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The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper (Signed Copy)
by John D MacDonald
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0397009534
- ISBN 13
- 9780397009534
- Seller
-
Tomball, Texas, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
First Hardcover Edition/First Printing with the "373" code to the top of the front flap and the $5.95 price to the bottom of the front flap; A Near Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed by the author to the half title page. An outstanding copy of this Travis McGee novel; somewhat scarce in near fine condition or better; rare signed. This copy is in near fine condition with only a couple of age spots to the end papers and some light spotting to the exterior text block; housed in a crisp and bright near fine dust jacket that shows only some moderate fading to the spine and top edges, and some very slight rubbing to the spine edges. A well preserved copy, made unique with MacDonald's signature. Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship in a sturdy box.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3561
- Title
- The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper (Signed Copy)
- Author
- John D MacDonald
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0397009534
- ISBN 13
- 9780397009534
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- First Edition, Hardcover
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery;
Terms of Sale
Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA
Bryan H. Young D.V.M.dba Grayshelf Books, 19111 Desert Eagle Dr., Tomball, Tx 77377Email - bhydvm@gmail.comWe accept payment by Paypal, Visa, Mastercard, checks, or money orders.Texas residents please add 8% sales tax.We guarantee all books to be as described.Additional scans of books will be provided upon request.
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About the Seller
Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Tomball, Texas
About Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA
Grayshelf Books is an online collectors library originating out of the love of collecting rare books. We specialize, but are not limited to, modern first editions from the 20th and 21st century. We also maintain inventory of rare works in the Science Fiction and Horror genres. We guarantee all of our books in regards to condition stated on the listings and all books are protected in mylar covers and shipped with the utmost care in sturdy boxes. Thanks for viewing our listings!
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- Inscribed
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- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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