The Instant Enemy

London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good in a Very Good jacket, unclipped (18s. net), lightly toned, creased at the front flap, bumped and with some short tears and shallow chips at the edges. Red paper on the boards, lightly rubbed and bumped, with gilt lettering on the spine. Square, bound with some reading wear, lightly soiled at the edges, clean internally. A Lew Archer novel that sees him hired by a Los Angeles business executive to find his high school-aged daughter who has run off with a homeless boy.