Search Results: the arid zones by walton kenneth

Aldine Publishing, Chic., c.1971, 2nd.prtg., 8vo., cloth, 175pp., VG $

Chicago: Aldine Publishing Company, 1971. Cloth Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 175pp. References & biblio. Index. Dj has a gentle repair at spine top.

Aldine (Chicago), 1971. Hardcover. Very Good. 1971 hardcover with dust jacket. Second Printing Stated, 175 pages. APPEARS UNREAD with bright, unmarked, well-bound pages. Jacket shows some shelf-rubbing, minimal smudging, and minimal edge wear but remains intact. This is NOT an ex-library book and not a remainder. A very good, sturdy, very useful copy. Academic geography study on arid territories covers the following topics: The nature and causes of aridity; The climates of the arid lands; The desert landscapes; The biogeography of the arid lands; Water resources of the arid lands; Cultivation in the dry lands; Pastoralism -- a basic dry-land response; and The future of dry lands. With references, selected bibliography, and index.

Chicago: Aldine Publishing, 1971. 2nd. pr. HB. Blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo., 175pp. Unmarked book with minor edge wear, in dust jacket with slight wear top of spine. Book condition VG in VG DJ.

Aldine Publishing Co. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1971. Hardcover. A book that is used but still very attractive, with dustjacket .

Paperback / softback. New. Beginning with a clarification of the definitions of arid and semi-arid regions and with the delineation of techniques for measuring the degree of aridity in these areas, this work shows that there is wide variation among the arid zones in landscape and climate and that there are numerous local and microclimates within any single arid region.

Paperback / softback. New. Beginning with a clarification of the definitions of arid and semi-arid regions and with the delineation of techniques for measuring the degree of aridity in these areas, this work shows that there is wide variation among the arid zones in landscape and climate and that there are numerous local and microclimates within any single arid region.