J. B. Lippincott Company, 1975. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good ; Good Jacket. 1975 J. B. Lippincott Company. SIGNED by author on front free endpaper, with a personal inscription, dated Feb. 2, 1975. Signed as "John D.". No edition stated. No additional printings listed. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has black paper-covered boards with black cloth-covered spine and gold spine lettering. Bright yellow endpapers. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends bumped and corners rubbed, with minor fraying at tips. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Top and bottom edges very lightly faded were the dust jacket did not completely protect the book from light. Pages clean and unmarked. A Travis McGee novel. 228 pages. Dust jacket has overall surface rubbing, chipped and nicked edges, and small tears, including a horizontal tear across the spine. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. This item will be shipped with signature confirmation required.

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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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Bookseller: SmarterRat Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 6731
Title: The Dreadful Lemon Sky
Author: MacDonald, John D
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Good
ISBN 10: 0397010745
ISBN 13: 9780397010745
Publisher: J. B. Lippincott Company
Place of Publication: Philadelphia
Date Published: 1975
Keywords: Fiction,Mystery,Signed
Bookseller catalogs: Fiction; Mystery; Signed;

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