The Meaning of Wilderness
by Olson, Sigurd
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- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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La Grande, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Ashland, WI: Sigurd Olson Institute, 1978. First edition. Softcover. An uncommon staple-bound chapbook in mustard wraps consisting of Sigurd Olson's 1958 address "The Meaning of Wilderness," given to the Utah Academy of Sciences in Provo. We are not sure if this address was collected before it appeared as the title essay of a 2001 collection (reissued in 2015). This booklet was produced in 1978 (it would appear) by the Sigurd Olson Institute at Northland College "as a gift for its friends." With three illustrations by Deb Bartl, Nina Forsythe, and Diana Tesoriere (a particularly funky pinecone drawing by Deb on the rear). 16 pages total plus wraps. Very good with a coffee spot at the top edge and sporadic creasing. Likely a scarce piece of Olson ephemera with none listed in OCLC/WorldCat.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rural Hours (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1055
- Title
- The Meaning of Wilderness
- Author
- Olson, Sigurd
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Sigurd Olson Institute
- Place of Publication
- Ashland, WI
- Date Published
- 1978
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Rural Hours
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La Grande, Oregon
About Rural Hours
Rural Hours (formerly Wood + River = Books, est. 2019) specializes in ecology, natural history, nature writing, the environment, environmental literature, and contemporary essay, with a special passion for association copies and notable inscriptions. We draw our name from the popular-but-then-forgotten book by Susan Fenimore Cooper (published in 1850), generally considered the first work of environmental creative nonfiction by a woman in the U.S. We are interested in challenging and expanding the canon of environmental literature and finding books that tell remarkable stories and illuminate the tradition of writing about place and natural history.
Glossary
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- Chapbook
- A very short, cheaply produced volume, of a few leaves. Modern chapbooks...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...