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The Sinking Ark: A New Look at the Problem of Disappearing Species
by Myers, Norman (signed)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very good
- ISBN 10
- 0080245013
- ISBN 13
- 9780080245010
- Seller
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La Grande, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. Inscribed to no recipient in blue ink on the front free endpaper: "Best wishes, Norman Myers." Uncommon signed. Myers (1934-2019) was a prominent British environmentalist who was known especially for highlighting the importance of "biodiversity hotspots," and he also trained his eye on the prospect of environmental refugees. He was named the 2007 Time magazine Hero of the Environment and won at least a half dozen prominent environmental prizes. This book, his first, was an early look at the problem of species loss ("Dr. Myers argues that we may be losing one species per day already") and what can be done about it. Blurbs by Rene Dubos. Paul Ehrlich, and Garrett Hardin among others. A fine book in a very good jacket with some wrinkling to lower portion of rear panel.
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- Bookseller
- Rural Hours
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1019
- Title
- The Sinking Ark: A New Look at the Problem of Disappearing Species
- Author
- Myers, Norman (signed)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0080245013
- ISBN 13
- 9780080245010
- Publisher
- Pergamon Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- Biodiversity, Species, Conservation
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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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