Hi Jeff,
I'm probably not telling you anything you don't already know,
but on the remote chance this is not the case, you might want
to try checking out Buckingham Books. They specialize in
first and early editions of several different literary
genres. The URL is:
http://www.buckinghambooks.com/
In addition to a copy of the book you designed, I also have a
copy of the 1971 Bantam paperback edition, which lists the
second edition as March 1955.
I hope some of this helps. Good luck!
Harry
Quoting jeffwong_ny <
jeffwong_ny@yahoo.com>:
> Hi - My name is Jeff Wong. I am a longtime Ken
Millar/Ross Macdonald
> fan and collector. My name may ring a bell for some
of you:
> I "designed"* and illustrated the cover for Crippen
& Landru's
> definitive collection of Lew Archer short stories,
THE ARCHER FILES,
> which came out last year (it was a dream come
true).
>
> I'll be happy to discuss Millar's writing here, but,
I was hoping to
> reach out to the list to solve a book collecting
mystery that has
> been plaguing me for over 20 years; I suspect a good
many of the
> readers and participants here also happen to be book
collectors, so,
> I am appealing to that contingent. I hope my post is
not out of line.
>
> I'm desperately trying to find the 1955 2nd printing
of THE NAME IS
> ARCHER from Bantam Books. In Matthew J. Bruccoli's
excellent
> bibliography from Pittsburgh University Press, he
noted the existence
> of this book, but, had not examined a copy (I've
been in touch with
> him, but, he can't recall at this late date the
circumstances of his
> noting this entry). He may have assumed its
existence based on
> Bantam's printed history in the 1966 edition of THE
NAME IS ARCHER,
> which is listed as the 3rd printing. A paperback
dealer friend thinks
> he may have seen or handled a 2nd printing, but,
isn't 100% positive.
> The literary executor of the Millar estate has never
seen a copy.
>
> Has anyone here ever come across a 2nd printing of
Bantam 1295? If it
> exists, it's possible it was a Canadian printing,
but, research
> suggests it would more likely have been an American
printing. I may
> in fact be chasing a ghost. Any help or leads would
be much
> appreciated.
>
> *I use the term "designed" loosely, as I mainly aped
the original
> Bantam paperback's design with a tip of the hat to
the original cover
> artist, Mitchell Hooks. If anyone is interested in
the genesis of the
> cover design, my website has an entire section
devoted to its
> creation: http://www.jeffwong.com
>
>
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