Foreword by will rogers (8 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Repairs made with clear tape.

Softcover. Condición: As New. An instructive how-to book from the 1920s on trick and fancy rope spinning. Foreword by Will Rogers.

Softcover. Condición: As New. The Great Remembering is an activist's exploration of what land means to our culture. In three chapters, "The Extinction of Experience," "Dissent and Defiance," and "Building a New Commons," the author traces the roots of our disconnection from place and from meaningful stories about our lives. He discusses what he terms the "ethics of enough"--the growing trend to slow down and place the quality of our experiences over the quantity of our possessions. It is through preserving land and rebuilding the relationship between land and people, he argues, that our culture can not only restore natural habitats, but revitalize human communities as well.In his introduction to the book, the Trust for Public Land's president, Will Rogers, writes, "The time has come for some hard questions and new approaches to land conservation. . . the pace of development and the impact of often poorly conceived growth on the American landscape have accelerated. . . How can we rethink our work as conservationists to change how our society approaches not just land use, but also our relationship with each other, our sense of community, and our responsibilities of citizens of a rapidly shrinking world?" Whether we are conservationists or citizens concerned about the quality of our lives and landscapes, The Great Remembering helps us begin to answer these questions and to work toward restoring a vital, interdependent, whole-land community.…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. 1st Edition. Less common as a stated First edition. Illustrated. Boards with moderate wear; edges frayed; pages dusty with light age toning. Eddie Cantor (1892 - 1964) was an American "illustrated song" performer, comedian, dancer, singer, actor, and songwriter. Familiar to Broadway, radio, movie, and early television audiences, this "Apostle of Pep" was regarded almost as a family member by millions because his top-rated radio shows revealed intimate stories and amusing anecdotes about his wife Ida and five daughters.…

mass market paperback. Condición: acceptable; used. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDED12mo; 351 pages; acceptable mass market paperback; marker front cover from previous owner; factory edge coloring fading; tear spine heal; tips bumped with fry; few slight nicks to edges cover; tanned; few stains; ink name from prevoius onwer front blurb page; clean pages; spine starting; prompt shipping with tracking. …

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. vg/lacking its dj./lgt. wear to cvs. owner sig. 1/2 title pg. The comedian tells of his early life & career. Illus. w. 36 rare photos. Binding is cl.w/o.dj. Book.

Hardcover. 8vo., 410 pp., Index. Very Good with some offsetting to the endpapers in a lightly rubbed and handled, price clipped dust jacket.

Green Cloth. Condición: Very Good+. Second Printing. Foreword by Will Rogers. Former owner's ink signature along upper edge of ffep, minor age toning, else textblock is clean and tight, illustrated endpapers, illustrated by Herb Roth. Faded olive green top page edges. Minimally shelf worn green cloth binding, sunned spine. 314p. Size: 12mo - over 6 " - 7 " tall. Herb Roth (ilustrador). Hardcover.…