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First Edition of Headmaster; Signed by John McPhee and Inscribed by The Headmaster Frank L. Boyden

The Headmaster.

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 green cloth. Signed by John McPhee. Additionally inscribed by the subject of this work, Frank Boyden, "I will look forward to your four years here. Best Wishes Always Frank L. Boyden." Fine in a bright near fine dust jacket. Illustrated with photographs. Dust jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin. Uncommon signed by both the author and the subject.

Price: $650.00

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

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.