Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1975
ISBN 10: 0374512973 ISBN 13: 9780374512972
Seller: SecondSale, Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Item in good condition and has highlighting/writing on text. Used texts may not contain supplemental items such as CDs, info-trac etc.
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Published by Daunt Books, 2016
ISBN 10: 190797086X ISBN 13: 9781907970863
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
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Published by MW & R, 1991
ISBN 10: 0921912153 ISBN 13: 9780921912156
Seller: Russell Books, Victoria, BC, Canada
Condition: Very Good.
Published by New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (). First Edition, stated., 1967
Seller: Lighthouse Books, ABAA, Dade City, FL, U.S.A.
Octavo, blue cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, 149 pp. Fine, in a Good dust jacket that has been price clipped rather badly. From dust jacket: This book is essentially surprising. It is non-fiction, and its subject is the botany, history, and industry of oranges. It 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 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. Oranges developed in Southeast Asia, and they spread through the world with a timing closely parallel to the spread of civilization. Thus, for example, it was Columbus himself who brought the first orange seeds to the New World. Invading Moors had earlier introduced them to Spain. Oranges splayed a significant and symbolic part in the work of the painters of the Italian Renaissance, and, in earlier centuries, at least two invasions of Italy were touched off by gifts of oranges temptingly sent to warlords in the north. Oranges were the Golden Apples of the Hesperides. Botanically, they are spectacularly complicated. They can be completely unripe when they are brilliant orange and deliciously ripe when they are as green as emeralds. An orange grown on one side of a tree is better than an orange grown on the other side. Citrus is so genetically perverse that oranges can grow from lime seeds. Most California lemons grow on orange roots. Most Florida oranges grow on lemon roots. Mr. 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 tapestry of oranges, too -- with elements in it that range from the great orangeries of European monarchs to a custom of people in the modern Caribbean who split oranges and clean floors with them, one half in each hand. Botany, Horticulture, Agriculture, Citrus, Oranges, Lemons, Natural History zslic.
Published by Farrar Straus Giroux, 2000
ISBN 10: 0141182032 ISBN 13: 9780141182032
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.24.
Published by NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1984
Seller: Peter Lenz Bookseller, Cohoes, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine hardcover in a Near Fine price-clipped dj (two small, approx 1/4," tears, taped to verso of dj, to upper dj spine and to upper rear dj panel; small 1/4" tear to upper left corner/foldover edge of rear dj panel)."Eleventh Printing, 1984" stated to copyright page. 149pp.
Published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux, NY, 1967
Seller: Bibliolio Books, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. First Edition. Slight sunning to edge of boards. Price-clipped dustjacket, with a small closed tear and crease on rear.
Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1967
ISBN 10: 0374226881 ISBN 13: 9780374226886
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.7.
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Published by Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1967
Seller: Marc J Bartolucci, Hudson, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1967. 8vo, 149 p., original blue cloth stamped in blind and gilt. First printing (stated) of the author's third book. Fading to board edges, crimping to spine tips, previous owner's name on rep, else a VG+ copy in VG+ jacket.
Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1967
Seller: Contact Editions, ABAC, ILAB, Toronto, ON, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Sky blue, gilt and blind-stamped, faded top and bottom edges. Pictorial dust jacket, a little bumped at the corners and price clipped. Clean interior. A book about oranges. Book.
Published by New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1967
Seller: Time Tested Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. "First Printing, 1967" stated. Fine hardback in fine dust jacket ($4.50). Only trivial signs of age/wear/previous use to book and dust jacket.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. A NEAR FINE FIRST IN DJ.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 149 pages. First edition, first printing. Dust jacket design by Janet Halverson. His 3rd book. Every thing you would want to about the botany, culture & industry of oranges. Fine book with a fine dust jacket with it's only flaw a clipped price. A beautiful copy!.
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Hardcover. The author's third book. First printing. Review copy with slip laid in. Very good or better in a very good (small stain in upper corner of front panel) dust jacket. ; 149 pages Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.
Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1967
ISBN 10: 0374226881 ISBN 13: 9780374226886
Seller: Big Star Books, Santa Fe, NM, U.S.A.
Signed
hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Signed/inscribed by John McPhee. Hardcover, in jacket. Some spotting to exterior. Otherwise, very good: interior clean and unmarked, with firm binding. Jacket has light edgewear and is price-clipped. Reliable customer service. Photos available. We ship daily. Expedited shipping available! (Heavy books & sets may require extra shipping charges.). Signed.
Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1967
Seller: Turning of the Tide Books, SEATTLE, WA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Stated 1967 FSG 1st Edition, Signed by John McPhee on plate affixed to half-title page. Book in VG- condition; light fading along top and bottom book edges, boards clean, binding tight, clean interior and pages. DJ in VG- condition; covers mildly worn on rear and along front fore-edge yet clean, light browning along top dj edge, no tears, dj is price-clipped, in mylar cover. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Farrer Straus Giroux,, New York:, 1967
Seller: Town's End Books, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. First Edition, First printing. First printing Near fine in light blue cloth covered boards with the upper edge of the text block stained light yellow. The lower edges of the boards shows minor fading; otherwise the book is fine. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. A small octavo measuring 7 7/8" tall by 5 3/8" deep containing 149 pages of text. Warmly inscribed by the author on the title page and dated in 1969. The author's third book which has become rather uncommon.
Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1967
ISBN 13: 2900013486885
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. (1967). 8vo. 1st edition of author's 3rd book. SIGNED by McPhee. Gift inscription on half-title page. Slight toning to textblock edges. Disoloration and slight wear to edges, forecorners, and slightly bumped spine ends of gently rubbed boards. Light wear and bumping to edges, forecorners, and spine ends of gently rubbed and slightly soiled dust jacket. VG/VG. Author.
Published by Farrrar Strauss & Giroux, 1967
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine Copy In Like Jacket.First Edition Stated.Signed by the Author on the Title-page.Gorgeous Copy of the Author's Third Book. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Farrar Straus & Giroux, New York, 1967
Seller: Books Plus, LLC, Lexington, SC, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hard Cover. Condition: BOOK NEAR FINE. Dust Jacket Condition: JACKET VERY GOOD+. 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. Author's third book. 149 pages. BEAUTIFUL, COLLECTIBLE COPY!. Signed by Author.
Published by Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1967
Seller: Evergreen Books LLC, Lakewood, CO, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing; slightest wear to book and dust jacket; NF/NF; signed by John McPhee on a book plate that is attached to the front free end paper; pictures available upon request. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1967
ISBN 10: 0374226881 ISBN 13: 9780374226886
Seller: Rural Hours (formerly Wood River Books), La Grande, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A layered and compelling association copy, inscribed "For Sir Peregrine Henniker-Heaton, from Sara Spencer, with assistance from John McPhee, 3/26/71." McPhee has a wonderful habit of naming the intermediary of a gifted book, so we ll start with Sara Spencer. Her married name became Sara Lippincott, and she was John McPhee s copyeditor at The New Yorker for 25 years before she became a nonfiction editor at the magazine. He wrote about her in his essay "Checkpoints which first appeared in Silk Parachute and then was properly collected in Draft #4, and it s fair to say that "Checkpoints" kicked off the series of reflections on writing that became Draft #4. "Checkpoints" begins, "Sara Lippincott, who now lives in Pasadena, having retired as an editor at The New Yorker in the early nineteen-nineties, worked in the magazine s fact-checking department from 1966 until 1982. She had a passion fo science, and the pieces of writing about science came in to the magazine they were generally copied to her desk. In 1973, a long piece of mine called 'The Curve of Binding Energy' received her full-time attention for three or four weeks and needed every minute of it. Explaining her work to an audience at a journalism school, Sara once said, 'Each word in the piece that has even a shred of fact clinging to it is scrutinized, and, if passed, given the checker s imprimatur, which consists of a tiny pencil tick.'" And so on. On the publication of Silk Parachute, McPhee wrote to her, "That piece was written so that I could write the part about you." Almost every book John McPhee has written passed through Sara and her checkpoints on its way to FSG, making her a key figure in his writing life. // As for Sir Peregrine Henniker-Heaton: Here's where this association takes a bizarre and slightly macabre turn, and it also explains why this book remained in Sara Lippincott's library until she sold or commissioned the book to a Pasadena shop. His relationship to Lippincott is unknown, but in any case he was a British spy and baronet who suddenly went missing in London in October of 1971. A wingâcommander in the Royal Air Force, he had been in head of security in Palestine during the British mandate and had already escaped three assassination attempts. When he went missing after apparently going out for a walk, it was assumed that someone had finally got him, and Scotland Yard made a big effort to find him. Three years later, his skeleton turned up in a pile of rumpled clothes in a locked study of his West London home, where he had taken his life and left a note. It was sensational news and embarrassing to Scotland Yard, which hadn t even bothered to thoroughly search the house. Though this book was inscribed in March of 1971, apparently Sara wasn t able to visit or send it before Henniker-Heaton disappeared. It's the kind of weird story John McPhee might have been tempted to write about himself, if only some sort geology were involved in the evidence. A very good book with some fading to top edges of boards, with a very good jacket with general wear, a few dark scuffs to pale back, and a small water stain at base of spine. All in all, a rare and fantastic copy, a wonderful conversation piece. Please inquire for photos.