Oranges by Mcphee John (57 items)

Oranges
by John McPhee
No. 516-Nature
Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Sixth printing 1978
ISBN 10: 0374512973 / ISBN 13: 9780374512972
Paperback
5.25 x 8 inches, 149 pages

A classic of reportage, Oranges was first conceived as a short magazine article about oranges and orange juice, but the author kept encountering so much irresistible information that he eventually found that he had in fact written a book. It contains sketches of orange growers, orange botanists, orange pickers, orange packers, early settlers on Florida's Indian River, the first orange barons, modern concentrate makers, and a fascinating profile of Ben Hill Griffin of Frostproof, Florida who may be the last of the individual orange barons. McPhee's astonishing book has an almost narrative progression, is immensely readable, and is frequently amusing. Louis XIV hung tapestries of oranges in the halls of Versailles, because oranges and orange trees were the symbols of his nature and his reign. This book, in a sense, is a… Read more

Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1975. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp.

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1975-01-01. Paperback. Good. 5x0x8. Softcover, minor wear, remainder mark to top text block, pages tanning and solid binding, a nice copy.

Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Used - Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Used - Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Used - Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

like new.

Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Used - Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, January 1975. Paperback. Used - Very Good.

new.

Farrar, Straus and Giroux. New. BRAND NEW, GIFT QUALITY! NOT OVERSTOCKS OR MARKED UP REMAINDERS! DIRECT FROM THE PUBLISHER!

like new.

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1975-01-01. paperback. Very Good. 5x0x8. Nice book. Some wear to cover edges and corners. Number on inside back cover.

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, March 1991. Trade Paperback . Good.

Paperback. Very Good.

1991 Macfarlane Walter & Ross paperback; light cover wear; pages clean/tight; good condition

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1975 Reprint. 149 pp. Oranges is about everything you ever wanted to know about oranges and orange juice and more. Near Fine.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000. Soft cover. As New/No Jacket. Pictorial wraps. 8vo, 149pp.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: The Noonday Press, 1991. First Thus . Trade Paperback. Fine. (1st Noonday Press) Trade paperback, color photo of girl amid orange tree branches on front wrapper, praise on back wrapper from Roderick Cook of Harper's, Edmund Fuller of The Wall Street Journal, 149 lightly browned pages. Light wear to bottom front tip. Near Very Fine.