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New York: Farrar * Straus * Giroux, 1983. First Printing. Cloth. 8vo, light brown cloth, Mylar-protected dust jacket with colored painting of the "Delaware Water Gap" by George Innes (1859), colored geological era charts for endpapers, [210] pages. Fine / Fine. Item #789
ISBN: 0374176507
The author"s sixteenth book and the second in his geological series of books. McPhee draws on the expertise of an internally-known geologist, Anita Harris, to explain in four sections a fascinating tale of geology. He includes a biography of Harris, plus an examination of an Appalachian landscape that illustrates human history in conflict with the ice age. His journeys with Anita Harris in ancient lands are juxtaposed with travels in the modern world.
Book is in exceptional condition internally and externally (though there is a minute discoloration to the upper edge of the dust jacket).
Price: $75.00