The Scarlet Ruse #14 by MacDonald, John D - 1973

NY: Lippincott & Crowell, 1973. BCE/BOMC. Hardcover_buckram spine. Near Fine/Good. Don Brautigam. 5.75"x8.5" 505 pgs. Gray boards under red bucram spine w/black letters. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped (no price), & unmarked. Faint edge and shelf wear to DJ w/soft toning & color transfer. Faint foxing. Mended edge. Secure ship w/track #. The Scarlet Ruse: Travis McGee is too busy with his houseboat to pay attention to the little old man with the missing postage stamps. Except these are no ordinary stamps. They are rare stamps. Four hundred thousand dollars worth of rare. And if McGee doesn't recognize their value, perhaps Mary Alice McDermit does, a six-foot knockout who knows all the ways to a boat bum's heart. Only it's not McGee's heart that's in danger. Because a syndicate killer has put a contract on McGee. A killer who knows something about stamps . . . and even more about McGee. The Deep Blue Good-by: He's a self-described beach bum who won his… Read More

Canada: Fawcett Gold Medal Book., 1973. Book. Illus. by GGA (Good Girl Painted Cover). Very Good/ Fine. Soft cover. First Edition By This Publisher.. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall.. 318 pages "McGee was too busy with his beloved houseboat, The Busted Flush, to pay attention to the little old man with his missing postage stamps. Except that they weren't ordinary stamps. No indeed. They were rare stamps. Four hundred thousand dollars' worth.">> Indents & creasing to covers;.