Search Results: Conservation and Environment from The Owl at the Bridge

Tulsa, Okla., Council Oak Publishing [1995]. Hard Cover. 349 p., index, photos. "Here is Aunt Carrie's fascinating account of a nine-year battle in hearing rooms, the news media, and sometimes even the streets, to stop Black Fox's construction. Before it was over, this war would cost her and her husband Robert their entire savings, their nursing home, and almost the family farm. ...In telling her story for the first time, Carrie brings a message of hope. In her quiet way, she also issues a call for awareness and responsible action, which is, she believes, every citizen's responsibility." Sticky label remains on dj; near fine. stock#20861.

NY, Farrar Straus Giroux [1989]. ‘Second printing'. Hard Cover. Three essays: Atchafalaya; Cooling the Lava; Los Angeles against the Mountains. McPhee's interest ‘had first been sparked when he went into the Atchafalaya-- the largest river swamp in North America-- and had learned that virtually all of its waters were metered and rationed by a U. S. Army Corps of Engineers' project called Old River Control. …In Iceland, in 1973, an island split open without warning and huge volumes of lava began moving in the direction of… Iceland's premier fishing port… On the big island of Hawaii, one of the world's two most eruptive hot spots, people are not unmindful of the Icelandic example. …Some of the more expensive real… Read More

'The narratives in this book are of journeys made in three wildernesses-- an [Atlantic] coastal island, a Western mountain range, and the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. Four men are involved: Charles Park, a mineral engineer... Charles Fraser, a resort developer who regards all conservationists as druids ('religious figures who sacrifice people and worship trees'), Floyd Dominy, a builder of enormous dams, and David Brower, the most militant conservationist in the world.' Soft Cover. 245 pages; 21 cm. Very Good. Stock#25845/h.

Hinsdale, Ill., Dryden Press [c1971]. Soft Cover. vii, 150 p. illus. 23 cm. "This is the first book in which totally reclaimed paper has been used." Bibliography: p. 147-150. Stock# 40,104. Vg/ paper.

N.Y., Norton, 1971. Hard Cover. xiii, 491 p., illus., 24 cm. This was the first systematic attempt to address the whole spectrum of environmental issues from polution to radiation, food supplies, and population. Stock# 32,106.Good+, some underlining/ dj good+.

Contents: The History of Papermaking, The Enemies of Paper, Matting and Framing, A Note on Restoration, Materials and Services, Programs in Art Conservation, Bibliography. 48 pages, illus.; 22 cm.; Very Good. Stock#ofc0184.

N.Y., Touchstone / Simon & Schuster, 1990. Soft Cover. 203 p.; 23.5 cm. Foreword by Jean-Michel Cousteau. "Offers a resource proposing practical solutions to today's most pressing environmental concerns." Stock#30280x. Vg/ wrappers.

Rodale / Melcher [c2006]. Soft Cover. 327 p., color illus.; 23 cm. White paper covers, sticker remains; good+. ISBN 1594865671. stock#46674.

"Muir's interest and pleasure in the whole of nature, his delight in intellectual as well as physical adventure, and the extraordinary range of his activities, give Muir's life a seldom-equalled richness and variety of experience-- lived with humor and love." x, 326 pages, illus., endpaper map; color pictorial dust jacket slightly worn; ink inscription on front flyleaf; "Handbound 1979 No. 31" written inside front cover; Very Good. Stock#ofc0601.

N.Y., McGraw-Hill, 1971. Soft Cover. xiii, 731 p. A collection of 52 articles intended to give a broad view of enviornmental studies for the student as well as the informed layman. Stock #26871. Vg/academic paperback.

Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island, New England Water Works Association, 1913-1921. Hardcover. Manuscript letter book, 1000, [7] sheets; 31 cm. Copies of letters sent by Willard C. Kent (1851-1924), architect and civil engineer of Woonsocket and Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island, who conducted business as Secretary of the Association from his Rhode Island home. These copies of his letters are in a "Tokio" Letter Copying Book. Discoveries by Koch and Pasteur on health hazards caused by bacteria led to actions to provide a supply of clean healthy water in municipalities throughout America. In the years covered by these letters, there was a strong active organization of New England water engineers and large-scale projects in Boston, Providence, and other cities to secure safe water. Very Good. Stock#OB988 oversize.

W.W. Norton, NY [c1972]. 'First Edition' but BOMC. This book marks the beginning of awareness of environmental peril. Contents include Committee of Corresponding Consultants; The Planet's Unity (The World We Inherit; An Unintended Order); The Unities of Science (Energy and Matter; The Alphabet of Time; A Delicate Balance); The Problems of High Technology (The Discontinuities of Development; The Price of Pollution; Man's Use and Abuse of the Land; The Balance of Resources); The Developing Regions (Profile of Development; Policies for Growth; Problems of Human Settlements); A Planetary Order (The Shared Biosphere; Coexistence in the Technosphere; Strategies for Survival). "An Unofficial Report Commissioned by the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, Prepared with the Assistance of a 152-Member Committee of Corresponding Consultants in 58 Countries." Hard Cover. xxv, 225 pages, index; 21.5 cm. Pictorial dj; minor wear; VG. stock#883.

San Francisco, W. H. Freeman, 1970. Hard Cover. 6 p.l., 383 p., tables, graphs; 26.5 cm. "The first comprehensive, detailed analysis of the worldwide crisis of overpopulation and the resulting demands on food, resources, and the environment." Vg/ dj tattered along top and bottom edges with corresponding tears. 101903.

Athens, Ga. Georgia Dept. of Natural Resources, Game & Fish Division, 1978.. Soft Cover. Athens, Ga. Georgia Dept. of Natural Resources, Game & Fish Div., Technical Bulletin WL 4. 184 p., maps, photo, diagrams, tables; 28 cm. Stock# 32,138. Vg/ paper. Ecology, environment, natural history.

Emmaus, PA., Rodale Press [1979]. Hard Cover. 405 p., index, photos, charts, diagrams; dj torn, else VG. Contents include Life inside a Compost Heap; Materials for Composting; Using Manure; Composting with Earthworms;Compost Structures; Composting on the Farm; Composting and the Law; Large-Scale Composting: Recycling Society's Wastes (Municipal Composting; Sewage Sludge and Composting; Composting Industrial Wastes); Manufacturers of Composting Equipment. stock#100816. Waste treatment; garbage disposal; ecological efficiency, environmental health.

Baltimore, Woodrow Wilson Center/ Johns Hopkins UP, [1991]. Hard Cover. xiv, [2], 266 p., index, tables, maps; dj; fine. Three sections: Political - Economic Setting; International Context; Country studies. Includes Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Yugoslavia and East Germany. Contributors include Jancar-Webster, Ziegler, Lang, Daubner. Király, Kurbiel, Crnobrnja. Stock #28,451. New from publisher.

The New Yorker, 2 Sept. 1974. Periodical. in The New Yorker, 2 Sept. 1974, pp. 74-78. Account of the supertanker Exxon Valdez going aground and the resulting oil spill. Stock# 40,153. Vg/ paper. Ecology, ocean disaster.