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The Empty Copper Sea (Inscribed)
by MacDonald, John D
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Surprise, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1978. Near Fine/Very Good. Octavo, 239 pages; brown cloth over tan boards; BOMC slug on rear panel and no price on jacket flap; first edition is stated, with full number line. Inscribed on title page "For Arthur Parson / John D. MacDonald" - light wear to extremities of dust jacket.
Synopsis
The Empty Copper Sea (1978) is the seventeenth novel in the Travis McGee series by John D. Macdonald. In it, McGee looks into the apparent drowning of Hub Lawless in a boating accident. His $2 million insurance policy leads some to believe he has faked his death. Sam Elliott played McGee in the television movie of The Empty Copper Sea, titled Travis McGee (1983).
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- Seller
- Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 09262
- Title
- The Empty Copper Sea (Inscribed)
- Author
- MacDonald, John D
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia and New York
- Date Published
- 1978
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Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
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Surprise, Arizona
About Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
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Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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"...
- BOMC
- Book-of-the-Month Club These are popular books republished and sold at a discounted price by one of these many clubs, the...
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