Macdonald (John Ross, pseud. Kenneth Millar) The Barbarous Coast
£125
London, Cassell, 1957.
First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.
Lew Archer’s attempt to locate a missing young woman associated with an upscale Malibu country club, an early foreshadowing of Macdonald’s later treatment of cross-generational themes.
In stock
Bookseller’s small sticker to front pastedown; boards very good; jacket price-clipped, edge wear, some creasing and chipping to spine ends.
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