1951 Wine of the Dreamers (First Edition with Dust Jacket, John D. Macdonald

Description: TitleWine of the Dreamers (First Edition with Dust Jacket, Very Good+)AuthorMacdonald, John D.ConditionNear FineJacket ConditionGoodBindingHard CoverEditionFirst EditionPublisherGreenbergPublisher Year1951Publisher PlaceNew York & LondonSize8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tallDescriptionFIRST EDITION, first printing, very good+. Full grey cloth patterned hardcover with red titling on spine. Edge slightly bumped and previous owner's name on front free endpage. Dust Jacket is not price-clipped but the inside back flap portrait excised. Mild wear at extremities with on small closed tear. Overall a VERY GOOD PLUS book in a GOOD dust jacket. A good gift. John Dann MacDonald (July 24, 1916 – December 28, 1986), writing as John D. MacDonald, was an American writer best known for his series of detective novels featuring protagonist Travis McGee. MacDonald was named a grand master of the Mystery Writers of America in 1972 and won the American Book Award in 1980. Stephen King praised him as "the great entertainer of our age, and a mesmerizing storyteller." Born in Sharon, Pennsylvania, MacDonald enrolled at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania but dropped out during his sophomore year to work menial jobs in New York City. While attending the Martin J. Whitman School of Management of the Syracuse University, he met Dorothy Prentiss. They married in 1937, and he graduated from Syracuse the following year. In 1939, he received an MBA from Harvard University. Powered by eBay Turbo Lister The free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items.

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