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Selections from McPhee's description of life in modern Alaska are accompanied by color photographs of the region, its animals, and its beautiful scenery
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This compelling portrait of modern Alaska pairs excerpts from John McPhee's classic, "Coming Into the Country", with the incomparable images of wilderness photojournalist Galen Rowell. Chosen from more than 10,000 images taken by Rowell on nine separate expeditions to the Yukon State, the 112 full-color photographs featured here seamlessly complement McPhee's vivid prose. Together, text and images capture the overwhelming beauty and variety of America's last frontier - from the rapidly expanding city of Anchorage to the heights of Mount McKinley to the vast expanses of Alaska's frozen tundra.McPhee's text includes profiles of a diverse collection of Alaska residents, providing fascinating glimpses of the people who thrive in the desolation and freedom of the Arctic: the self-proclaimed 'weird characters' inhabiting the remote town of Eagle; 114-year-old Liza Malcolm, whose only language is an Indian tongue understood by less than a dozen living people; and, violinist Frances Randall, who practices while working at a landing site on the Kahiltna Glacier. This classic book offers readers an incomparable portrait of the complex and dramatically beautiful land that is Alaska.Indeed, as the Conservationist declared, 'For those who have longed for years to visit America's last frontier, the purchase price of the book may be the least expense incurred in furthering a deep and abiding interest'.
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- PublisherRandom House, Inc.
- Publication date1982
- ISBN 10 0871562936
- ISBN 13 9780871562937
- BindingHardcover
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ALASKA. IMAGES OF THE COUNTRY.
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Book Description Hard cover. deluxe; #254 of 500 copies, limi. First edition. Deluxe Limited Edition SIGNED by John McPhee & Galen Rowell. Gold stamped title on burgundy cloth spine with eagle stamping. Good condition (and eagle-stamped) slipcase shows age spotting. Very good. No dust jacket. Signe. Seller Inventory # 2012046978
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 145 pages, 4to. Missing slipcase. Deluxe Edition. Limited to 500 numbered copies, specially bound, SIGNED by Galen Rowell and John McPhee. This copy is not numbered, with a black slash where is copy number should be. Shelfwear: light scuffing along edges and covers. Tightly bound, no marks. Volume is in Very Good condition. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 060322
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Deluxe first edition signed by both Rowell and McPhee. First printing. Number 105 of 500 copies. Book is like new. Dust jacket has slightest smudging to cloth. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # B1670
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Signed limited edition of which this is numbered 458 of 500 issued. Signed by both Galen Rowell, the photographer and John McPhee whose text from Coming into the Country is used. Small wear to the top of the slipcase with minor soiling to the slipcase. The book is in fine condition. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # ABE-1525557225515
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: g- to near fine. Limited first edition. #490/500. Large quarto. (xiv) 145pp. (1). Cream colored cloth slipcase with a burgundy totem illustration on the cover. Burgundy buckram over cream colored cloth boards, with a burgundy totem illustration on the front cover and gilt lettering on the spine. Hand numbered and signed by the Rowell and McPhee at the colophon. The book is a lovely photographic survey of the landscapes and people of Alaska, with complementary text accompaniment by John McPhee. McPhee's text is taken from his book "Coming Into the Country", which served as inspiration for the photographer's journey to Alaska. Slipcase with smudging and light staining. Slipcase in good-, binding and interior in near fine condition overall. Seller Inventory # 42424
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No. 390 of a deluxe edition limited to 500 copies signed by both McPhee and photographer Rowell. Maroon cloth spine and hinges, tan cloth boards, gilt titling on the spine. Native-American style design of eagle on front panel. In a fine matching slipcase. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # ABE-1417843724
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Book Description Condition: Fine. First Edition. Deluxe SIGNED Limited Edition. One of 500 numbered copies signed by John McPhee & Galen Rowell. Fine in quarter maroon cloth, with gold stamped titles & creme colored cloth, laid-into a creme colored publisher's slipcase with a maroon colored eagle totem stamped on front cover. Nicely produced. Seller Inventory # 25726
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