MACDONALD, ROSS, - Self-Portrait: Ceaselessly Into The Past.

Santa Barbara, CA: Capra Press, 1981. 1st Edition. 1st edition/1st printing. The author's real name is, of course, Kenneth Millar. Near fine book is bound in red cloth with black lettering on the spine. It is clean, straight & tight with a touch of rubbing to spine ends and corners. The dust jacket is clean and bright and has light edgewear and two small edge tears that are internally mended. Has the infamous signed photo of Millar on the back panel (signed on the original photograph, not on this dustjacket). Foreword is written by Eudora Welty and book is edited and with an Afterword by Ralph B. Sipper. Kenneth Millar, who has written more than twenty books under the pen name Ross MacDonald, has long been recognized as one of the very best crime novelists produced by America--from dj. In this book are collected insights into the man, from essays, introductions to his fiction and interviews. Very interesting book. 9 1/4" x 6 1/4"; 129 pages. NF/VG+.