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PRAIRYERTH; (a deep map)
by Heat-Moon, William Least
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0395486025
- ISBN 13
- 9780395486023
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company / A Peter Davison Book, 1991. First Edition, Second Printing. Cloth and boards. Fine/Near Fine. SIGNED by the Author with a brown [maroon?] marker on a special bookplate affixed to the publisher's tipped-in half title; tall and thick 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold spine lettering over beige boards, several detailed maps as chapter headings, archival polyester-protected dust jacket (unclipped) with watercolor of prairie beneath lowering skies, map endpapers of Chase County, Kansas, [x] + 624 pages. Weight: 2 lbs 10 oz. The author of Blue Highways leaves his 38-state automobile tour to travel on foot, covering the landscape and history in one section of the Great Plains in Kansas, which contains the last tall grass prairie surviving in America.<br/><br/>"PrairyErth is a vigorous and exalted evocation of the American land, its people, its past, its hopes. The very word "prairyerth," an old geologic term for the soils of our central grasslands, captures the essence of the American tallgrass country."--jacket.<br/><br/>SIGNED by the Author on a special bookplate & tipped-in publisher's half title. SUPERIOR condition internally and externally! No previous owner's or remainder marks.
Synopsis
Three months on the New York Times bestseller list, PrairyErth is now in paperback. Robert Penn Warren pronounced Heat-Moon's Blue Highways "a masterpiece." Now Heat-Moon has pulled to the side of the road and set off on foot to take readers on an exploration of time and space, landscape and history in the Flint Hills of central Kansas.
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- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7257
- Title
- PRAIRYERTH; (a deep map)
- Author
- Heat-Moon, William Least
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Second Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0395486025
- ISBN 13
- 9780395486023
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company / A Peter Davison Book
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1991
- Keywords
- West, Midwest, Pairie, tall grass, buffalo, geology, Great Plains, erosion, ecology, animals, ecosystems, nature, maps, illustrated, nonfiction
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
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Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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