The Pine Barrens [INSCRIBED]
by McPhee, John
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
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Kutztown, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1968. Book. Illus. by James Graves. Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. INSCRIBED. Teal green cloth, lettered in gold foil. Slightly cocked binding original to issue, otherwise without flaws. Color illus. dust jacket shows 1/2" closed tear at heel of spine, slight rubbing at head, price clipped dust jacket. Stated 1st ptg. [x],157 pp., illus. Inscribed by McPhee directly on half-title (not a book plate) "With very best wishes / to Stanley Howard," full signature, dated Father's Day 1968; Howard was a college classmate of McPhee's. Scarce inscribed copy of the author's fourth book..
Synopsis
Most people think of New Jersey as a suburban-industrial corridor that runs between New York and Philadelphia. Yet in the low center of the state is a near wilderness, larger than most national parks, which has been known since the seventeenth century as the Pine Barrens. Although New Jersey has the heaviest population density of any state, huge segments of the Pine Barrens remain uninhabited. The few people who dwell in the region, the "Pineys," are little known and often misunderstood. Here McPhee uses his uncanny skills as a journalist to explore the history of the region and describe the people—and their distinctive folklore—who call it home. - Publisher’s Site
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- Saucony Book Shop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 049328
- Title
- The Pine Barrens [INSCRIBED]
- Author
- McPhee, John
- Illustrator
- James Graves
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1968
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- New Jersey;
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