Lethal Sex by Macdonald John Editor (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Publisher Collins, London 1962. Good condition. In red boards with black lettering. Corners bumped, wear to ends of spine. Pages tanned, some foxing. Tight binding, all pages intact, no markings in text. Library stamp and marks to ffep, evidence of sellotape repair. Original pink and green unclipped d/j in poor condition, plastic cover peeling, creasing and tears, discoloured.

Paperback. Condition: Good to Very Good. Robert McGinnis (cover illustration) (illustrator). 1st Edition. Canadian printing of a paperback original featuring 14 stories by female practitioners of the form. Stories included are: "Dear Mr. MacDonald" by Christianna Brand, "Snowball" by Ursula Curtiss, "McGowney's Miracle" by Margaret Millar, "He Got What He Deserved" by Bernice Carey, "Tea for Two" by Margaret Manners, "You'll Be the Death of Me" by Anthony Gilbert (Lucy Beatrice Malleson pseudonym), "The Withered Heart" by Jean Potts, "To Be Found and Read" by Miriam Allen deFord, "Sleeping Dogs" by Gladys Cluff, "A Matter of Ethics" by Carolyn Thomas, "What Is Going to Happen?" by Nedra Tyre, "Thirty-Nine" by D. Jenkins Smith, No Trace" by Veronica Parker Johns, and "There are No Snakes in Hawaii" by Juanita Sheridan. 256 pages. Light edgewear, spine moderately rolled/cocked, unsightly full-length diagonal crease to left edge of front cover, tanning. Size: 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Book.

Red Boards. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st UK Edition. 192pp. A first UK edition of this novel published for The Crime Club by Collins. Slight bump to the head of the spine and a few light foxspots to the front fore edges. One page corner has been turned, leaving a neat crease. Clean and tight. Dust wrapper not price clipped with light fading to the spine of the wrapper. Several short tears to the wrapper edges with assocaited creasing, now all expertly repaired. Rubbing to the head and tail of the spine of the wrapper and two small chips- no more than 0.5 cm in size, one to the head and one to the tail of the rear panel of the wrapper. There is an additional crease to the front panel of the wrapper along the front edge as if the front flap has been previously used as a page marker and a crease to the rear flap of the wrapper. The wrapper remains clean and bright. A very good copy in a good wrapper.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Robert McGinnis (illustrator). Paperback Original / First Edition. Great McGinnis cover art. True first edition of this John D. MacDonald book. CONDITION: Minor edge wear and miscellaneous creases.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 256 pp., with letter signed by John D. MacDonald. A three-paragraph letter from John D. MacDonald (1916-1986) to Miriam Allen DeFord (1888-1975), signed by MacDonald, accompanied by the first edition of the book discussed in the letter. The letter was sent by MacDonald to deFord to thank her for her note to him about this volume (a collection of mystery stories by 14 female mystery writers), and he states "I am glad I had one of yours to include" - deFord's story, "To Be Found and Read" is included in the anthology. He goes on to talk about the challenges of ordering the various stories, and at one point says "I understated the problems of corresponding with the eight(crossed out letter)y gals. The professionals, as you would suspect, caused no problems whatsoever. But we have some amateur members, believe me, who should be netted and placed in little padded rooms." ___DESCRIPTION: The letter is a standard 8.5" by 11", is dated December 2, 1959; it is on MacDonald's personal stationary with his name printed at the top and his address in Sarasota, Florida at the bottom, and is addressed to deFord at the Ambassador Hotel, San Francisco, where she resided for many years. The book has a pictorial cover (a long-tressed, mostly undressed young lady, illustration by Robert McGinnis), Dell First Edition with the code "B141" beneath, price of $0.35 printed at the upper right, the stories and authors listed on the back. Standard paperback size, 256 pages. ___CONDITION: The letter is in near fine condition; there are the original creases where it was folded in thirds to be posted, and another crease running vertically down the middle; other than that it is in fine condition with no edgewear or markings. The volume is in very good condition for a soft-cover book; there are creases near the spine on both the front and back wrappers, a crease where the upper back corner was bent back, and some very light overall edgewear, mostly to the head and tail of the spine; internally, other than the paper toning with age, it is fine with no prior owner markings. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply, please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.