Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1992
ISBN 10: 0374514658 ISBN 13: 9780374514655
Seller: SecondSale, Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
Condition: Very Good. Graves, James (illustrator). Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.
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Published by House of Lochar, 1998
ISBN 10: 1899863249 ISBN 13: 9781899863242
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, 1984
Seller: Foxtrot Books, Yankton, SD, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Good. Good Condition paperback 159 pages.
Published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1970
ISBN 10: 0374131929 ISBN 13: 9780374131920
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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Published by Daunt Books
ISBN 10: 1907970916 ISBN 13: 9781907970917
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Published by Country Book Club
Seller: Goldstone Rare Books, Llandybie, CARMS, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Wear/marking to original dust jacket. Light Foxing/tanning to end papers and page edges. Photograph available on request.
Published by New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1978.), 1978
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
Trade paperback. McPhee returns to the island of his ancestors - Colonsay, 25 miles west of the Scottish mainland. A moving portrait of this fragment of the Hebrides - of the history and legends, and most of all of the people. Illustrated with drawings by James Graves. 159 pp. Good condition overall (some rubbing and wear to the covers).
Published by MacFarlane Walter & Ross, 1992
ISBN 10: 0921912404 ISBN 13: 9780921912408
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.5.
Published by Country Book Club, UK, 1973
Seller: RIVERLEE BOOKS, Waltham Cross, HERTS, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Fair to good condition hard cover, with poor condition jacket, rips and chips to jacket, tanning to pages, otherwise in a good readable condition.
Published by HarperCollins Publishers Australia, 1972
ISBN 10: 0207954496 ISBN 13: 9780207954498
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. First Edition. First edition, hardcover, has a slight lean to the binding, light bumps to the spine ends, mild wear to the cover corners and edges with a few small dings to the tail edge of the back cover, and light foxing with faint smudging to the edges of the text block. Overall, a Very Good copy in a Near Very Good, unclipped dust jacket, which has bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, light wear to the edges, rubbing with spots of smudging to the covers, and mild sunning to the spine and borders of the back.
Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1970
Seller: Frey Fine Books, Rougemont, NC, U.S.A.
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st edition, 1st printing. 1st printing, stated. A Very Good copy in Very Good dust jacket. 8vo. Bound in red cloth in red, tartan dust jacket. The dust jacket, priced at $5.75, has a red transfer stain on the reverse, and an old price written in on the inside front flap. Preliminary pages just beginning to fox. Old price written on front end paper. The dj is now protected in a mylar sleeve.
Published by Country Book Club, 1973
Seller: Hadwebutknown, Birnam, PERTH, United Kingdom
Classic account of crofting on Colonsay (Scottish Hebrides). VG in VG- slightly edgeworn jacket.
Published by Farrar, Straus, Giroux, New York, 1970
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. Very good in good dustwrapper. X library book with expected wear and markings. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
Publication Date: 1970
Seller: Ilium Books, Somerville, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: Fine. First Edition. NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (1970). 1st Edition. 159 p. Hardbound with price-clipped Dust Jacket. Very slight wear to the DJ at the tail end of the spine. Interior pages are clean and the binding is tight. A bright looking and attractive copy. Fine/Near Fine.
Second printing, year of publication. The small Atlantic island of Colonsay. -- Hardcover. Condition: very good (spine letters dulled; owner name) with very good, unclipped, Macphee plaid dust jacket (spine lightly sunned).
Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1970
Seller: Wm Burgett Bks and Collectibles, San diego, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good to Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Printing. Book has owner's bookplate. Some foxing on foreedge. There is sun bleaching on spine of d.j. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Country Book Club, 1973
Seller: MacKellar Art & Books, Bournemouth, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated Edition. 1973 Country Book Club Hardcover 1st Edition 1st Impression. Very good+ clean tight binding in very good+ unclipped dustjacket as shown. wonderful Jacket design & illustrations as shown.
Published by Farrar Straus & Giroux, New York, 1970
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo. Gilt lettered red cloth in tartan dust jacket. Mcphee's seventh book, an exploration of his ancestry and the West Coast life in Scotland. One of his best. Edgewear o/w a very nice copy.
Published by Country Book Club.
Seller: Goldstone Rare Books, Llandybie, CARMS, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1973 edition. Condition is commensurate with age. Photograph available on request.
Published by Angus and Robertson, 1972
Seller: Deeside Books, Ballater, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardback in red cloth boards, and gilt titles, previous owner's name on title page, some foxing to the edge block, otherwise in Very Good condition. First edition, pp159, b&w illustrations. John McPhee wrote this in 1969, during the course of a stay in Colonsay, the home of his forebears. He put his children into the local school and lived quietly, recording his experiences in this blend of anthropology and art, capturing the tensions which both support and threaten a small community.
Published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, 1970
Seller: 32.1 Rare Books + Ephemera, IOBA, ESA, Princeton, NJ, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Price-clipped dust jacket has a few vertical irregularities on the front panel.
Published by Angus and Robertson, London, 1972
Seller: 32.1 Rare Books + Ephemera, IOBA, ESA, Princeton, NJ, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First edition.
Published by Isle of Colonsay. House of Lochar. 1979., 1979
Seller: Antiquariat CoBrA, Oberrohrbach, Austria
Isle of Colonsay. House of Lochar. 1979. 8°. 159 (1) pages. Illustrated Original-Covers. Verlagsfrisch. Ungelesen. As new; excellent copy. Sprache: Englisch. *** Bitte kontaktieren Sie uns immer BEVOR Sie bestellen! Für ausführliche Beschreibungen und Bilder sowie günstigere Versandoptionen kontaktieren Sie mich bitte per Email! Please contact us always BEFORE you order! For detailled descriptions and photos as well as cheaper shipping options please send an email! ***.
Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1970
Seller: H.S. Bailey, Fort Myers, FL, U.S.A.
Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Graves, James (illustrator). 3rd printing 1978, Inscribed to a former owner and Signed on full title page, foxing to edges of text block and front end papers, mylar enclosed dj shows edge wear with - 1/4" & 1/2" tears along bottom edge of front panel - 1/4" tear with associated 3/4" crease, two 1/8" tears with associated 3/4" crease between and 1/2" tear with associated 3/8" wide x 1/4" tall piece missing along bottom edge of rear panel, original price intact. Inscribed by Author(s).
Published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux,, New York:, 1970
Seller: Town's End Books, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition, First printing. First printing Fine in bright red cloth covered boards with bright gilt text stamping on the spine. A small octavo of 8 by 5 1/4 inches with a prior owner's book plate on the first free end page. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. An extremely handsome copy of one of McPhee's more sought after titles. The author's seventh book which details his return to his Scottish roots in the Herbrides. 159 pages and illustrated with black and white line drawings by James Graves.
Published by New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux,, 1970
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Small 8vo. 159 pp. Illustrated with b/w drawings. Red cloth, gilt titling on the spine. In a design DJ wrapped in mylar. The price is present. The DJ has dusting and a few spots to the rear panel and to the fold-ins.
First Edition. Fine in dust jacket. Inscribed by the author. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Published by Farrar Straus Giroux, New York, 1970
Seller: Abacus Bookshop, Pittsford, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
hardcover. Illus. by John Graves (illustrator). 1st edition. 8vo, 159 pp., Signed by the author on the half-title page, Lower corner of first few pages have a soft crease; dust jacket is price- clipped, else fine Nearly fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket.
Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1970
ISBN 10: 0207954496 ISBN 13: 9780207954498
Seller: Rural Hours (formerly Wood River Books), La Grande, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A family association copy, inscribed on the title page: "For Cathie Curran, from Joan and Roemer and all best for your coming trip from John McPhee, 5/82." Roemer is McPhee's brother, and Catherine Gamble Curran is the mother of Roemer's daughter-in-law (if that makes sense). Curran was a philanthropist and patron of the arts especially in New York City. Laid in is a handwritten note from Joan McPhee (Roemer's wife) to Curran exchanging brief news and conveying the book before Curran's trip to Scotland. A fine book in a near fine jacket with one chip to front upper corner at flap fold. // Wood (+) River (=) Books specializes in ecology, natural history, nature writing, the environment, and environmental literature, with a special passion for association copies and notable inscriptions. We invite you to explore our dedicated, growing collection of signed and inscribed John McPhee books, including a number of association copies.