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Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1990
ISBN 10: 0374522596ISBN 13: 9780374522599
Seller: SecondSale, Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.
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Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1989
ISBN 10: 0374128901ISBN 13: 9780374128906
Seller: ZBK Books, Carlstadt, NJ, U.S.A.
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Condition: good. Pages and cover are intact. Used book in good and clean conditions. Limited notes marks and highlighting may be present. May show signs of normal shelf wear and bends on edges. Item may be missing CDs or access codes. May include library marks.
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Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux; Reprint edition (1990-09-01) January 1800, 1800
Seller: R Bookmark, Youngtown, AZ, U.S.A.
Trade Paperback. Condition: Used - Acceptable. Shelf and spine wear -- reader's copy.
Published by Penguin Random House, 1990
ISBN 10: 0091745381ISBN 13: 9780091745387
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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Published by NY Noonday Press (1989)., 1989
Seller: Crabtree's Collection Old Books, Sebago, ME, U.S.A.
G PB ex-library. Places where people have been engaged in all-out battles with nature. Owner name, gift, library stamp & notations. Reprint edition.
Published by Thorndike Press, 2000
ISBN 10: 0783887744ISBN 13: 9780783887746
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.6.
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Published by Penguin Random House, 1992
ISBN 10: 071265030XISBN 13: 9780712650304
Seller: Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, United Kingdom
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Condition: Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
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Published by NY Farrar Straus (1989)., 1989
Seller: Crabtree's Collection Old Books, Sebago, ME, U.S.A.
First Edition
VG in VG DJ. DJ price clipped. 1st ed 3rd ptg.
Published by New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1989. dj, 1989
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover - 3rd printing. Accounts of three struggles against the forces of nature: the Atchafalaya and the tendency of the Mississippi River to change courses, a volcanic eruption and lava flow in Iceland which were threatening the second largest fishing harbor in the country, and the constant debris and mud slides in Los Angeles which are caused because the San Gabriel and San Bernadino Mountains are 'incompetent'. The title was inspired by the unintended ambiguity McPhee noted in a motto etched on the engineering building at the University of Wyoming: 'Strive on - the control of nature is won, not given.' The result is one of his most entertaining and vivids books: the images of the Icelanders fighting the lava flow by pumping water on it and of the trucks that carry the debris caught in the basins above the subdivisions of Los Angeles back up the mountain are ones that will stay with you. 272 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Published by Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, New York, 1989
ISBN 10: 0374128901ISBN 13: 9780374128906
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. 1st. Bound in publisher's original brown cloth, spine stamped in gilt. Dust jacket is not price clipped.
Published by Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1989
Seller: Gumshoe Books, Columbia, SC, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. First Edition. page edges lightly foxed.
Published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1989
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Out of print.
Published by Farrar Straus & Giroux, New York, New York, 1989
ISBN 10: 0374128901ISBN 13: 9780374128906
Seller: Keener Books (Member IOBA), Menomonee Falls, WI, U.S.A.
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Book First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Gudjon Olafsson (illustrator). First Edition: Third Printing. 272 pages: 5.75 x 8.5 in.: 1.4: KB#006501: Dustjacket now protected by a new Brodart Mylar Cover. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. Dustjacket is lightly worn along edges. "Some of the more expensive real estate in Los Angeles is up against mountains that are rising and disintegrating as rapidly as any in the world. After a complex coincidence of natural events, boulders will flow out of these mountains like fish eggs, mixed with mud, sand, and smaller rocks in a cascading mass known as debris flow. Plucking up trees and cars, bursting through doors and windows, filling up houses to their eaves, debris flows threaten the lives of people living in and near Los Angeles' famous canyons. At extraordinary expense the city has built a hundred and fifty stadium-like basins in a daring effort to catch the debris. Taking us deep into these contested territories, McPhee details the strategies and tactics through which people attempt to control nature. Most striking in his vivid depiction of the main contestants: nature in complex and awesome guises, and those who would attempt to wrest control from her--stubborn, often ingenious, and always arresting characters. ".
Published by McClelland & Stewart Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada, 1994
ISBN 10: 0921912803ISBN 13: 9780921912804
Seller: Encore Books, Montreal, QC, Canada
Book
Soft cover. Condition: As New. No Jacket.
Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1989
ISBN 10: 0374128901ISBN 13: 9780374128906
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition; Third Printing. Very Good+ in a Near Fine dust jacket. Foxing on top text block edge. ; 8.6 X 5.7 X 1.2 inches; 272 pages.
Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1989
ISBN 10: 0374128901ISBN 13: 9780374128906
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition; Third Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. First Edition stated. Minor toning to pages as well as front and rear panels. ; 8.40 X 5.50 X 1 inches; 272 pages.
Published by Tsinghua University Press, 2013
ISBN 10: 7302311838ISBN 13: 9787302311836
Seller: liu xing, Nanjing JiangSu, JS, China
Book
paperback. Condition: New. Ship out in 2 business day, And Fast shipping, Free Tracking number will be provided after the shipment.Paperback. Pub Date :2013-05-01 Pages: 288 Language: Chinese Publisher: Tsinghua University Press basic protection of human society and fundamental risks are to nature. The river . the diversion of normal. Body of the mountain . the landslide normal. The earth . the wind and rain are normal. Thus. direct access to Hollywood debris underfoot. Hurricanes can be swept through New York . Rainstorm flooded Beijing can . Earthquake threat to Tokyo . In Los Angeles. people are digging huge grit cham.Four Satisfaction guaranteed,or money back.
Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1989
ISBN 10: 0374128901ISBN 13: 9780374128906
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Edge wear and soiling. First Edition stated. ; 8.60 X 5.70 X 1.20 inches; 272 pages.
Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1989
ISBN 10: 0374128901ISBN 13: 9780374128906
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Light spotting on text block edges. ; 8.6 X 5.7 X 1.2 inches; 272 pages.
Published by Farrar Straus & Giroux, New York, 1989
ISBN 10: 0374128901ISBN 13: 9780374128906
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. ; 8.6 X 5.7 X 1.2 inches.
Published by Farrar Straus Giroux, New York, 1989
Seller: Indy Library Store, Indianapolis, IN, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
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.
Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1989
ISBN 10: 0374128901ISBN 13: 9780374128906
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. ; 272 pages.
Published by Farrer Straus Giroux,, New York:, 1989
ISBN 10: 0374128901ISBN 13: 9780374128906
Seller: Town's End Books, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
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.
Published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, 1989
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
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.
Published by Farrar Straus & Giroux, New York, 1989
Seller: Books Plus, LLC, Lexington, SC, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
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.