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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. David Macaulay. An illustrated picture book, winner of the 1991 Caldecott Medal. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with some tanning to the white spine. Caldecott Medal sticker on the front cover. Very nicely inscribed with a drawing of a burglar to Stephen Jay Gould, referencing Gould's love of baseball: "February 25, 1992, to Stephen Jay Gould [drawing] Crime pays but not in baseball. David Macaulay." Gould was one of the leading evolutionary theorisst of his era, a popular science writer, and a big baseball fan.

New York: J. P. Lippincott Company, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. The first US hardcover edition of this Travis McGee novel first published as a paperback original in 1968. 276 pages. First edition (first printing, with no later printings noted). Page edges foxed, thus very good in a spine-faded dust jacket with a short tear on the back panel.

New York: Harper & Row, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. The 20th installment in the Travis McGee series. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with a few short edge tears. This copy is signed twice by MacDonald, the first inscription reads "For Edith with love, John and Dorothy." A second full signature is dated "6 June 1982." Your cataloguer has seen another book inscribed to Edith and Harry-apparently they were friends and knew both MacDonald and his wife Dorothy.

New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. The first US hardcover of a Travis McGee novel first published in 1966 (the first hardcover edition was published in London). 286 pages. First edition (numberline ending in 1). A very good copy in a very good, somewhat spine-faded dust jacket with a few edge tears at the base of the spine.

New York: Harper, 1982. Uncorrected Proof. Trade paperback. Near fine. The uncorrected proof of the entire collection (there was also a single story distributed as a promotional item). Uncorrected proof in printed red wrappers (paperback). Near fine. Signed by MacDonald, and uncommon thus.

Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. The fifth Travis McGee novel, originally published as a massmarket paperback in 1966 and then in hardcover in England in 1967. This is the first American hardcover edition. First US hardcover edition (first printing). A near fine copy in a dust jacket with light wear at the spine ends and a small puncture to the rear panel. This jacket has the date code 175 on the top of the front flap (copies are also known without the code).

New York: Greenberg, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. The author's second (and last?) science fiction novel. First edition (first printing). A very nice copy, with minor bumping to the corners of the boards. The jacket has minor wear at the corners and the spine ends. A very nice, bright copy.

Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. The first American hardcover edition of the 13th Travis McGee mystery. Originally published in paperback in 1972. The UK hardcover came out in 1973. First hardcover edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A very good copy with foxed page edges in a partially spinefaded dust jacket. No remainder spray.

New York: Harper & Row, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. A comic account of of life on a cruise ship, written by the captain with the help of the mystery writer John D. MacDonald. "The least common of [MacDonald's] late-career hardcovers"-Firsts Magazine, Nov. 2002. 305 pages. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. Minor chipping at the spine ends.

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. The 12th Travis McGee mystery. This is the first hardcover edition, published in February 1972, a month before the UK hardbound version, according to Firsts Magazine (Nov. 2002, John D. MacDonald special issue). The true first was a massmarket paperback, published in 1970. First hardcover edition (first printing). Shelf wear to the bottom edges, a slight spine lean, and a bit of foxing to the page edges, but a solid copy in a very good dust jacket with light wear to the spine ends and a bit of tanning. The jacket is slightly smaller than the book, which is how the jacket for this book was manufactured. The jacket is priced at $5.50 and has the code 372 at the top of the front flap, as called for.

London: Robert Hale, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The first hardcover edition of John D. MacDonald's third novel, from 1951. According to the title page, the print run was just 400 copies. First hardcover and UK edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. An early hardcover novel from MacDonald. This stand-alone book is a comic novel set in an art school in Cuernavaca, Mexico. According to Firsts Magazine (Nov. 2002), only 3000 copies were sold. First edition (stated first printing). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. The jacket spine is a bit faded and the corners are lightly worn; there's a short tear at the top of the front panel. Signed by MacDonald on the front free endpaper, which is a bit foxed. Scarce signed.

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Near fine. The first US hardcover edition of the first Travis Magee book (originally published as a paperback original in 1964). The British publisher Hale issued the first hardcover. 200 pages. First US hardcover edition (first printing with "First hardbound edition 1975" on the copyright page and no later printings noted). A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with very minor wear. Remainder mark on bottom of page block and some sun fading to the board edges. The jacket is too short for the book, as usual.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. A novel about a TV preacher by the author of the Travis McGee mysteries. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy (light dust spotting to top edge) in a near fine dust jacket (bit of lamination peel along top edge). Signed by MacDonald on the front free endpaper. With a review slip and a promotional postcard laid in.

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. The hardcover version of the 7th Travis McGee novel, "the most difficult of all [Lippincott's] McGees to find" (Firsts Magazine, Nov. 2002). The novel was first published in paperback in 1966 and then in hardcover in the UK in 1967; this is the first American hardcover edition. First edition (first printing, with no indication of later printing). Mild spine lean; large Marine Barracks stamp on the front pastedown, thus very good in a spine-faded dust jacket with a number of tears and snags. The jacket is the first printing jacket, priced at $4.95 with the 470 code at the top of the front flap. A decent copy of a book that is hard to find in nice condition.

New York: Harper & Row, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The 19th Travis McGee mystery. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket, signed by MacDonald on the half-title page.

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1976. Second Printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. The first US hardcover edition of the second Travis Magee book (originally published as a paperback original in 1964). The British publisher Hale issued the first hardcover. 191 pages. Stated second printing of the US hardcover edition, with a second printing statement on the front flap of the jacket. A very good hardcover copy in a like dust jacket with edge wear and a bit of spine fading. The book has a REMAINDER mark on the bottom edge and foxing on the page edges.

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very good. The 11th Travis McGee mystery. This is the first hardcover edition, published in February 1971, a month before the UK, according to Firsts Magazine (Nov. 2002, John D. MacDonald special issue). The true first was a massmarket paperback, published in 1969. First hardcover edition (first printing, with no indication of later printings). Likely an exlibrary copy, with an ink line on the top edge and new endpapers. The jacket is very good, priced at $5.50 and with the code 271 at the top of the front flap, as called for.

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Near fine. The first American hardcover issue of the fourth Travis McGee novel, first published in paperback in 1964 and in hardcover in London in 1966. The first US hardcover issue (first printing, with no indication of later printings). A near fine hardcover copy with a slight spine lean in a near fine, very slightly spine faded dust jacket. The dust jacket has light wear at the spine ends and corners. The jacket is the correct first printing jacket with a $5.95 price and 374 date code on the front flap. One of the less common of early Lippincott hardcovers.

New York: Harper & Row, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. The 20th installment in the Travis McGee series. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket, signed by MacDonald on the half-title page.