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Tag: ross macdonald
The Dark Tunnel x 6
1944 Dodd Mead hardcover, first edition
author’s first novel, Lew Archer was a few years away
1950 Lion reissue – cover art by E. Walter
1955 Lion reissue with different title
cover art by Clark Hulings
1983 Bantam reissue – cover art by James Marsh
The Underground Man x 11
1971 Knopf hardcover, first edition – cover design by Hal Seigel (owner’s copy)
London: Collins Crime Club, 1971. First UK Edition. The 16th novel in the Lew Archer series.
1979 Bantam reissue – cover art by Mitchell Hooks
1992 Warner reissue – cover art by Gary Kelley
1996 Vintage/Black Lizard reissue
Australian 2012 Penguin reissue
Australian 2024 Penguin reissue
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The Moving Target x 13
THE FIRST LEW ARCHER
1949 Knopf hardcover – cover illustration by Bill English
first in the long-running and deservedly respected Lew Archer series by Kenneth Millar, aka Ross Macdonald. After using his father’s name as the pen name for this novel, he was forced by John D. MacDonald to alter it for future novels, and Ross Macdonald was born.
March 1950 Pocket paperback, first printing
cover painting by Harvey Kidder
British 1951 Cassell hardcover
1954 Pan reissue – cover by Sax
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1959 Pocket reissue, third printing – cover art by Jerry Allison (owner’s copy)
1966 Fontana movie tie-in edition
1977 Bantam reissue – cover art by Mitchell Hooks
1984 Bantam reissue – cover art by James Marsh
1998 Vintage/Black Lizard reissue
1990 Warner edition – cover art by Gary Kelley (owner’s copy)
[updated 9/6/25, 8/27/26]
May 1953 issue
The Drowning Pool x 4
December 1959 Pocket paperback, 2nd print
2nd Lew Archer, an August 1950 Knopf hardcover
cover painting by James Meese
1966 Pocket reissue – cover art by Harry Bennett
British 1975 Fontana movie tie-in
Australian 2012 Penguin reissue
Australian 2023 Penguin reissue
[updated 8/20/26]
1949 Dell mapback
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his 3rd novel, a tale of municipal corruption, published two years before his first Lew Archer
[updated 8/26/26]
Meet Me at the Morgue x 10
1953 Knopf hardcover, 1st edition – cover by Bill English
one of the two non-series that he wrote amongst the Archers
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1954 Pocket reissue – cover art by Clark Hulings
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cover art by Sam Peffer
May 1959 Pocket paperback, 3rd print
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1972 Bantam edition, 2nd print
2010 Vintage/Black Lizard reissue
[updated 9/13/25, 8/20/26]
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