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The Island Within
by Nelson, Richard (signed)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/Near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0865474044
- ISBN 13
- 9780865474048
- Seller
-
La Grande, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
SF: North Point Press, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Signed on the title page. Uncommon signed. Nelson's classic, it explores his time on a remote Alaskan island "revealing how his adoption of [Inuit] Koyukon wisdom has positively affected his life," and was the winner of the John Burroughs Medal for natural history writing. Near fine with a touch of rubbing to corners and a faint streak on upper text block face; in a near fine jacket with rubbing.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rural Hours
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1082
- Title
- The Island Within
- Author
- Nelson, Richard (signed)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0865474044
- ISBN 13
- 9780865474048
- Publisher
- North Point Press
- Place of Publication
- SF
- Date Published
- 1989
Terms of Sale
Rural Hours
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About the Seller
Rural Hours
Biblio member since 2023
La Grande, Oregon
About Rural Hours
Rural Hours (formerly Wood + River = Books, est. 2019) specializes in ecology, natural history, nature writing, the environment, environmental literature, and contemporary essay, with a special passion for association copies and notable inscriptions. We draw our name from the popular-but-then-forgotten book by Susan Fenimore Cooper (published in 1850), generally considered the first work of environmental creative nonfiction by a woman in the U.S. We are interested in challenging and expanding the canon of environmental literature and finding books that tell remarkable stories and illuminate the tradition of writing about place and natural history.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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