The Deep Bue Good-By (A Travis McGee Novel)
by MacDonald, John D
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0397010907
- ISBN 13
- 9780397010905
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia/New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1975. First Hardcover Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Book #1 in what would become a 21-book series featuring Travis McGee, the tough war veteran, ex-football player, & ladies man who works as a salvage consultant & takes on cases like a private investigator from his base of operations on a houseboat in Florida. Orig. published as a paperback original (PBO) in 1964, this is the First Hardcover Edition, first printing, from 1975. Quarter blue cloth-wrapped spine, blue paper over remaining boards, gilt lettering to spine. 200 pages. Condition is VG+, downgraded due to old tap residue to both front & rear endpapers from where DJ was affixed to book. It is an Ex-Lib copy, but with only 1 small stamp on title page indicating such & what looks to be a removed card pocket from rear free endpaper. Else, very bright & clean, binding strong & straight, pages creamy white; no foxing. NO writing or underlining or highlighting. The clipped DJ (appearing slightly shorter than the book, typical for this title) is VG: very bright & colorful, with no fading, but slight color loss & to heel of spine; nicely protected in new mylar cover free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive from us, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! All orders processed before 2 pm weekdays (PST) ship same day; weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Seller
- Gargoyle Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 020948
- Title
- The Deep Bue Good-By (A Travis McGee Novel)
- Author
- MacDonald, John D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Hardcover Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0397010907
- ISBN 13
- 9780397010905
- Publisher
- J.B. Lippincott Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia/New York
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- SLEUTHS SALVAGE EX-MILITARY MEN MALE FLORIDA HOUSEBOAT
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery-Thriller-Suspense-Horror;
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La Mesa, California
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