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Basin and Range
by McPhee, John
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0374516901
- ISBN 13
- 9780374516901
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About This Item
New York and Toronto, Canada: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1982. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Tenth Printing. Trade Paperback in Good Condition. A journey through ancient terrains, juxtaposed with travels in the modern world, with a history of vanished landscapes and the histories of the peoples who lived there. The locale is the physiographic province of the U.S. that extends from eastern Utah to eastern California. An account of the geology of the area and of the geologist, and an introduction to plate tectonics. An excellent history and snap-shot of our science of the 1980s. Brown cover with black and red titles is clean, shows wear, light wear to extremities, tight & solid binding. Former owner name on inside of front cover, first page with former owner name blacked out and numbers written on this page. Geological time scale on two pages; frontis by John Clerk, 1787. Three pages with highlighted text, otherwise clean and unmarked, lightly toned. 216 pages. 5.5 x 8.25 inches. 1982, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, New York, USA and Toronto, Canada
Synopsis
The first of John McPhee's works in his series on geology and geologists, "Basin and Range" is a book of journeys through ancient terrains, always in juxtaposition with travels in the modern world--a history of vanished landscapes, enhanced by the histories of people who bring them to light. The title refers to the physiographic province of the United States that reaches from eastern Utah to eastern California, a silent world of austere beauty, of hundreds of discrete high mountain ranges that are green with junipers and often white with snow. The terrain becomes the setting for a lyrical evocation of the science of geology, with important digressions into the plate-tectonics revolution and the history of the geologic time scale.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 024242
- Title
- Basin and Range
- Author
- McPhee, John
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0374516901
- ISBN 13
- 9780374516901
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York and Toronto, Canada
- Date Published
- 1982
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- GEOLOGY SCIENCE NATURAL HISTORY EARTH SCIENCES GEOLOGISTS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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