Publicado por Museum of New Mexico Pr, 1997
ISBN 10: 0890133158 ISBN 13: 9780890133156
Librería: HPB Inc., Dallas, TX, Estados Unidos de America
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Publicado por Museum of New Mexico Press, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1997
ISBN 10: 0890133158 ISBN 13: 9780890133156
Librería: David H. Gerber Books (gerberbooks), Austin, TX, Estados Unidos de America
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Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Color and b&w photographs Ilustrador. First Printing. [xiv], [162]pp [edgewear and mild general wear to dj] Size: Oblong 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Publicado por Museum of New Mexico Pr, 1997
ISBN 10: 0890133158 ISBN 13: 9780890133156
Librería: Poverty Hill Books, Mt. Prospect, IL, Estados Unidos de America
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Publicado por Museum of New Mexico Press, 1997
ISBN 10: 0890133158 ISBN 13: 9780890133156
Librería: Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller, New Castle, CO, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First edition. Few and Far Between combines stunning and austere photographs of the North American desert with observations of anthropology and natural history. Each image is paired with descriptive narrative text that follows Campbell's wanderings and reveals the wonder and phenomena of this vast desert system. The North American Desert-the Sonoran, Mojave, Chihuahuan, and Great Basin-covers an area from east-central Washington to the Mexican state of Zacatecas and from the Big Bend of the Rio Grande to the Pacific beaches of Baja California. It is as huge as it is diverse, and it is unlike any place on earth. Campbell's pairings bring forth both what is hidden and what is revealed in the desert-the passing of time and timelessness, the flora that manages to survive despite the meager resources, and the ancients for whom the desert has measured life. His years of training in anthropology and the natural sciences have given Campbell the rare ability to remain objective. Yet, he sees with all the fullness of experience the ways that nature and time have transformed these places, and he knows that this alone can speak wonders. Thus, to travel with Campbell is to experience the unfolding of the desert's deeply held secrets. Few and Far Between captures the essence of what makes the desert a place of awakening for many. It is a book that will be treasured by those who know the desert, who have been romanced by its beauty and seduced by its stillness.
Publicado por Museum of New Mexico Pr, 1997
ISBN 10: 0890133158 ISBN 13: 9780890133156
Librería: Don's Book Store, Albuquerque, NM, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Book is clean with a square, tight binding and bright, white pages. Dust jacket and book both have minor wear on the edges that is difficult to see in the scans. Book is inscribed by author to A.B. friend. THE NORTH AMERICAN DESERT -the Sonoran, Chihua-huan, Mojave, and Great Basin- is our least hospitable landscape, but how to explain the strange hold it has on us? Such a natural wanderer as Jack Campbell, trained in anthropology but impassioned by adventure, could not have found a broader or more diverse canvas to explore than this vast desert. Some five hundred thousand square miles embrace this austere land of contradictions. Geologically a young desert, it records time stretching back to the four ice ages that formed it. What were once lake-filled prairie, savan-na, and forest are today the arid places we know as desert. Ancient Lake Bonneville, in its ice-age time a sea, is this century's Great Salt Lake, its former shoreline of 3,000 miles a mere few hundred. Forty-pound trout and woolly mammoths were the order of the day across our North American Desert, and eerie vestiges of that former age haunt the alert observer who wanders here now. The Plains of Estancia, for instance, the floor of what was once a glacier lake, was home to cutthroat trout and ospreys that nested along its tree-lined shore. Five thousand years ago the lake went dry, but in April, during cutthroat spawning season, the ospreys come drifting back over the dry, treeless inlets. The book you see in the images is the actual book we have for sale. Why pay more? When you buy this book from us, you are helping to support a small brick and mortar family owned store. We have been curating our collection for three generations and currently have over 250,000 volumes in stock. Please feel free to call for more stock. Please be aware that if you request any shipping service other than Media Mail Standard Shipping, we may have to ask for more than quoted to ship this large heavy item. Inscribed by Author(s).