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Our Vanishing Wilderness
by Grossman, Mary Louise & Shelly and Hamlet, John N
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Madison Square Press/Grosset & Dunlap Pub, 1977. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9. Shelly Grossman. Madison Square Press/Grosset & Dunlap Pub., 1977. Large Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Very Good Jacket. Beautifully illustrated with 275 original photographs, 150 in full color, by Shelly Grossman. Binding of burnt-orange full cloth with bold, sharp gilt titles on spine and on front. Very clean and unmarked; sewn binding is tight & solid, square with sharp corners. Jacket is clean, a few scattered tiny spots, and a speck on a tree in the upper left quadrant and slight wear to corners, and spine head and heel. An account of the ecology of our continent and the struggle to preserve its balances.The authors with remarkable integration of magnificent photography, scholarship, and first-hand observation explore some of the basic ecological questions of our times. 324 pages with Bibliography and Index. 11.25 x 8.75 inches. Madison Square Press/Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, New York, 1969.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013930
- Title
- Our Vanishing Wilderness
- Author
- Grossman, Mary Louise & Shelly and Hamlet, John N
- Illustrator
- Shelly Grossman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Madison Square Press/Grosset & Dunlap Pub
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1977
- Size
- 4to - over 9
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; NATURE;
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- Gilt
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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