Control Nature by Mcphee John, Signed (4 results)

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. 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.