The Changing Mile: An Ecological Survey of Vegetation Change with Time in the Lower Mile of an Arid and Semiarid Region by Hastings, James Rodney and Raymond M. Turner - 1966

Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Good+. 8 1/2 x 11, indexed, biblio, many b&w photos. An ecological study of vegetation change with time in the lower mile of an arid and semiarid region. Covers the oak woodland, the desert grassland, the desert, man's influence and patterns of change. Ex-library, rebound.

Tucson:: University of Arizona Press, 1966. 8.5" wide by 11" tall. Inner hinges are perfect. Stamped "WITHDRAWN" on the endpapers. Text pages are clean and unmarked. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. This book documents the prevalence of change in the Sonoran Desert by juxtaposing 97 pairs of photographs showing various landscape scenes. Each pair of photos was taken from the same vantage point -- one in 1962, and the other decades earlier. The side-by-side presentation allows easy comparison and highlights the changes over time to vegetation primarily, but also buildings, roads, railroad tracks, erosion, etc. Also illustrated with 14 figures/maps. Includes about 75 pages of explanatory text, printed double column. Three appendices. Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original blue cloth, lettered in black on the spine and front cover.. Second printing of the 1965 original.. Oversize Hardcover. Very Good EX-LIBRARY./No Jacket.. xi, 317pp..

Tucson, AZ: The University of Arizona Press, 1980. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. G/none, used, 4th printing, turquoise colored cloth binding with black text on spine and upper, vii-xi, 317pp. Interior clean, no marks except a small spot of brown discoloration at the top fore-corner of the ffep and the second free end paper. pages near bright, binding tight. No wear to exterior, corners square and not rubbed..

Tucson, AZ University of Arizona Press, 1965. Hardcover First Edition (1965); Third Printing (1972). Very Good+: shows no discernibler wear, but the binding is slightly cocked and there is a former owner's gift inscription at the upper corner of the front paste-down end-paper; else flawless; the binding remains perfectly secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. A handsome very nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing very mild wear and a minor, unobtrusive flaws. Bright and Clean. Corners sharp. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 4to (11.25 x 8.65 x 0.9 inches). xi, 317 pages. Language: English. Weight: 41.4 ounces. First Edition (1965); Third Printing (1972). Hardback: No DJ 'as issued'.