Publication details: New York: Alfred A. Knopf,1952,
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Inscribed by the author on the flyleaf, using a familiar form of his real name, to friends in Santa Barbara - the setting for the Lew Archer novels: 'For Hugh and Josie, who have made Santa Barbara a more interesting place to live in. Affectionately, Ken'.The fourth Lew Archer novel; the blurb compares the author to Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Eric Ambler.
FIRST EDITION pp. [v], 240, crown 8vo, original patterned orange boards, the backstrip with lettering printed in black on a white panel, slight lean to spine with edges gently rubbed, top edge grey with others roughtrimmed, a couple of very faint spots to flyleaf, dustjacket slightly chipped, nicked and rubbed at extremities, very good
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