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Boston MA: Little, Brown & Co., 1971. 1st edition stated. Hardback in gray/pale blue boards, in b/w-photo-illus jacket.. Fine unmarked. in Good bright unclipped jacket, light edgewear.. Fascinating & revealing look at the natural enclaves of NYC, profusely illustrated. Bright tight clean HB copy in bright jacket. 7-1/4 x 10, 160 pp, index, bibliography, appendix, b/w photos & illus & maps, b/w map endpapers.

Little, Brown and Company. Stated First Edition. Unclipped DJ in archival cover, closed tear. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1971.

Little, Brown and Company. Stated First Edition. Clipped DJ in archival cover. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1971.

NY: Little, Brown, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Two inscribed books by Elizabeth Barlow Rogers, headlined by her first book, The Forests and Wetlands of New York City. Uncommon signed, but here inscribed on the half-title page in blue ink: "For Robert Glynn, with warm regards, Betsy Barlow."  An early book focused on urban nature, it won the John Burroughs Medal for natural history writing in 1973. With a foreword by Rene Dubos, who writes in part: "The Forests and Wetlands of New York City is much more than an enjoyable and illuminating guide to the history and present state of nature in the city. It demonstrates that while man is all too often a destroyer of wilderness, he can also shape and restore the natural world--and perhaps even improve on it by giving existential expression to the genius of the place." Quarto with black and white photos, illustrations, and maps throughout. A near fine book with a touch of dust soiling to the top face of the text block and light sunning to board… Read More