Andrew jeeves illus (3 resultados)

Quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, white lettering & illus to front board, 576pp, illus/photos, VG (sl wear to spine extrems, sl bruising to lower corner of boards, sl scuffing/soiling to boards, minor foxing/tanning & soiling to page edges, minor foxing to eps & prelims, minor cracking to front gutter, sl cracking to rear gutter), in dw VG (sl fading to spine, minor scuffing to wrapper extrems, light soiling & creasing throughout). Photos available on request.…

Quarto, glossy illus heavy card boards, orange lettering to black spine & front board, xi + 576pp, illus, nr fine.

First edition of 15000 copies. Quarto; hardcover, with illustrated boards; 580pp., with many monochrome illustrations and 24pp. of full-colour plates. Owners' names on endpaper. Minor wear; board edges slightly worn with fraying at corners; upper text block spotted with a few scattered spots otherwise. Black illustrated dustwrapper slightly rubbed with some scraping at corners and wear on head of spine panel; wrapper now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. This book is about designing sustainable human settlements, and preserving and extending natural systems. It covers aspects of designing and maintaining a cultivated ecology in any climate; the principles of design; design methods; understanding patterns in nature; climatic factors; water; soils; earthworks; techniques and strategies in the different climatic types; aquaculture; and the social, legal and economic design of human settlement.…