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ISBN10: 0374109141, ISBN13: 9780374109141, [publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux] Hardcover First Edition no edition or printing stated only copyright date 1981 - assume 1st as later printings were stated, very light/faint soiling to edges of text block - spine not quite square, price-clipped dj now enclosed in mylar wrap shows light edge wear with fading to spine - 1/4" tear to top right edge of front panel - 1/4" tear to top right edge of rear panel, geological time scales to front/rear end papers [Fort Myers, FL, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1981]
Basin and Range, McPhee, John. Published by Farrar Straus Giroux, New York, 1981. Second printing. 8vo up to 9½" tall.215pp. Quarter black cloth over beige boards with copper titles, geological chart to endpapers. Light spine lean and otherwise volume is in fine condition; dustjacket has very light edge wear. The first book in the author's Annals of the Former World series which went on to win the Pulitzer Prize as a collected volume. ISBN 0374109141 9780374109141 [CA]
Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Date: 1981. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 1981. Farrar, Straus & Giroux ISBN 0374109141 9780374109141 [US]
Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1981 Hardcover First 1981 edition Torn/worn dj. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.
ISBN10: 0374109141, ISBN13: 9780374109141, [publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux] Hardcover First Edition first 1981 edition Torn/worn dj. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized. [Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1981]
ISBN10: 0374109141, ISBN13: 9780374109141, [publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux] Hardcover A clean tight copy. Light sunning to spine and chipping to rear bottom of Dust Jacket; in new Brodart Archival cover. [Lynchburg, VA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1981]
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1981 1981 Hard cover Very good in very good dust jacket. Hbk, 216pp, rem mark lower foredge, dj lightly sunned at spine with a small closed tear lower front, otherwise bright and clean, unclipped and now in protective sleeve, prev owner's blind stamps on front endpaper and title pages, otherwise a very good clean tight and unmarked text.
ISBN10: 0374109141, ISBN13: 9780374109141, [publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1981] Hardcover Hbk, 216pp, rem mark lower foredge, dj lightly sunned at spine with a small closed tear lower front, otherwise bright and clean, unclipped and now in protective sleeve, prev ownerÕs blind stamps on front endpaper and title pages, otherwise a very good clean tight and unmarked text [Norwich, VT, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1981]
ISBN10: 0374109141, ISBN13: 9780374109141, [publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux, New York] Hardcover Basin and Range, McPhee, John. Published by Farrar Straus Giroux, New York, 1981. Second printing. 8vo up to 9½" tall.215pp. Quarter black cloth over beige boards with copper titles, geological chart to endpapers. Light spine lean and otherwise volume is in fine condition; dustjacket has very light edge wear. The first book in the author's Annals of the Former World series which went on to win the Pulitzer Prize as a collected volume. [North Vancouver, BC, Canada] [Publication Year: 1981]
ISBN10: 0374109141, ISBN13: 9780374109141, [publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux] Hardcover First Edition The first of John McPhees works in his series on geology and geologists, Basin and Range is a book of journeys through ancient terrains, always in juxtaposition with travels in the modern world-a history of vanished landscapes, enhanced by the histories of people who bring them to light. The title refers to the physiographic province of the United States that reaches from eastern Utah to eastern California, a silent world of austere beauty, of hundreds of discrete high mountain ranges that are green with junipers and often white with snow. The terrain becomes the setting for a lyrical evocation of the science of geology, with important digressions into the plate-tectonics revolution and the history of the geologic time scale. [Houston, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1981]
ISBN10: 0374109141, ISBN13: 9780374109141, [publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux] Hardcover Book is in Used-Good condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting. 0.85 [Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1981]
ISBN10: 0374109141, ISBN13: 9780374109141, [publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux] Hardcover Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. [Reno, NV, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1981]
Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Farrar, Straus & Giroux ISBN 0374109141 9780374109141 [US]
NY: Farrar Straus Giroux; (1981). First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition, with no statement of printing on the copyright page, near fine in a very good+ dust jacket. Very light soiling to the top edge of the page block. The jacket spine is sunned, otherwise the jacket has just minor wear. $10.95 price on jacket flap; no names or other marking in or on the book. Includes endpaper charts of geologic eras; 216 pages. A tight, square copy. Farrar Straus Giroux; (1981) ISBN 0374109141 9780374109141 [US]
ISBN10: 0374109141, ISBN13: 9780374109141, [publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux; (1981), NY] Hardcover First Edition First edition, with no statement of printing on the copyright page, near fine in a very good+ dust jacket. Very light soiling to the top edge of the page block. The jacket spine is sunned, otherwise the jacket has just minor wear. $10.95 price on jacket flap; no names or other marking in or on the book. Includes endpaper charts of geologic eras; 216 pages. A tight, square copy. [Tulsa, OK, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1981]
ISBN10: 0374109141, ISBN13: 9780374109141, [publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux] Hardcover Gently used book with ongoing seller support until you're fully satisfied with your purchase. [Del Rio, TN, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1981]
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Date: 1981. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. Author explores the geology of the Western United States and how plate tectonics has transformed the region. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases on pages. Gift inscription on front endpaper. Dust jacket is clipped and has some small tears around edges. Front flap is creased. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 215 pp. 1981. Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN 0374109141 9780374109141 [CA]
ISBN10: 0374109141, ISBN13: 9780374109141, [publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York] Hardcover First Edition Author explores the geology of the Western United States and how plate tectonics has transformed the region. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases on pages. Gift inscription on front endpaper. Dust jacket is clipped and has some small tears around edges. Front flap is creased. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 215 pp. [Waterloo, ON, Canada] [Publication Year: 1981]
New York Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1981 Hardcover Very Good + in very good jacket Author explores the geology of the Western United States and how plate tectonics has transformed the region. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases on pages. Gift inscription on front endpaper. Dust jacket is clipped and has some small tears around edges. Front flap is creased. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 215 pp.
ISBN10: 0374109141, ISBN13: 9780374109141, [publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux] Hardcover New. Fast Shipping and good customer service [Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1981]
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Date: 1981-04-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1981. Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN 0374109141 9780374109141 [US]
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Date: 1981. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First printing signed by McPhee on the fly title. A very-good-plus hardcover, with some slight sunning or wear to upper and lower edges of the tan boards with black cloth, some slight bowing, and perhaps as a result, some barely perceptible waviness to the second half of the text block. The jacket is very good with sunning to spine (usual for this book). A road trip through Nevada and geologic time. The first installment of what would become McPhees Pulitzer-prize-winning compilation Annals of the Former World. Please inquire for photos. 1981. Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN 0374109141 9780374109141 [US]
ISBN10: 0374109141, ISBN13: 9780374109141, [publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux] Hardcover First Edition First printing signed by McPhee on the fly title. A very-good-plus hardcover, with some slight sunning or wear to upper and lower edges of the tan boards with black cloth, some slight bowing, and perhaps as a result, some barely perceptible waviness to the second half of the text block. The jacket is very good with sunning to spine (usual for this book). A road trip through Nevada and geologic time. The first installment of what would become McPhees Pulitzer-prize-winning compilation Annals of the Former World. Please inquire for photos. [La Grande, OR, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1981]
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Date: 1981. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Association copy. First edition first printing hardcover, inscribed on the half title page: "For Rocco Siciliano, a man whose first name could not be more appropriate in this context, from Roemer s brother, John McPhee." You ve got to love McPhee s humor: It s a book about about rocks. Rocco Siciliano was an accomplished businessman who grew up in Salt Lake City thus his keen interest in this particular book. He settled in Los Angeles, but became a major donor to the University of Utah, his alma mater. He also served in an advisory capacity to four presidential administrations. Laid in is a short 6 x 9" typed note signed by Roemer McPhee, John s older brother, that reads, mainly: "Everything comes to him who waits. You knew, of course, that I would not see John until last weekend. He was happy to inscribe the book and I think he did so appropriately." Perhaps Rocco was really eager to read and had expressed some impatience? Roemer McPhee is a New York investor and philanthropist who is also quite literary, having written a book himself called The Boomer's Guide to Story: A Search for Insight in Literature and Film. This book is in very good condition because, unfortunately, a minor coffee accident has affected its lower right corner. (Italians love their espresso. Could have been much worse!) The jacket is very good for that reason, too, though the spill is not noticeable on it from the outs ...
ISBN10: 0374109141, ISBN13: 9780374109141, [publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux] Hardcover First Edition Association copy. First printing hardcover with an inscription on the half title: "For Murray Murphey, from LeAnna Whitman, and with all best, too, from a friend dating back to early geologic time. John McPhee." That's a fun bit of wit from McPhee, considering the book. LeAnna Whitman is John McPhee s sister-in-law (he is married to Yolanda Whitman), and Murray Murphey was a philosopher and historian at the University of Pennsylvania, where he pioneered and chaired the Department of American Civilization. Murphey and McPhee shared a fellowship year at Cambridge University in 1953-1954, which is likely when and where they became friends the "early geologic time" McPhee references. Murphey grew up in Colorado Springs and no doubt had an appreciation for Western geography and geology. He contributed, for example, an essay on John Wesley Powell's "The Exploration of the Colorado River" to the anthology Landmarks of American Writing--and a first edition hardcover of that anthology (ed. Hennig Cohen, Basic Book 1969) is included with this purchase. This copy of the Basin and Range is in very good condition, its only demerit some foxing to the page block, especially the top face, and some adjacent foxing to the top edges of the boards. The jacket is very good; the cover looks great with some faint sunning to spine and some foxing ...
FIRST EDITION, THIRD PRINTING. RARE SIGNED BY AUTHOR with personal note: "for Jack Beahan from Michael and all best from Michael's colleagues - John McPhee". Jack Beahan was editor of local Winter Haven, FL newspaper and met McPhee and was a great fan of the author's non-fiction. (Michael was Jack's nephew). This book is first part of of McPhee's Pulitzer-prize-winning "Annals of the Former World." Date: 1981. Farrar, Straus And Giroux ISBN 0374109141 9780374109141 [US]
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