Robert B. Parker — Looking for Rachel Wallace

New York, Seymour Lawrence, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this tale of kidnaping and corruption by Robert B. Parker. First edition. After being fired as protection for the eponymous Rachel Wallace, a lesbian feminist activist, Spenser hears that she has been kidnapped and the police have little to go on. Spenser feels duty-bound to find her and his investigation leads him to an anti-communist, anti-gay organization loosely affiliated with the local Ku Klux Klan. Written by Robert Brown Parker, an American writer of mystery and detective fiction best known for his forty novels about the fictional private detective Spenser. In the original black quarter cloth with blue boards. Externally, excellent with light shelf wear to the extremities. Unclipped dust wrapper also excellent with minor shelf wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Very small closed tear to final page. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.