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The Common Ground: A Place for Nature in Britain's Future?
by Mabey, Richard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- F/VG++/VG++
- ISBN 10
- 0091391709
- ISBN 13
- 9780091391706
- Seller
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About This Item
HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1980* Publisher: Hutchinson.* Binding and cover condition: Green cloth, silver title to spine. No bumps or rubs, top edges very slightly aged, no other visible faults. VG++* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper, price clipped. Minimal shelf wear to top edge and to head of spine which is very slightly faded. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: Colour & b/w photos, b/w line drawings and maps within text.* Pages: 251 pp. text. xxix pp. directory of organisations, references & index at rear.* Description: In this examination of the evolution of the traditional countryside the author concludes that some of the solutions for its future lie in lessons that could be learnt from the past. He argues for an imaginative rural landscape policy, recognising that the fate of wildlife is inextricably connected with our own and that nature conservation touches on the quality (and perhaps even the continuance) of all our lives.* A NEAR FINE copy of the 1st,/1st. with only minor faults reducing it to VG++.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4032
- Title
- The Common Ground: A Place for Nature in Britain's Future?
- Author
- Mabey, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - F/VG++/VG++
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fifth Edition, 1st. Imp..
- ISBN 10
- 0091391709
- ISBN 13
- 9780091391706
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Place of Publication
- London Uk 316
- Date Published
- 1980-04-01
- Keywords
- Field sports: fishing, hunting, shooting, Nature conservation - Great Britain, Sports & Recreation / Field Sports, Fishing and Hunting, Fishing, Field Sports & Outdoor Activities
- Size
- 22.1 x 14 x 3.3 cm
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