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THE MAIN EXPERIMENT.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Putnam, (1965) dj. Hardcover first edition - Suspense novel set against the backdrop of a nuclear power station in England. 250 pp.
Condition: Near fine in a good only dust jacket. (edgewear to dj, rubbing to the folds, original price of $4.95 still present.)
Book ID: 58370More details Price: $15.00 -
GIVING GOOD WEIGHT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1979. dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of 5 pieces: the title piece refers to the farmers selling at the Greenmarket in New York City. Also included is are essays on a white water trip in Maine, a proposed floating nuclear power plant which would be off the coast of New Jersey, and on pinbal machines. The longest piece is about a chef just outside NYC, who wants to remain anonymous, so the focus will be on his food. The comments made by this chef caused a lot of controversy when first published in the New Yorker, and now, on pg. 245 there is a meek little footnote "Otto guessed wrong.". ISBN: 0-374-163065.
Condition: Good in a good dust jacket (edgewear, creasing to front flap of dj.)
Book ID: 30985More details Price: $15.00 -
GIVING GOOD WEIGHT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1979. dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of 5 pieces: the title piece refers to the farmers selling at the Greenmarket in New York City. Also included is are essays on a white water trip in Maine, a proposed floating nuclear power plant which would be off the coast of New Jersey, and on pinbal machines. The longest piece is about a chef just outside NYC, who wants to remain anonymous, so the focus will be on his food. The comments made by this chef caused a lot of controversy when first published in the New Yorker, and now, on pg. 245 there is a meek little footnote "Otto guessed wrong.". ISBN: 0-374-163065.
Condition: Very good in a very good dustjacket (remainder line)
Book ID: 50279More details Price: $17.50 -
GIVING GOOD WEIGHT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1979. dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of 5 pieces: the title piece refers to the farmers selling at the Greenmarket in New York City. Also included is are essays on a white water trip in Maine, a proposed floating nuclear power plant which would be off the coast of New Jersey, and on pinbal machines. The longest piece is about a chef just outside NYC, who wants to remain anonymous, so the focus will be on his food. The comments made by this chef caused a lot of controversy when first published in the New Yorker, and now, on pg. 245 there is a meek little footnote "Otto guessed wrong." Review copy with glossy photograph of McPhee laid in. 261 pp. ISBN: 0-374-163065.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (crease to corner of photograph)
Book ID: 86136More details Price: $21.50
