A Tan and Sandy Silence (Travis McGee, No. 13)
by MacDonald, John D
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- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1972. Reprint . Mass Market Paperback. Near Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 255 pp. The book is slightly cocked, and there is some stress creasing on the spine. The binding is tight and the text is clean.
Synopsis
A Tan and Sandy Silence (1971) is the thirteenth novel in the Travis McGee series by John D. MacDonald. The plot begins with Harry Broil, husband of McGee's longtime friend Mary, shows up at his houseboat The Busted Flush with a gun, threatening McGee and accusing him of hiding Mary aboard. The rest of the novel involves McGee's search for Mary.
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- Bookseller
- Persephone's Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 034136
- Title
- A Tan and Sandy Silence (Travis McGee, No. 13)
- Author
- MacDonald, John D
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Fawcett Gold Medal
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1972
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Fiction - Mystery
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Mass Market
- Mass market paperback books, or MMPBs, are printed for large audiences cheaply. This means that they are smaller, usually 4...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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