Foreword david brower (52 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. Softcover in VG condition (slight cover wear). 210 unmarked pages. [11oz]. Book.

Paperback. Condición: Good. Good reading copy. Book has minimal signs of wear but a few pages have underlining or notes.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Clean cover. Unmarked clean pages.

Paperback. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condición: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condición: Good. Paperback book in good condition. Light crease in the cover.

paperback. Condición: Acceptable. The Sierra Club / Ballatine Books Paperback. Sunning and crinkling to wraps. Pen inscriptions and stains to front fly leaf. Binding glue apparent across from front fly leaf but binding is secure.

Paperback. Condición: Fair. COPYRIGHT 1970. 0-345-01965-2. COVER HAS SOME EDGE AND SURFACE WEAR SPINE NEATLY REINFORCED WITH CLEAR WIDE TAPE. 144 PAGE TEXT HAS SOME WEAR. NATURE. 6.5'' X 9.5''. WE USE BUBBLE MAILERS.

PAPERBACK. Condición: Good. B000IXONFM Light cover wear. Pages are very good. Previous owners name on first page.

Condición: VERY GOOD. First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. A collection of essays about the environment and the movement to protect it by Wallace Stegner, Edward Abbey, Barry Commoner, Anne and Paul Ehrlich, Wendell Berry and others. Notes on the contributors, index. 282 pp. Very good in illustrated wrappers (lower corner slightly bumped.). …

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Revised Edition. Copyright Date: 1959 Octavo, 1971, PP.147. Text Figures, B & W Photos, Maps (ilustrador).

Condición: NEAR FINE. First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. A collection of essays about the environment and the movement to protect it by Wallace Stegner, Edward Abbey, Barry Commoner, Anne and Paul Ehrlich, Wendell Berry and others. Notes on the contributors, index. 282 pp. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. …

paperback. Condición: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. 160 pages. Green cloth covers with gold lettering to front and spine. Corners bumped. Mild edge wear. Illustrated DJ with mild sunning to spine. Illustrated with color photographs. Gerhard Klammet, Photographer (ilustrador).…

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: None as Issued. First Edition, First Thus. Text/NEW & Bright w/trace soiling to upper text block. Softcover/NF w/a whisper of surface wear.1969 First Edition, First Thus. Kauai, an island in the Hawaiian archipelago, is home to dramatic cliffs & pinnacles, was a major filming site for Steven Spielberg's blockbusting 1997, The Lost World: Jurassic Park. Author, civil engineer by training, environmentalist & photographer, Robert Wenkam (-2000) was stationed to Honolulu in 1941 while in service with the U.S Army Corps of Engineers, and, stayed on after World War II to devote himself to the preservation of Hawaii's natural beaches, volcanoes & jungles, and, became Sierra Club's first Chairman to it's Hawaiian Chapter. 160 pgs w/color plates (all taken prior to 1969) preserves Kauai in it's natural beauty. Robert Wenkam (Author-Photographer) (ilustrador).…

Soft cover. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: None as Issued. First Edition, First Thus. BRAND NEW COPY w/trace edge rubs to soft cover. Dedicated volume to the history and organizational structure of The Sierra Club, grassroots environmental organizations founded on May 28, 1892, San Francisco, by conservationist John Muir (1938 - 1914), who became its first president and held office until his death. Essays arranged in 4 parts: I, Why the Sierra Club?; II, Origins & Early Outings; III, Conservation & The Sierra Club; and IV, Coming Into the Club, followed by appendices.…

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: None as Issued. First Edition, 2nd Printing. Text/BRAND NEW. Soft cover/VG; strong & sound w/light edge rubs, and faint creasings to both front and back. Newspaper clipping of book review pasted to fEP. Anthology of essays, by leading thinkers, addressing man's moral, ethical, andf even just practical, responsibilities towards our the Earth. Topics on maintaining wilderness, sustaining biodiversity, curbing runaway urban growth and human population growth, and pollution control, in 3 parts: I, Nature & Biodiversity; II, The Impossibility of Endless Growth; and, III, Toward Holism & Sustainability.…

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. Minor wear along the edges. Minor rubbing wear to covers. Slight discoloration to pages. Book may contain some residual odor from prior storage.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: None as Issued. Reprint. Text/NEW & Bright. Illustrated soft cover/VG w/faint bends to upper corner tip & trace surface wear. Vintage 1970 collection of essays, with color photos, to the unspoilt wilderness of the Grand Canyon from the Sierra Club (founded 1892). Published w/o ISBN; ISBN subsequently assigned. Written for backpackers, boatmen, and hikers with maps & color photos. Contributors are Allen J. Malmquist, Colin Fletcher, Ernest Braun, Roderick Nash, and Stewart L. Udall, with a Table of River Miles to rear. 131 pgs followed by unpaginated pages with pointers on how best to preserve the Canyon'sa natural wonders. Ernest Braun (Photographer) (ilustrador).…

Paperback. Condición: As NEW. 254pp. Quarto. Illustrated Wrappers. New. Picking up where its predecessorthe bestselling On the Looseleft off, this reflection revisits the physical and spiritual terrain that shaped two brothers' lives. Consumed by a passion to fully experience the western wilderness and to navigate untamedand unpredictablewaterways, Terry and Renny Russell set out to travel down the Green River in Utah. Several miles into the journey, their raft doubles over. Terry perishes, and after washing up on the beach, Renny embarks upon what is to become a nearly four-decade-long odyssey to understand how he came to be the sole survivor and how to fully connect with his brother's spirit. Interweaving the past and present, this vibrantly illustrated meditation documents the metamorphosis of Renny's psyche, the natural environment that has sustained him, and ultimately his redemption. Renny Russell (ilustrador).…

hardcover. Condición: Good. Includes dust jacket. First Edition. first edition book, light amount of wear along the edges of the dust jacket.

Soft cover. Condición: COLLECTIBLE - NEAR FINE. Estado de la sobrecubierta: None as Issued. First Edition, First Printing. BRAND NEW Copy w/trace creasing to lower front corner tip. Anthology of complete essays, excerpts from longer works, and fiction, of natural places in California yet "untamed" by man. In terms of time, the collection spans more than a century of narrative prose. Contents grouped: 1, Creation; 2, The Mountains; 3, The Hills & Valleys; 4, The Desert; 5, The Coast; and lastly, 6, Earth, Wind, Rain, & Fire, followd by an Afterword by Gary Snyder. Fine copy. …

Hardcover. Condición: COLLECTIBLE - NEAR FINE. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. First Edition, First Thus. Text/NEW & Bright. Vintage 1970 First Edition, First Thus. Gilt embossed red linen boards/Fine. DJ/NF; w/ edge wear to lower front spine. PO label to front endpaper. Story of history, memories, of a still unspoilt east Maui, Hawaii by author-photographer Robert Wenkam (1920 - ). 162 pgs, illustrated w/61 color plates, sketches by Kenneth Brower, and archival art work. Forward by Davidd R. Bower (President of Friends of the Earth) in 4 chapters: 1, The Last Hawaiian Place; 2, Sources; 3, Rain Songs; and 4, Kipahulu Sketches. Robert Wenkam (Author-Photographer); and, Archival photos (ilustrador). …

Hardcover. Condición: COLLECTIBLE - NEAR FINE. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition, First Thus. Text/BRAND NEW. Green linen boards w/gilt embossed lettering/NF, showing trace discoloration to lower edges & rub to lower right corner. DJ/VG w/taped repairs to upper edges. An intimate and personal tour of the gentler slopes of the Alps by Austrian-born writer, translator and editor Max Knight (1909 - 1993) who knew the region in youth, and led the first Sierra Club trip to the Alps in 1966. His son, Anthony, was a section leader for Alps trip and did research for this volume. Superlative color photographs from German conservationist and nature photographer Gerhard Klammet (1914 - ) capture a wonderous world. Gerhard Klammet (Photographer) (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Includes dust jacket. The slipcase and copies show external wear, but is in otherwise clean condition.

Softcover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. Very Good paperback about 8½x11 inches with minor cover wear. 497 pages, unmarked. ; OV26; 10.80 X 8.30 X 1.20 inches; 497 pages.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition, First Thus. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Gilt embossed green linen boards/NF with fading to gilt lettering. DJ/None. Fold-out map (also BRAND NEW) to rear. Sierra Club Exhibit Format Series. 1967 First Edition, First Thus. A naturalists' guide to Baja California by Joseph Wood Krutch (1893 - 1970) with quotes from Mexican poet & winner of the Pultizer (1990), Octavio Paz (1914 - 1998). 73 color plates from Eliot Porter (1901 - 1990). 171 pgs, text in 4 chapters: 1, To Have Known the Desert; 2, A Smoother Pebble, A Prettier Shell; 3, Strange Gods; and 4, One Spring Again. Fine copy without dustjacket. Eliot Porter (Photographer) (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Signed by both authors on title page with a black felt tip, Very Good Plus/Very Good condition, text tight clean unmarked, new looking with attached bookmark ribbon, dj NOT price-clipped, dj has a few small spots of edge wear, dj a little loose fitting, third edition.…

Hardcover. Condición: COLLECTIBLE - NEW. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. First Edition, First Thus. Text/BRAND NEW. Green linen boards w/embossed gilt lettering/Fine. DJ/NF w/small loss to upper front corner by spine, and faint creasing to rear inner flap; under mylar. An excursion into the pristine wilderness of New England's White Mountains, part of the Appalachian range. Superb photography with narratives from Brooks Atkinson and W. Kent Olson. PhilIp Evans; Amory Lovins; & George DeWolf (Photographers) (ilustrador).…