The Next Whole Earth Catalog Access to Tools (October 1980)

New York, NY: POINT / Random House. Very Good-. 1980. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. 0394739515 . This is a folio sized book. The book is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The top front corner has a couple of light creases. The text pages are generally clean and bright, though there is generalized light toning throughout. Articles include: There Ain't no Graceful Way: Urination and Defecation in Zero- G, by Russell Schweickart, The Hydrologic Cycle, The Man who Planted Trees and Grew Happiness, by Jean Giono, The Hoedads, by J. D. Smith, The Highly Evolved Toolbox by J. Baldwin, Inventors' Services: Some Really Work by Alan Kalker, Blasting by Keith Britton, The Four Illusions of Money by Michael Phillips, Raspberry and Andora Freeman, Street Performing by Ray Jason, Shramadana Giving Energy by Joanna Rogers Macy, and more. "Using the most basic typesetting and page-layout tools, Brand and his colleagues created the first issue of The Whole Earth Catalog in 1968. In subsequent issues, its production values gradually improved. Its outsize pages measured 11×14 inches (28×36 cm). Later editions were more than an inch thick. The early editions were published by the Portola Institute, headed by Richard Raymond. The so-called Last Whole Earth Catalog (June 1971) won the first U. S. National Book Award in category Contemporary Affairs. It was the first time a catalog had ever won such an award. Brand's intent with the catalog was to provide education and "access to tools" so a reader could "find his own inspiration, shape his own environment, and share his adventure with whoever is interested." " (from Wikipedia) .