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The Green Ripper
by MacDonald, John D
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0397013620
- ISBN 13
- 9780397013623
- Seller
-
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1979. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Slim Octavo. 221 pp, stated First Edition, with full number line. Board forecorners lightly bumped tips. Binding tight and square, pages clean unmarked and well-preserved. an easy VG all around. Unclipped DJ in acetate protector. .
Synopsis
The Green Ripper is the eighteenth of 21 Travis McGee novels written by John D. McDonald. It won the National Book Award for the category of mystery in 1980, and was the first and only book in that category to receive the award. The plot is centered on revenge against a secretive, terrorist cult that is responsible for killing McGee's lover Gretel. The title is a word play on the name of the Grim Reaper.
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Details
- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008401
- Title
- The Green Ripper
- Author
- MacDonald, John D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0397013620
- ISBN 13
- 9780397013623
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1979
- Size
- Slim Octavo
- Keywords
- John Dann Macdonald - travis mcgee mystery
- Bookseller catalogs
- MYSTERY & SCIFI;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...