First Edition of John McPhee's Giving Good Weight; Signed by Him
Giving Good Weight.
McPhee, John.
$50.00Item Number: 51099
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979.
First edition of this collection of McPhee’s classic essays. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by John McPhee on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
“Replete with the reportorial virtues for which John McPhee is so much respected" (Larry McMurtry, The New York Times Book Review).
Other Books by this Author
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First Edition of John McPhee's The Control of Nature; Signed by Him
McPhee, John.
The Control of Nature.
New York: Farrar Strauss Giroux, 1989.
First edition of this “silky narrative, with keen detail and sharp dialogue” (The Wall Street Journal). Octavo, original cloth. Signed by John McPhee on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Cynthia Krupat.
Price: $85.00
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First Edition of The Headmaster; Inscribed by John McPhee
McPhee, John.
The Headmaster: Frank L. Boyden, of Deerfield.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1966.
First edition of the author’s second book, which profiles Headmaster Frank Boyden of Deerfield Academy. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Anthony Green with all best- John McPhee." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Illustrated with photographs. Dust jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin.
Price: $175.00
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First Edition of John McPhee's In Suspect Terrain; Signed by Him
McPhee, John.
In Suspect Terrain.
New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1983.
First edition of this work of succinct prose. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by John McPhee on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $150.00
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First Edition of John McPhee's The Deltoid Seed; Inscribed by Him
McPhee, John.
The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973.
First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by the author, “For Mike Hutcheson many thanks and all the best John McPhee Bradford 1/23/89.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $100.00
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Inscribed by John McPhee to Laurance and Mary Rockefeller
McPhee, John.
Looking For A Ship.
New York: Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 1990.
First edition. Octavo, original black cloth. Inscribed by the author on the half title page, “For Mary and Laurence Rockefeller in appreciation from The Humanities Council of Princeton and warm regards from John McPhee.” Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $350.00
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First Edition of John McPhee's Giving Good Weight; Inscribed by Him
McPhee, John.
Giving Good Weight.
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979.
First edition of this collection of McPhee’s classic essays. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Len Byrd all best John.” Additionally signed by John McPhee on the title page.
Price: $95.00
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First Edition of John McPhee's The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed; Signed by Him
McPhee, John.
The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed.
New York: Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 1966.
First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by John McPhee on title page.
Price: $75.00
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First Edition of John McPhee’s First Book A Sense of Where You Are: A Profile of Princeton’s Bill Bradley; Warmly Inscribed by Him In the Year of Publication
McPhee, John.
A Sense of Where You Are: A Profile of Princeton’s Bill Bradley.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1965.
First edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original black cloth. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication, "For Hazel and Louis Landa I can hear you saying to one another: "Has he some quelque chose of his own upon the anvil?" "I expect it from him since poor Bradley helped to make him rich." With much affection, John McPhee December 25, 1965." Louis Landa was a close colleague of McPhee’s at Princeton, where he taught English and was also an authority on Jonathan Swift. Some sunning to the spine cloth, near fine in a bright near fine price-clipped dust jacket without the usual fading to the spine.
Price: $1,750.00
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