NEON JUNGLE: Gold Medal Book #S-790
by MacDonald, John D. [Dann]
- Used
- very good
- 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. (1958) 176 pp. Original pictorial wraps, lightly soiled. Crease to spine. Light foxing throughout. Edges of leaves age toned.. Second Printing. 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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Details
- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 494PB
- Title
- NEON JUNGLE: Gold Medal Book #S-790
- Author
- MacDonald, John D. [Dann]
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Publisher
- Fawcett Publications, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Greenwich, CT
- Keywords
- LITERATURE FICTION GENERAL NOVELS AUTHORS MACDONALD JOHN DANN 1916 1986 LITERARY WORKS PAPERBACK BOOKS
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 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...
- 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...
- Pictorial Wraps
- Pictorial wraps are color illustrated covers for paperback books. Preceding mass-market paperbacks, this format brought popular...
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