John McPhee / TABLE OF CONTENTS Signed 1st Edition 1985
Inscribed first edition, review copy, of this collection of essays written between 1981 and 1984. Fine in a near fine jacket. Since most callers have until moments before been completely unaware that there are bears in New Jersey, there is often in their voices a component of alarm, up to and including terror. Legendary NEW YORKER staff writer and longtime Princeton University professor, John McPhee is the winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Wallace Stegner Prize, and was twice nominated for the National Book Award. About McPhee's work, journalist Robert Macfarlane has written: McPhee's sentences are born of patience and attention: he seems to possess a pair of eyes with the swivel, zoom and reach of a peregrine falcon's, and a pair of ears with the recording ability of a dictaphone. A beautiful signed edition from one of our greatest nonfiction writers. Read more: Macfarlane, "John McPhee: A Master of Non-Fiction, " The Guardian. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, (1985). 8.25'' x 5.5''.
Original publisher's full blue cloth. Publisher review slip and promotional flyer loosely laid in. Inscribed by McPhee on half title page: To Paul Sullivan / all best / John McPhee. Type Punch Matrix is a rare book firm founded by Rebecca Romney and Brian Cassidy. Between them, they bring over 30 years of experience in the antiquarian book trade.
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