Control Nature by Mcphee John, First Edition (28 results)

Paper Back. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First paperback edition - Tenth printing. Pages are clean and unmarked. Minimal soiling to the page edges. Minor rubbing to the edges and corner. Overall still in great condition.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition stated. [xii], 272pp [short, frayed tear and mild edgewear to price-clipped dj] Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First Edition stated. In terra cotta cloth with black illustration to cover and gilt to type on spine. Sharp corners, clean interior and tight binding, appears unread. Jacket unclipped and glossy with light edgewear. 1st Printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 274pp. In black cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on the spine. (Cloth a little rounded at spine ends). Text block edges a little dust marked. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original, edge rubbed dust jacket, with mild scuffs on corners and spine tips. 8vo. "Taking us deep into these contested territories, McPhee details the strategies and tactics through which people attempt to control nature. Most striking in his vivid depiction of the main contestants: nature in complex and awesome guises, and those who would attempt to wrest control from her--stubborn, often ingenious, and always arresting characters.".

VG in VG DJ. DJ price clipped. 1st ed 3rd ptg.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1990 first edition paperback in very good condition. No marks to pages, clean and bright, tight, even binding. The card cover has remnants of a small sticker on front cover, light general shelf wear. Items are dispatched the same or the following working day. Please note our excellent customer feedback.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. 1st. Bound in publisher's original brown cloth, spine stamped in gilt. Dust jacket is not price clipped.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Gudjon Olafsson (illustrator). First Edition: Third Printing. 272 pages: 5.75 x 8.5 in.: KB#006501: Dustjacket now protected by a new Brodart Mylar Cover. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. Dustjacket is lightly worn along edges. "Some of the more expensive real estate in Los Angeles is up against mountains that are rising and disintegrating as rapidly as any in the world. After a complex coincidence of natural events, boulders will flow out of these mountains like fish eggs, mixed with mud, sand, and smaller rocks in a cascading mass known as debris flow. Plucking up trees and cars, bursting through doors and windows, filling up houses to their eaves, debris flows threaten the lives of people living in and near Los Angeles' famous canyons. At extraordinary expense the city has built a hundred and fifty stadium-like basins in a daring effort to catch the debris. Taking us deep into these contested territories, McPhee details the strategies and tactics through which people attempt to control nature. Most striking in his vivid depiction of the main contestants: nature in complex and awesome guises, and those who would attempt to wrest control from her--stubborn, often ingenious, and always arresting characters. ".

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. stated first edition, 1989; unread copy, hinges still tight; inscribed and signed on decorative bookplate. Inscribed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. First Edition. page edges lightly foxed.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Per the prolific "New Yorker" author, the problem with controlling Nature is that Nature cannot be controlled. This is a Near Fine copy of the First Edition stated "First Edition, 1989"]. [Orange cloth binding with titling in gilt on the spine and an illustration in black on the front cover. Clean text; 272 pages. Barely hints of fade at the margins. The dustjacket is complete and unclipped; just a bit of light soiling. In a protective plastic cover. [Note: due to a computer crash, this book may also appear with the Inventory # 001574.] Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Out of print.

Hardcover. First Edition; Third Printing. Very Good+ in a Near Fine dust jacket. Foxing on top text block edge. ; 8.6 X 5.7 X 1.2 inches; 272 pages.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. ; 8.6 X 5.7 X 1.2 inches.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Light spotting on text block edges. ; 8.6 X 5.7 X 1.2 inches; 272 pages.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Edge wear and soiling. First Edition stated. ; 8.60 X 5.70 X 1.20 inches; 272 pages.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. ; 272 pages.

Hardcover. First Edition, First printing. First printing Fine in red-brown cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and with a black illustration on the front board. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author without a date or inscription on the fly title page. Mcphee visits with the engineers who must prevent the Mississippi from leaving its old established course; an Icelandic physicist who devised a means to prevent molten lava from taking over and filling-in Iceland's most important port; Hawaii to view similar attempts to control lava and in Los Angeles to meet with those responsible for trying to control the rapid disintegration of the mountainous terrain surrounding that area. 272 pages of text.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Printing. A Fine copy in a Fine dustwrapper, not price-clipped. This copy is INSCRIBED "for [_____] with thanks and all best, John McPhee" on the half title page. 272pp. Three feature articles which appeared originally in The New Yorker. Continues McPhee's preoccupation with geology. Q16536.

Hard Cover. Condition: BOOK FINE. Dust Jacket Condition: JACKET FINE. 1st Edition. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a decorative bookplate. AN EXTREMELYL CLEAN, NICE COPY WITH A BRIGHT, ATTRACTIVE DUSTJACKET IN NEW, GLOSSY BRODART. 1st printing. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. 271 pages. BEAUTIFUL, COLLECTIBLE COPY!. Signed by Author.