Title: Lot of 46 volumes Author: McPhee, John Place: New York, et al. Publisher: Date: [1965-98] Description: Comprises: A Sense of Where You Are: A Profile of Bill Bradley. Author’s 1st book. [1965]. * The Headmaster Frank L. Boyden… Price clipped. [1966]. * Oranges. Price clipped. [1967]. * A Roomful of Hovings. [1968]. * Levels of the Game. Price clipped; owner’s signature. [1969]. * The Crofter and the Laird. Owner’s signature. [1970]. * Encounters with the Archdruid. Price clipped. [1971]. * Wimbledon, a Celebration. [1972]. * The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed. [1973]. * The Curve of Binding Energy. Price clipped. [1974]. * The John McPhee Reader [&] Second Reader. [1976; 96]. * Coming Into the Country. 5 copies: two 1st U.S. (1 price clipped), a 2nd & 5th printing (1 price clipped) & 1st U.K. [1977-78]. * Giving Good Weight. 2 price clipped copies. [1979]. * The Pine Barrens. Later Ed. Front flap corners clipped. [1981]. * Basin and Range. [1981]. * Alaska Images of the Country. [1981]. * Annals of the Former World. 2 copies: signed limited in 2 vols. no djs but in slipcase, each signed, [1983] & 1998 single vol. re-issue. * In Suspect Terrain. [1983]. * Riding the Boom Extension. No. 144 of 150, signed. Wraps. 1983. * La Place de la Concorde Suisse. Price clipped. [1984]. * Table of Contents. 3 copies: two 1st in dj (one signed, with Princeton Award bookplate, price clipped) & Uncorrected Page Proof (wraps). [1985]. * Rising from the Plains. [1986]. * Outcroppings. [1988]. * The Control of Nature. 5 copies: three 1st U.S., one U.S. Uncorrected Proof (wraps) & one 1st U.K. [1989]. * Looking for a Ship. 2 copies. [1990]. * Assembling California. [1993]. * The Ransom of Russian Art. [1994]. * Irons in the Fire. [1997]. * Pearson. John McPhee: Twayne’s U.S. Authors Series. [1997]. * “Swimming with Canoes” in The New Yorker magazine, Aug. 10, 1998. * Plus a dealer’s catalogue & a copied checklist. Together, 46 volumes. Cloth and/or boards, jackets (2 without but in slipcase as issued); 5 are in wrappers. First Editions, except one. Four volumes signed by the author. Lot Amendments Condition: Occasional light wear (chiefly to earlier titles), some very good, most are near fine to fine. Item number: 174122
Title: Lot of 46 volumes Author: McPhee, John Place: New York, et al. Publisher: Date: [1965-98] Description: Comprises: A Sense of Where You Are: A Profile of Bill Bradley. Author’s 1st book. [1965]. * The Headmaster Frank L. Boyden… Price clipped. [1966]. * Oranges. Price clipped. [1967]. * A Roomful of Hovings. [1968]. * Levels of the Game. Price clipped; owner’s signature. [1969]. * The Crofter and the Laird. Owner’s signature. [1970]. * Encounters with the Archdruid. Price clipped. [1971]. * Wimbledon, a Celebration. [1972]. * The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed. [1973]. * The Curve of Binding Energy. Price clipped. [1974]. * The John McPhee Reader [&] Second Reader. [1976; 96]. * Coming Into the Country. 5 copies: two 1st U.S. (1 price clipped), a 2nd & 5th printing (1 price clipped) & 1st U.K. [1977-78]. * Giving Good Weight. 2 price clipped copies. [1979]. * The Pine Barrens. Later Ed. Front flap corners clipped. [1981]. * Basin and Range. [1981]. * Alaska Images of the Country. [1981]. * Annals of the Former World. 2 copies: signed limited in 2 vols. no djs but in slipcase, each signed, [1983] & 1998 single vol. re-issue. * In Suspect Terrain. [1983]. * Riding the Boom Extension. No. 144 of 150, signed. Wraps. 1983. * La Place de la Concorde Suisse. Price clipped. [1984]. * Table of Contents. 3 copies: two 1st in dj (one signed, with Princeton Award bookplate, price clipped) & Uncorrected Page Proof (wraps). [1985]. * Rising from the Plains. [1986]. * Outcroppings. [1988]. * The Control of Nature. 5 copies: three 1st U.S., one U.S. Uncorrected Proof (wraps) & one 1st U.K. [1989]. * Looking for a Ship. 2 copies. [1990]. * Assembling California. [1993]. * The Ransom of Russian Art. [1994]. * Irons in the Fire. [1997]. * Pearson. John McPhee: Twayne’s U.S. Authors Series. [1997]. * “Swimming with Canoes” in The New Yorker magazine, Aug. 10, 1998. * Plus a dealer’s catalogue & a copied checklist. Together, 46 volumes. Cloth and/or boards, jackets (2 without but in slipcase as issued); 5 are in wrappers. First Editions, except one. Four volumes signed by the author. Lot Amendments Condition: Occasional light wear (chiefly to earlier titles), some very good, most are near fine to fine. Item number: 174122
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