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The Essential Aldo Leopold: Quotations and Commentaries
by Leopold, Aldo; edited by Curt Meine and Richard L. Knight
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0299165507
- ISBN 13
- 9780299165505
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1999. Extracts from Leopold's writings, organized by topic, each with a new introduction "by a prominent conservation scholar who provides perspective on Leopold's contributions in these various fields." Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book, minor dent to spine; jacket lightly worn but with a sort of scrape/smash/crease most apparent above the 'eo' of Leopold, along the front spine hinge; faint smudges to page edges. Text clean, no names or marks; xxii, 362 pages; notes on contributors, sources of quotations, notes, a few b/w photos. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Octavo.
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- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- v0419
- Title
- The Essential Aldo Leopold: Quotations and Commentaries
- Author
- Leopold, Aldo; edited by Curt Meine and Richard L. Knight
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0299165507
- ISBN 13
- 9780299165505
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Place of Publication
- Madison
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- Nature, Naturalists, Natural History, Ecology, Biology, Conservation, Wildlife, Public Policy, Land Ethic
- Size
- Octavo
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Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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