UNCOMMON CARRIERS
by McPhee, John
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0374280398
- ISBN 13
- 9780374280390
- Seller
-
Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006. First Edition. Boards. Fine/Fine. SIGNED by the Author, 8vo, black paper-covered spine & maroon paper-covered boards, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped), 248 pages. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION and another important book by McPhee.<br/> <br/> McPhee who is on the staff of The New Yorker is the highly regarded author of several books on natural history, scientific figures, and geology. UNCOMMON CARRIERS deals with the lives of those engaged in transportation from trucks and trains to towboats.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 115
- Title
- UNCOMMON CARRIERS
- Author
- McPhee, John
- Format/Binding
- Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0374280398
- ISBN 13
- 9780374280390
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- America, science, history, essays, nature
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...