Alaska: Images of the Country, Deluxe Edition - Hardcover
Book by John McPhee
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First published in 1981 and now available in this distinctive edition, a compelling portrait of modern Alaska pairs excerpts from John McPhee's classic "Coming into the Country" with photojournalist Galen Rowell's breathtaking images of the lands and peo
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Galen Rowell (1940-2002) was one of the world's most celebrated nature photographers. His many books include Bay Area Wild, Mountain Light, My Tibet (with H.H. The Dalai Lama), and Galen Rowell's Vision. He lives in Bishop, California. John McPhee is the best-selling author of more than twenty books, including Basin and Range and Giving Good Weight. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey.
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- PublisherSierra Club Books
- Publication date1981
- ISBN 10 0871562936
- ISBN 13 9780871562937
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages145
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ALASKA. IMAGES OF THE COUNTRY.
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Book Description Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Issued Without Jacket. Galen Rowell, photos (illustrator). 1st Edition. Tall quarto, xiv + 146 pp., photo frontis, map, list of photographs. Extensive color photos. Deluxe edition limited to 500 numbered, specially bound, slip cased, signed copies. This is number 51 flat signed by both Galen Rowell and John McPhee. Decorated two tone cloth bound hard cover book in fine cond. There is a small wrinkle in the black f.f.e.p. top right hand corner. Cloth bound slip case would also be in fine cond. but on the back side there are several small smudges. Cosmetic only. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 012689
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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. Very Good. book. Seller Inventory # D7S9-1-M-0871562936-6
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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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