Pale Gray for Guilt
by Macdonald, John D
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine to Fine/Near Fine to Fine
- Seller
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SANTA BARBARA, California, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1971. Very nice copy of first printing. Unmarked, tight and square. Green textured boards lightly bumped at two tips and neat bookplate on front endpaper. Textblock crisp and without flaw. Price intact jacket is the first issue with code of 971 at the top right corner of the front flap. Jacket lightly rubbed at front fold with tiny nick at base of spine. The scarcest of the John D Macdonald Travis McGee series to find, particularly in this condition. In mylar. . First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine to Fine/Near Fine to Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Pale Gray for Guilt (1968) is the ninth novel in the Travis McGee series by John D. MacDonald. The plot revolves around McGees investigation in to the death of his close friend Tush Bannon, who he suspects was murdered to acquire his waterfront property when he refused to sell to developers. In terms of series continuity, Pale Gray for Guilt is particularly important in that it involves a love interest, Puss Killian, who is central to the final book: The Lonely Silver Rain.
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- Bookseller
- Timothy Norlen Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014968
- Title
- Pale Gray for Guilt
- Author
- Macdonald, John D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine to Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine to Fine
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1971
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions; Mystery;
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About the Seller
Timothy Norlen Bookseller
Biblio member since 2019
SANTA BARBARA, California
About Timothy Norlen Bookseller
I am a internet based bookstore that specializes in Modern First Editions, film sources, Mystery and Detective fiction and Western Americana. I have approximately 10,000 books, primarily first editions with about 1300 of them signed by the author. I try and stock only books that are sound, clean and attractive.
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