Rising from the Plains (1986) Signed First Edition Reference

Rising from the Plains (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1986) is the third of McPhee’s geology books, following USGS geologist David Love through Wyoming — a landscape where the geological record is spectacularly visible. The book doubles as a portrait of Love’s remarkable frontier family, with his mother’s diary entries providing a human-scale counterpoint to the geological deep time.

Signed Copy Market Values

• Signed first in jacket: $60–$125
• Unsigned first in jacket: $15–$35

Many readers consider this the most emotionally resonant of the geology books, thanks to the Love family narrative.