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A Sense of Where You Are
by McPhee, John
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Beverly Hills, California, United States
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About This Item
Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1965. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A very good first edition signed by the author John McPhee on the title page, with a very good dust jacket that has some loss of paper on the bottom of spine from removal of a sticker. First edition stated on the copyright page. On the front free endpaper there is a long gift inscription from a personal friend of Bill Bradley, the subject of the book.
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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- Bookseller
- Bookbid Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1503083
- Title
- A Sense of Where You Are
- Author
- McPhee, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux
- Date Published
- 1965
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Bookbid Rare Books is a rare book dealer located in Beverly Hills, California. The family run company has sold modern literary first editions and children's books for over 20 years. Member of ABAA, ILAB.
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