. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. The Three Roads by Kenneth Millar; (First Edition) Sharp bright copy Minor wear on top to bottom of spine; minor rubbing on front and back cover First Edition. Author's fourth book and last before changing to the Ross Macdonald pseudonym. BOOK.…

NF/VG+. BOOK IS FINE BUT FOR A SLIGHT LEAN OF THE SPINE AND SOME RUBBING OF THE SPINE ENDS. D.J. IS LIGHTLY WORN AT THE CORNERS AND FRONT SPINE EDGE WITH SOME LIGHT BROWN STAINING ALONG THE BOTTOM OF THE FRONT PANEL, A COUPLE OF TINY EDGE TEARS, AND A COUPLE OF SPOTTED STAINS ON THE LIGHTLY SOILED REAR PANEL THAT HAS A COUPLE OF TINY HOLES. A VERY NICE COPY OF A SCARCE BOOK. FIRST EDITION.…

Condition: Near fine in near fine jacket. dj. First edition. First printing of Millar's fourth novel, the final one using his given name. Like Raymond Chandler before him (and to whom he is often compared), Ross Macdonald (pseudonym Kenneth Millar) straddled the worlds of genre and literary fiction. In the famous words of fellow novelist William Goldman, he created "the finest series of detective novels ever written by an American." Across more than 20 books, including his acclaimed and best-known Lew Archer series (named for Sam Spade's partner), Macdonald earned both popular and critical praise, culminating in his 1974 Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America for lifetime achievement, their highest honor. Since his death in 1986, Macdonald's reputation has only grown. Indeed, reviewing for THE BAFFLER the author's 2015 inclusion in the august Library of America, writer Andrew Bacevich praised Macdonald as a "pulp maestro." An uncommonly nice example of this early work, a psychologically influenced murder mystery with strong thriller strains (and his first set in California). 7.5'' x 5''. Original full brown cloth with blue-stamped titles. In original unclipped ($2.50) color pictorial jacket designed by Arthur Hawkins, Jr. [12], 224, [4] pages. Mild toning to jacket. Touches of edgewear. Overall, sharp. Book has slight lean. Else sound and clean. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good ++ / Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. First Edition. A US first edition, first impression. THE WRAPPER : The wrapper on this copy is bright and complete. It is unclipped. The front panel is bright and unfaded, showing trivial soiling to the main body and negligible bruising to the corners. The spine is bright and unfaded. The back panel is soiled and shows two gentle scuffs to the main body. Looks sharp. THE BOOK : The book is square and very tight. There are no previous ownership inscriptions. The boards are clean. The corners are sharp. The spine ends are inconsequentially bruised. The pages are clean and bright. The closed page edges are unmarked. No foxing. No spotting. No dog-eared pages. The binding is solid - no cracked hinges. This copy has been SIGNED Kenneth Millar and Ross MacDonald by the author on the dedication page. A very nice copy in a protected wrapper. Paypal accepted. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine to Fine. Very Good Plus. First American Edition. First editiion stated. Brown weave pattern boards with blue stamping to spine and front board are clean and fresh. Two very light bumps to boards, else fine. Unmarked, tight and square. Blue topstain consistent. Price intact jacket has tape repair at head of spine but no tears, chips or creasing. Rear panel has moderate rubbing. Some light paper loss at at rear fold tips. His fourth novel and last as Kenneth Millar. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

[MACDONALD, ROSS]. First edition. Author's fourth book. Inscribed by the author on the title page "To one of my best readers, Kenneth Millar." Fine, bright copy in dust jacket with minor wear to spine ends and a tiny nick to top edge of the rear cover. Jacket design by Arthur Hawkins, Jr. An attractive copy housed in a cloth slipcase. A psychological thriller set in Los Angeles. Lieutenant Bret Taylor married his wife after knowing her only over a single overnight drinking binge while on shore leave during the war. His ship is bombed out of the water and he returns home to find his wife freshly murdered in the home he bought but had never seen. The shock of the two events sends him into a mental lapse, and he's in an asylum. The woman who loves him, a successful screenwriter, calls in a specialist who jogs his memory . and his sense of duty. Taylor hits the streets of Los Angeles, digging through his wife's lies and lovers in an attempt to avenge her murder. A psychological thriller. Signed by Author(s).…