NY, Farrar Straus, (1986). The third of McPhee's geology books, later incorporated into the Pulitzer Prize-winning compendium of his geological writings, Annals of the Former World. This copy is inscribed by McPhee to Joe McCrindle, founder of the Transatlantic Review, who published McPhee's "The Fair of San Gennaro" in 1961, four years before his first book publication, which may explain the geological inscription: "For Joe McCrindle/ a friend since the middle Miocene/ best always/ John McPhee." Slight foxing to the top edge, else fine in a fine dust jacket with just a hint of spine fading. A nice association. [#036492] $450