A Purple Place For Dying
by MacDonald, John D
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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A Purple Place for Dying
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A Purple Place for Dying
by MACDONALD, John D.
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Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1976. Dustwrapper shows a slight bit of fading to spine and one tiny scrape to front edge. Overall, a tight, clean copy of the first edition of this Travis McGee first edition. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Item Price
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A Purple Place for Dying
by MacDonald, John D
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New York: Lippincott, 1976. First Hardback Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Lippincott, 1976. A tight unmarked first printing copy with lightly foxed edges in a bright DJ with light wear at the spine ends and a one inch closed tear.. First Hardback Edition. Very Good/Very Good. Book.
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A Purple Place for Dying
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Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1976. First Edition/First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First hardcover edition, after a paperback original. Quite a nice bright, unfaded copy. The jacket has one very short closed tear, and is nicked at extremities. Tiny bit of foxing shows to verso of jacket.
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A Purple Place for Dying
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J. B. Lippincott Company, 1976. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. This is a first printing copy of the first hardback edition. It is an ex-library book and has stamps on the endpapers and the title page and glue stains on the rear free endpaper. The text is clean. The DJ was covered but has some light wear… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Purple Place for Dying
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Greenwich, Conn: Gold Medal Books/Fawcett, 1964. Softcover. Near Fine. Reprint. Mass market paperback. A few faint creases on wrappers, else near fine. The third Travis McGee novel. Fawcett Gold Medal M2827. Item Price
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A Purple Place for Dying
by John D. MacDonald
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Random House Publishing Group, 1980. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Item Price
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A Purple Place for Dying
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Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company (1976), 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Very near Fine/very near Fine. 8vo. [6], 9-204, [2] pp. Quarter navy cloth over blue paper-covered boards with silver lettering on the spine. Price of $7.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Jacket design by Don Bender, jacket illustration by Don Brautigan. First printing of the… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Purple Place for Dying (Travis McGee Series, Book #3)
by MacDonald, John D.
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A Purple Place for Dying (Travis McGee Series, Book #3) by John D. MacDonald
Travis McGee is taking his retirement in installments while he's still young enough to enjoy it. But sooner or later, his money runs out and he has to work. This time McGee's lured out West to a strangely secretive meeting with a woman in trouble, in a… Read more about this item Item Price
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A PURPLE PLACE FOR DYING
by MACDONALD, JOHN D
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PHILADELPHIA PA: J.B. LIPPINCOTT CO. F/VG+. PUB 1976. FIRST EDITION. ISBN: A TRAVIS MCGEE NOVEL / FIRST HARDCOVER EDITION. BOOK IS FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT. D.J. HASA SMALL CHIP AT THE BOTTOM REAR SPINE CORNER WITH SOME MODERATE WEAR ATTHE HEEL OF THE SPINE PANEL, SOME MODEST CORNER RUB/WEAR, AND IS NOTPRICE-CLIPPED.… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Purple Place for Dying
by John D. MacDonald
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Greenwich CT: Fawcett, 1964. First Edition . Paperback. Good+/No Jacket. Soiling, light wear to covers, a sound unmarked copy. First publication of the third Travis McGee novel. Gold Medal #k1417, 40c. Scans on request.
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A Purple Place For Dying
by MacDonald, John D
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New York: Fawcett Gold Medal. Paperback. 1983. 2nd Printing. 12mo 158pp . Fine with no DJ. Mass Market PB A Travis McGee novel . Item Price
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Purple Place for Dying - A Travis McGee Novel vol. 2
by John D. MacDonald
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A Purple Place for Dying
by MacDonald, John D.
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Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1976. First Hardcover Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good +. 204p octavo. A near fine copy in a very good + jacket. Jacket is price clipped, spine sunner. Color faded along top edge of boards, text block faintly foxed. First hardbound edition, 1976.
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Purple Place for Dying
by MacDonald, John D.
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A Purple Place for Dying
by John D. MacDonald
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- 1987
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A Purple Place for Dying
by MacDonald, John D.
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Greenwich, CT: Gold Medal Books; (1964). First Edition . Mass Market Paperback. Second printing of this paperback original (Gold Medal #k1417), very good+ in wraps. Light creasing and just a hint of a spine roll. Small name inside front cover. Travis McGee #3. The second printing is indicated by two dots on the copyright page.
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A Purple Place for Dying
by John D. MacDonald
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Random House Publishing Group, 1983. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read… Read more about this item Item Price
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A PURPLE PLACE FOR DYING
by MACDONALD, JOHN D
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LIPPINCOTT, 1976. US First Edition, First Printing Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed with a Short Inscription For Don Lower corner of dust Jacket priced clipped SIGNED. Protected in clear Mylar cover. Bubble wrapped and shipped in a box. We do not stock or sell ex-library or Book Club editions. We are always looking to… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Purple Place for Dying
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