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The Scarlet Ruse
by John D. MacDonald
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0690018878
- ISBN 13
- 9780690018875
- Seller
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TORRINGTON, Wyoming, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Lippincott & Crowell, Publishers, 1980. Book. Good+. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. G+/VG, used hc, 262pp. Red colored paper over boards with red cloth and gilt text on spine; very slight edge wear. Color illustrated dust jacket with maroon, purple and white colored text on upper and purple and white text on spine; slight edge wear with small chips at tail of spine. Interior pages clean, unmarked except fore edges which have minor foxing. Binding is tight but slightly canted..
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. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023453
- Title
- The Scarlet Ruse
- Author
- John D. MacDonald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0690018878
- ISBN 13
- 9780690018875
- Publisher
- Lippincott & Crowell, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1980
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- John D. MacDonald, Fiction, Travis McGee, Murder Mystery
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
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TORRINGTON, Wyoming
About PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
We specialize in western history, gun knife and hunting titles. Also try to stock Wyoming history titles. We have a walk-in store on US Hwy 26/85 the most direct route to Fort Laramie National History site..We have what I think is the largest seleciton of weapons titles in SE Wyoming, both new and used. Always looking for good used weapons titles.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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