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Title: Twenty-two volumes by John McPhee Author: McPhee, John Place: New York Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Date: Various dates Description: 22 volumes. (8vo), most cloth with dust jackets. A large selection of works by John McPhee, widely considered one of the pioneers of creative nonfiction. Most are first editions with dust jackets, and a few are signed by the author. includes: The Headmaster: Frank L. Boyden, of Deerfield. Cloth, dust jacket. First Edition. 1966. A Roomful of Hovings and Other Profiles. Cloth, dust jacket. First Edition. 1968. Levels of the Game. Cloth, dust jacket. First Edition. 1969. Encounters With the Archdruid. Cloth, dust jacket. First Edition. 1971. Wimbledon: A Celebration. Illustrated from photographs. Cloth, dust jacket. First Edition. Viking, 1972. Pieces of the Frame. Cloth, dust jacket. First Edition. 1972. The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed. Cloth, dust jacket. First Edition. 1973. The Curve of Binding Energy: A Journey into the Awesome and Alarming World of Theodore B. Taylor Cloth, dust jacket. First Edition. 1974. The Survival of the Bark Canoe. Cloth, dust jacket. First Edition. 1975. Coming into the Country. Cloth, dust jacket. First Edition. 1977. Giving Good Weight. Inscribed by the author on the half-title: "To George Fox all best. John McPhee. San Francisco, 10/10/89." Cloth, dust jacket. First Edition. 1979. Alaska: Images of the Country. Illustrated from photographs by Galen Rowell. Cloth, dust jacket. First Edition. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1981. Pine Barrens. Illustrated wrappers. Eleventh printing, 1981. Basin and Range. Illustrated wrappers. Fourth printing, 1982. In Suspect Terrain. Cloth, dust jacket. First Edition. 1983. La Place De La Concorde Suisse. Cloth, dust jacket. First Edition. 1984. Basin and Range [and] In Suspect Terrain. Illustrated wrappers, together in slipcase. 1984. Heirs of General Practice. Illustrated wrappers. 1984. La Place de la Concorde Suisse. Cloth, slipcase. Signed by the author at the limitation. No. 159 of 200 copies. 1984. Table of Contents. Cloth, dust jacket. First Edition. 1985. Rising from the Plains. Cloth, dust jacket. First Edition. 1986. Assembling California. Cloth, dust jacket. First Edition. 1993. Due to the size and/or weight of this lot extra shipping and/or handling charges may apply. Lot Amendments Condition: Occasional light wear to jackets or bindings, a few jackets clipped; a few volumes with gift inscriptions; generally near fine or better. Item number: 285255