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American Sportsmen and the Origins of Conservation
by Reiger, John F
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0876911734
- ISBN 13
- 9780876911730
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Winchester Press, 1975. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Clean hardcover book in unclipped dust jacket. Clean dark green paper-covered boards with blue metallic lettering on spine. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with photographs. 316 pages with Index. Clean jacket is not price clipped, has one 1/2" closed tear at top rear panel edge; no chips; hint of very slight sunning to spine background; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A book on the history of the conservation movement, showing that it originated in the 1870s and was spearheaded by American sportsmen who hunted and fished for pleasure. Brilliantly documented and written by a respected historian..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033744
- Title
- American Sportsmen and the Origins of Conservation
- Author
- Reiger, John F
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0876911734
- ISBN 13
- 9780876911730
- Publisher
- Winchester Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- hunting, fishing, hunters role in conservation, history of conservation in America, John F. Reiger, first edition, environmental conservation history
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nature; Environmental; Hunting;
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