MACDONALD, Ross, pseudonym of Kenneth MILLAR (1915-1983). The Moving Target. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1949.
8vo. Original brown cloth, boards and spine stamped in green (binding worn, soiled, endleaves a bit toned, foxed); original dust jacket (one tape repair to verso, spine sunned, chipped, jacket panels toned, soiled, foxed, with several marginal tears).
FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST LEW ARCHER NOVEL. Macdonald later wrote the rest of the Archer novels as Ross Macdonald. This is the basis of the 1966 mystery film, Harper, starring Paul Newman and Lauren Bacall, directed by Jack Smight, from a screenplay by William Goldman. This film won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Motion Picture. Bruccoli A5.1.a. A HAYCRAFT-QUEEN CORNERSTONE.