A Sense Of Where You Are

by McPhee, John

When John McPhee met Bill Bradley, both were at the beginning of their careers. A Sense of Where You Are, McPhee's first book, is about Bradley when he was the best basketball player Princeton had ever seen. McPhee delineates for the reader the training and techniques that made Bradley the extraordinary athlete he was, and this part of the book is a blueprint of superlative basketball. But athletic prowess alone would not explain Bradley's magnetism, which is in the quality of the man himself—his self-discipline, his rationality, and his sense of responsibility. Here is a portrait of Bradley as he was in college, before his time with the New York Knicks and his election to the U.S. Senate—a story that suggests the abundant beginnings of his professional careers in sport and politics.

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New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Association copy inscribed by Bill Bradley with two handwritten letters by John McPhee. Fine in an about near fine jacket, unclipped ($3.75), faded on the spine, lightly rubbed on the back panel. Black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean… Read more about this item
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New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1965. First published in 1965, A Sense of Where You Are is the literary equivalent of a harmonic convergence, a remarkable confluence of two talents--John McPhee and Bill Bradley--at the beginning of what would prove to be long and distinguished careers. "Immensely well-written, inspiring without being preachy, and contains as well the clearest… Read more about this item
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NY:: Farrar, Straus and Giroux,. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1965. Hardcover. The author's first book. Black and white photographs. Stated first printing. Previous owner's name and address on front paste-down, else very good in a good (edge worn with several moderate sized chips), price clipped dust jacket.; 144 pages .
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New York: Farrar, Straus, (1965). First edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. Illustrated with photographs of Bradley in action as "the greatest player in the history of the Ivy League." INSCRIBED BY THE FUTURE SENATOR, "For ---- Thanks. Bill Bradley". Bright and near fine in dust jacket with professional repair to corners and spine ends (otherwise bright… Read more about this item
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New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1965. Hardcover. Stated First Edition, First Printing. 5 x 7.5in. x. 144pp. Publisher's cloth boards. NEAR FINE in Near Fine dust jacket. The book itself shows a neat small remainder dot at the bottom text-block edge, a former owner name of a Princeton graduate neatly on the front endpaper, else Fine/As New. The… Read more about this item
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NY: FARRAR, STRAUS & GIROUX.. Near Fine. 1965. First Edition. SIGNED by John McPhee on an adhesive bookplate which is laid into the book loosely. Near fine in a close to Nf. DJ. (Usual discoloration of orange hue at spine of DJ. , which is still perfectly readable. Faint hint of foxing at top edge. Trace of… Read more about this item
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E-001: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1966. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York. 1965. 144 pgs. Illustrated with Black and White Plates. Signed and inscribed by Bill Bradley on the title page. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has ight shelf-wear present to the… Read more about this item
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