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THE COMPLETE TRAVIS MCGEE SERIES: THE DEEP BLUE GOOD-BY, NIGHTMARE IN PINK, A PURPLE PLACE FOR DYING, THE QUICK RED FOX, A DEADLY SHADE OF GOLD, BRIGHT ORANGE FOR THE SHROUD, DARKER THAN AMBER, ONE FEARFUL YELLOW EYE, PALE GRAY FOR GUILT, THE GIRL IN THE PLAIN BROWN WRAPPER, DRESS HER IN INDIGO, THE LONG LAVENDER LOOK, A TAN AND SANDY SILENCE, THE SCARLET RUSE, THE TURQUOISE LAMENT, THE DREADFUL LEMON SKY, THE EMPTY COPPER SEA, THE GREEN RIPPER, FREE FALL IN CRIMSON, CINNAMON SKIN, AND THE LONELY SILVER RAIN
de MacDonald, John D
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Philadelphia & New York: J.B. Lippincott Company / Harper & Row / Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. First American Hardcover Editions. Complete run of MacDonald's color-coded crime novels featuring beach bum, ladies man, salvage expert, and all-around tough guy Travis McGee. In the twenty-one novels written over as many years, McGee fights crime and corruption throughout the seedy underbelly of Florida, with trips to Mexico and Caribbean. Not an impossible set to assemble, but the early books are deceptively difficult to find in collector's condition and in the correct dustjackets. The first in the Lippincott series, Darker Than Amber, is the toughest to find, almost always plagued by condition issues, and often found masquerading in a price-clipped second printing dustjacket; this copy is the best of the few we've had, virtually flawless. A key installment in 20th century American crime fiction. Hubin, p.261. First Printings. Twenty-one octavo volumes (21-22cm); original paper and cloth-covered boards and dustjackets. Hint of foxing to one or more text edges of two titles (Gray & Indigo), with an early pictorial bookplate in Gray, previous owner's name on front endpaper of Gold, and one tiny inked letter to front endpaper of Purple, else all volumes are fresh, with no remainder marks, and showing the most minimal signs of wear; very Near Fine. All dustjackets are unclipped, with the correct prices and codes (per Shine), except for Turquoise, which was price-clipped by the publisher. A half-dozen or so examples show some pinpoint wear and trivial rubbing to extremities, a few with tiny tears, two titles display a hint of sunning to spine panels (Orange and Brown). Purple comes with a second, trial dustjacket, with flaps and rear panel lacking text, and the panels bearing a noticeably different color scheme. Uniformly Near Fine or better except for three titles (Red, Indigo, and Turquoise), which are solidly Very Good+. Accompanied by a handsome photographic portrait of a bespectacled MacDonald, wearing a trenchcoat and holding his pipe (measuring 4.5" x 6.75").
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- Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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- 6763
- Título
- THE COMPLETE TRAVIS MCGEE SERIES: THE DEEP BLUE GOOD-BY, NIGHTMARE IN PINK, A PURPLE PLACE FOR DYING, THE QUICK RED FOX, A DEADLY SHADE OF GOLD, BRIGHT ORANGE FOR THE SHROUD, DARKER THAN AMBER, ONE FEARFUL YELLOW EYE, PALE GRAY FOR GUILT, THE GIRL IN THE PLAIN BROWN WRAPPER, DRESS HER IN INDIGO, THE LONG LAVENDER LOOK, A TAN AND SANDY SILENCE, THE SCARLET RUSE, THE TURQUOISE LAMENT, THE DREADFUL LEMON SKY, THE EMPTY COPPER SEA, THE GREEN RIPPER, FREE FALL IN CRIMSON, CINNAMON SKIN, AND THE LONELY SILVER RAIN
- Autor
- MacDonald, John D
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First American Hardcover Editions
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- J.B. Lippincott Company / Harper & Row / Alfred A. Knopf
- Lugar de publicación
- Philadelphia & New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1985
- Palabras clave
- NOEBAY
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Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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Stephenson, Virginia
Sobre Captain Ahab's Rare Books
Founded in 2010, Captain Ahab's Rare Books specializes in first editions of literature, genre fiction, film-related books and ephemera, zines, manuscript and archival material.
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- Octavo
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- Remainder
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- Bookplate
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
- Rubbing
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- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- 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....
