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A Sense of Where You Are
by McPhee, John
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/near fine
- Seller
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Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
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 and seemingly unread. A unique copy warmly inscribed on the title page by Bill Bradley to Peter Briggs, an accomplished educator who served as the headmaster at a number of prep schools. McPhee acknowledges that fact in his letter, written on Princeton University letterhead, addressed to Payson Stewart Briggs. McPhee writes in part that Payson was "born very close to the time when I was a visiting writer at Western Reserve Academy and your father was headmaster there." This connection betwen McPhee and Peter Briggs explains the second handwritten letter by McPhee. Written on a folded 8.5x11" piece of paper, McPhee addresses Peter Briggs and writes, "Two of my nephews, now 47 and 55, went to The Potomac school. I hope this inscription is what you had in mind. Sandy sends his best wishes to you. Regards, John." It appears that Peter Briggs sent this copy to John McPhee so McPhee could get it inscribed by Bill Bradley. Perhaps it was Briggs cashing in on a favor earned years ago at the Western Reserve Academy. Regardless, a one-of-a-kind copy of McPhee's debut.
Synopsis
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1520
- Title
- A Sense of Where You Are
- Author
- McPhee, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Farrar , Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1965
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