First Editions in Stock by John McPhee
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  • McPhee, John:  The American Shad Selections From The Founding Fish.  Far Hills, New Jersey: Meadow Run Press, 2004. First Edition, Limited Edition. Fine in green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and gilt decorations on the front board. Without a dust jacket as issued, but with a clear acetate covering contained in a fine paper covered slip case with an illustrated label on one panel. In the publisher's original shrink wrap. This is one of only 500 signed copies made available for sale. It is signed by the author on the last page of text. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4" tall by 6 3/8" deep containing 88 numbered pages of text and with black and white illustrations by John Rice. A superb limited edition printing.
    TB18634  $130.00



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    McPhee, John:  Assembling California.  New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1993. First Edition, First printing. Fine in decorated light green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Signed by the author without a date or inscription on the fly title page. 304 pages of text dealing with the geology of California. Illustrated with a frontispiece from a black and white, satellite, photograph of California's Central Valley. A bright, clean and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32747  $150.00



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    McPhee, John:  Basin and Range.  New York: Farrer Straus Giroux, 1981. First Edition. Fine in 1/2 black cloth and paper covered boards with copper colored text stamping on the spine. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. A review copy with the publisher's material laid-in at the front of this copy. The only title of John McPhee's which is identified as a first edition with no statement of printing on the copyright page. 216 pages of text. McPhee's first book devoted to geology and the area between eastern California and Utah as told through the eyes of Kenneth S. Defferyes, a professor of geology at Princeton.
    TB32753  $90.00



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    McPhee, John:  Coming into the Country.  New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1977. First Edition. Fine in green cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine with printed end sheets. An octavo measuring 8 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches. In a fine, price clipped dust jacket with a bookseller's price tag on the upper corner of the rear panel and with modest wear to the fore corners of the panels over the tips of the boards. McPhee's award winning classic of Alaska. 438 pages of text and illustrated with a frontispiece map of Alaska.
    TB32751  $70.00



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    McPhee, John:  The Control of Nature.  New York: Farrer Straus Giroux, 1989. First Edition, First printing. Fine in red-brown cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and with a black illustration on the front board. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author without a date or inscription on the fly title page. Mcphee visits with the engineers who must prevent the Mississippi from leaving its old established course; an Icelandic physicist who devised a means to prevent molten lava from taking over and filling-in Iceland's most important port; Hawaii to view similar attempts to control lava and in Los Angeles to meet with those responsible for trying to control the rapid disintegration of the mountainous terrain surrounding that area. 272 pages of text.
    TB32746  $145.00



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    McPhee, John:  The Crofter & the Laird.  New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1970. First Edition, First printing. Fine in bright red cloth covered boards with bright gilt text stamping on the spine. A small octavo of 8 by 5 1/4 inches with a prior owner's book plate on the first free end page. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. An extremely handsome copy of one of McPhee's more sought after titles. The author's seventh book which details his return to his Scottish roots in the Herbrides. 159 pages and illustrated with black and white line drawings by James Graves.
    TB32741  $150.00



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    McPhee, John:  The Curve of Binding Energy.  New York: Farrar, Straus Giroux, 1974. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark red cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo measuring 8 1/4" by 5 1/2" with a faint, inconsequential 2 inch oval stain to the front board. In a near fine unclipped dust jacket with a minor, faint 1 1/2 inch red crayon mark at the upper edge of the rear panel. "A journey into the awesome and alarming world of Theodore B. Taylor...one of the most inventive nuclear scientist of our time." 232 pages of text. A clean, tight and bright copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB29279  $70.00



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    McPhee, John:  The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed.  New York: Farrer Straus Giroux, 1973. First Edition. Near fine in 1/4 charcoal gray and orange paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A quarto of 8 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches with minor bumping to the edges of the boards. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with minor wear to the ends of the spine area, minor light soiling to the front panel and a crease to the front flap. 184 pages of text.
    TB32748  $20.00



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    McPhee, John:  Encounters With The Archdruid.  New York: Farrer Straus Giroux, 1989. First Edition. Fine in brown cloth covered boards with blind decorated stamping on the front board and gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with only tiny hints of wear to the ends of the spine area and with a small 1/3 inch closed tear to the upper edge of the front panel. One of the more difficult titles by McPhee to locate in collectable condition. 245 pages of text.
    TB32742  $95.00



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    McPhee, John:  The Founding Fish.  New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002. First Edition, First printing. Fine in black and dark gray paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. An octavo measuring 8 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 358 pages of text. The author's 26th book. This title is about the American shad.
    TB28634  $20.00




  • McPhee, John:  Giving Good Weight.  New York: Farrer Straus Giroux, 1979. First Edition, First printing. Near fine In a fine jacket but with a price clipped front flap.
    TB00038  $7.00



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    McPhee, John:  The Headmaster.  New York: Farrer Straus Giroux, 1966. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A small octavo measuring 8 by 5 1/4 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 149 pages of text and illustrated from black and white photographs. The author's second book, difficult to find in such collectible condition. An exceptional copy with no prior ownership marks of any kind.
    TB32752  $100.00



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    McPhee, John:  The Headmaster Frank L. Boyden, of Deerfield.  New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1966. First Edition, First Printing. Possibly an ex-library copy in near fine condition in green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A small octavo of 8 by 5 3/8 inches with Rock Village Library book plate on the front paste down, and a number "9500" at the upper edge of the title page with that number repeated on the rear paste down. In a very near fine, unclipped dust jacket Signed and inscribed on the title page by the author. 109 pages of text followed by a number pages of black and white photographs to page 149. The author's second book, difficult to find in such collectible condition.
    TB29603  $125.00



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    McPhee, John:  Heirs of General Practice.  New York: Farrer Straus Giroux, 1986. Third Edition. Near fine in heavy, illustrated paper wraps with an adhesive binding. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches with the slight rubbing of the colors at the edges of the spine area .Without a dust jacket as issued. Reportedly the first printing of this title was only issued during an AMA dinner engagement as the topic deals with the medical profession. The text of this book originally appeared in Table of Contents. (120) pages of text.
    TB32773  $40.00



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    McPhee, John:  In Suspect Terrain.  New York: Farrer Straus Giroux, 1983. First Edition, First printing. Fine in light brown cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches with illustrated end sheets. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. The author's sixteenth book and the second in his geological series of books. 210 pages of text A fine, bright and clean copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32745  $30.00




  • McPhee, John:  Irons in the Fire.  New York: Farrar, Starus & Giroux, 1997. First Edition. Fine paper decorated covered boards with black stamping on the front board and on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. McPhee's 28th book comprises a collection of seven essays on some extremely diverse topics. 216 pages of text.
    TB05940  $15.00




  • McPhee, John:  La Place de la Concorde Suisse.  New York: Farrer Straus Giroux, 1984. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in light gray cloth covered boards with black text on the spine. In a fine jacket with with the price intact on the front flap. McPhee's classic narrative of the Swiss Army through the eyes of Luc Massy, who like 650,000 other Swiss citizens, is a member of the army which can be fully mobilized in less than 48 hours.
    TB16309  $20.00



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    McPhee, John:  Oranges.  New York: Farrer Straus Giroux, 1967. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in light blue cloth covered boards with the upper edge of the text block stained light yellow. The lower edges of the boards shows minor fading; otherwise the book is fine. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. A small octavo measuring 7 7/8" tall by 5 3/8" deep containing 149 pages of text. Warmly inscribed by the author on the title page and dated in 1969. The author's third book which has become rather uncommon.
    TB22008  $275.00




  • McPhee, John:  Pieces of the Frame.  New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1975. First Edition, First printing. Fine in bright blue cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine and with a prior owner's name on the front free end paper. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap and only a hint of rubbing at the upper edge of the spine area. A collection of eleven memorable stories or essays which have appeared in The Atlantic, Holiday, Playboy and The New Yorker magazines. 308 pages of text. One of the more uncommon titles by McPhee.
    TB16308  $120.00



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    McPhee, John:  The Ransom of Russian Art.  New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1994. First Edition. Fine in red cloth covered boards with black text stamped on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 3/8 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed without an inscription or date by the author on the title page. 181 pages of text illustrated with four sections of color plates. McPhee's book which examines the unlawful "departure" of underground artist's works during the 60's and 70's in Russia.
    TB29492  $50.00



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    McPhee, John:  The Ransom of Russian Art.  New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1994. First Edition, First printing. Fine in deep red cloth covered boards with black text stamping on the spine. A quarto of 8 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. The author examines the unlawful "departure" of underground artist's works during the 60's and 70's in Russia. 181 pages of text and illustrated with a number of color plates. A very clean, bright and tight copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB29281  $10.00



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    McPhee, John:  The Second John McPhee Reader.  New York: Farrar, Sraus & Giro, 1996. First Edition. Fine in gilt decorated green paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. A collection of 14 writings from eleven of John McPhee's books selected by David Remnick and Patricia Strachan and edited by Patricia Strachan. A very uncommon title by McPhee.
    TB11164  $90.00



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    McPhee, John:  Silk Parachute.  New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (2010). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in white paper covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo measuring 8 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 227 pages of text. A collection of ten essays.
    TB28631  $25.00



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    McPhee, John:  Table of Contents.  New York: Farrer Straus Giroux, 1985. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 293 pages of text.
    TB29255  $20.00






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