GIRL IN THE PLAIN BROWN WRAPPER: Gold Medal Book #T-2023
by MacDonald, John D. [Dann]
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good-/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications, Inc. (1968) 256 pp. Original pictorial wraps, lightly soiled w/ crease to top corner of rear cover. Remainder mark to top edge of text block. Slight lean to front cover. Small star stamp to first leaf. Edges of leaves age toned.. Soft Cover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Synopsis
John D. MacDonald was an American novelist and short-story writer. His works include the Travis McGee series and the novel The Executioners, which was adapted into the film Cape Fear . In 1962 MacDonald was named a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America; in 1980, he won a National Book Award. In print he delighted in smashing the bad guys, deflating the pompous, and exposing the venal. In life, he was a truly empathetic man; his friends, family, and colleagues found him to be loyal, generous, and practical. In business, he was fastidiously ethical. About being a writer, he once expressed with gleeful astonishment, “They pay me to do this! They don’t realize, I would pay them.” He spent the later part of his life in Florida with his wife and son. He died in 1986.
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- Shoemaker Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 488PB
- Title
- GIRL IN THE PLAIN BROWN WRAPPER: Gold Medal Book #T-2023
- Author
- MacDonald, John D. [Dann]
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- Fawcett Publications, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Greenwich, CT
- Keywords
- LITERATURE FICTION GENERAL NOVELS MYSTERY MYSTERIES DETECTIVE AND MYSTERY STORIES FICTIONAL CHARACTERS FICTITIOUS CHARACTER MCGEE TRAVIS PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS FORT LAUDERDALE FLORIDA STATE HISTORY FL FLA. AMERICAN HISTORY UNITED STATES AUTHORS MACDONALD J
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Remainder Mark
- Usually an ink marking of some sort which indicates that the book was designated a remainder. In most cases, it can be found on...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Pictorial Wraps
- Pictorial wraps are color illustrated covers for paperback books. Preceding mass-market paperbacks, this format brought popular...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
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