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Alaska, Images of the Country [SIGNED]
by Rowell, Galen (photos by), John McPhee (text by)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- g- to near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0871562936
- ISBN 13
- 9780871562937
- Seller
-
Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1981. Limited first edition. Hardcover. g- to near fine. #490/500. Large quarto. (xiv) 145pp. (1). Cream colored cloth slipcase with a burgundy totem illustration on the cover. Burgundy buckram over cream colored cloth boards, with a burgundy totem illustration on the front cover and gilt lettering on the spine. Hand numbered and signed by the Rowell and McPhee at the colophon. The book is a lovely photographic survey of the landscapes and people of Alaska, with complementary text accompaniment by John McPhee. McPhee's text is taken from his book "Coming Into the Country", which served as inspiration for the photographer's journey to Alaska. Slipcase with smudging and light staining. Slipcase in good-, binding and interior in near fine condition overall.
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- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42424
- Title
- Alaska, Images of the Country [SIGNED]
- Author
- Rowell, Galen (photos by), John McPhee (text by)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - g- to near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited first edition
- ISBN 10
- 0871562936
- ISBN 13
- 9780871562937
- Publisher
- Sierra Club Books
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- Exploration, non-fiction, memoirs,
Terms of Sale
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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