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The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed
by McPhee, John
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0374137811
- ISBN 13
- 9780374137816
- Seller
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La Grande, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1973. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A local association copy, inscribed to a friend in Princeton: "For Arthur Morgan, in udder wonder after 7/9 and 1/3 of two fantastic ball games, best -- John McPhee, 8/82." Yes, a bit of a head scratcher ("udder" is indeed transcribed correctly here), some inside rec league joke. Maybe they played softball together? Arthur P. Morgan, who worked in finance, was a fellow Deerfield Prep and Princeton University graduate, and then a neighbor. Among other civic activity, he was on the board of the Princeton Public Library. Second printing, 1981, a near fine book due to light sun-fading to top edge of front board; similar faint sunning to that top edge on a near fine jacket, which has one half-inch tear to the top of the rear panel. We invite you to explore our growing collection of signed and inscribed John McPhee editions, including many association copies.
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- Bookseller
- Rural Hours
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ABE-1630480585457
- Title
- The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed
- Author
- McPhee, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0374137811
- ISBN 13
- 9780374137816
- Publisher
- Farrar Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1973
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About the Seller
Rural Hours
Biblio member since 2023
La Grande, Oregon
About Rural Hours
Rural Hours (formerly Wood + River = Books, est. 2019) specializes in ecology, natural history, nature writing, the environment, environmental literature, and contemporary essay, with a special passion for association copies and notable inscriptions. We draw our name from the popular-but-then-forgotten book by Susan Fenimore Cooper (published in 1850), generally considered the first work of environmental creative nonfiction by a woman in the U.S. We are interested in challenging and expanding the canon of environmental literature and finding books that tell remarkable stories and illuminate the tradition of writing about place and natural history.
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