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Stated 1st edition, 1st printing, straight and nice-looking, expressly not an ex-library copy or a book club ringer, etc. Mustard-colored binding is tight and straight with some fading near bottom edge; pages are crisp and sharp, cream colored, with a small chip on the bottom edge of one endpaper -- otherwise as if unread. Jacket is very attractive with vivid colors; some… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1979. Hardcover with price clipped dust jacket, 261 pages, DJ now in new mylar protector; 5 non-fiction stories from the consistently unique and entertaining staff writer for The New Yorker. See also our other McPhee listings, and our listing for Brendan Gill's Here at The… Read more about this item

New York:: Farrar, Straus & Giroux,, 1979.. Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket (crease to corner of photograph). First printing. A collection of 5 pieces: the title piece refers to the farmers selling at the Greenmarket in New York City. Also included is are essays on a white water trip in Maine,… Read more about this item

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1979. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: "Farrar, Straus And Giroux", 1979. "First Edition, First Printing". Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Dark Yellow Cloth Covers with dulled red foil lettering to spine; Dark Yellow Endpapers; book edges are foxed; book interior is clean and tight; 8vo; 261 pages; dustjacket is protected by a mylar wrapper and is clean and bright; spine ends of dustjacket are… Read more about this item

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1979. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1979. Hardcover with price clipped dust jacket, 261 pages, DJ now in new mylar protector; 5 non-fiction stories from the consistently unique and entertaining staff writer for The New Yorker. See also our other McPhee listings, and our listing for Brendan Gill's Here at The… Read more about this item

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, November 1979. Hardcover. Good/Fair.

Stated first printing. In fine condition, clean and unmarked, appears unread, in a fine dust jacket with price intact. Signed and dated by John Mcphee on half title page. Included is ephemera announcing book signing event.

Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

A first printing hardcover with dust jacket. Published by Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1979. The dust jacket is intact and is not price clipped, the original price of $9.95 appears in the upper corner of the front flap. No writing, no highlighting, no former ownership marks. There is some light foxing spots to the edges of the text block. This is… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux. Very Good. 1979. Uncorrected Proof. Softcover. Tan wraps with light toning to spine and along edges. Slightly chipped clear thin plastic wrapper. Binding sound, spine uncreased, interior slightly toned. Trace soil to interior from handling. No ownership marks, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 261… Read more about this item

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1979-11-26. Hardcover. Good.

Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. ...; ...; . . Hardcover, 1st Ed/1st Printing. Fine Book in NF DJ. Price Intact. Light shelf wear to DJ. . . Bubble wrapped and shipped promptly in a box. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979. .

Head and heel of spine lightly bumped, small ink mark to bottom edge of text block. Jacket as a bit of wear to tips.

New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979. First edition of this collection of McPhee's classic essays. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Len Byrd all best John." Additionally signed by John McPhee on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin.

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. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin.

Farrar Straus & Giroux, New York, 1979. Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition/ 1st. printing. Book is As New with a priced ($9.95) As New dust jacket. Book is internally flawless and unmarked and unread. jacket has no chips, rips or flaws of any kind. John McPhee's readers have regularly been… Read more about this item

Farrar, Straus and Giroux. NF/NF. 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. 0374163065 . 8.6 X 5.9 X 0.9 inches; 261 p. .

New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Gift inscription, else fine in fine, price-clipped dustwrapper.