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U.K.: Centoria Limited, 2009. Book. Fair. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 240 pages. Features: The Energy of Bobby Kennedy, Jr.; Stella McCartney on Design & Ethics; Roberto Saviano on Life After Gomorrah; David de Rothschild's Anti-Plastic Pacific Adventure; Jacques Cousteau's Underwater House; Deep Ecology; Philippe Parreno's Post-Apocalypse; Sustainable Sushi; The Missing Link Between Fashion & Fish. Unmarked with above-average but not excessive wear. A worthy reading copy..

Gabriola Island, BC, Canada: New Society Publishers, Limited, 1999. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 163 pages. Can profits, people and place co-exist in harmony? Does conservation of nature necessarily mean a loss of jobs? Deals head-on with the massive ongoing threats to the world's ecosystems. Examines a number of case studies from different sectors of the Pacific Northwest and comes up with some surprising answers. Explodes the spotted owl myth by showing that employment and economic activity actually increased. Shows that future job opportunities exist when local residents steward their resource base, not when non-locals have the power to plunder it. "Grant Copeland is one of my eco-heroes..." - David Suzuki. Glossy illustrated covers. Average quantity of pencil markings to text. Light wear. Excellent copy..

USA: A.G.U., 1993. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 273 pages. Prior owner's name and date upon front free endpaper, otherwise clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. An excellent copy..

USA: Aramco Services Company, 1990. Magazine. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 40 pages. Features: The new view from space - space explorers from 13 nations meet in Riyadh to reflecton ways to solve problems on earth; Vartan Gregorian of Brown University; Islamic Art - looking beneath the surface of the RCA in London; A look at the ecological riches of the Arabian Peninsula; The Arab world's most punishing and prestigious motor rally from Giza to Sakkara; The Black Stallion returns to children's literature. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy..

USA: Aramco Services Company, 1989. Magazine. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 40 pages. Features: The last wild adult bald ibis dies in Turkey; Education Americans about Saudi Arabia; Jordan's Royal Falcons; Fine Muslim Architecture; The painting of Lebanon's Mustafa Tahoukji; The Imbaba camel market; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Moderate moisture exposure, otherwise a sound copy..

Concord, New Hampshire: Atlantic Monthly Press. Good. 1949. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Features: The Tidelands and Oil; The Color Line in Fraternities; Fishing in the Rockies; Out of School (poem); "My Only and Last Love"; Britain's Young Offenders; The Revival - An Atlantic 'First'; Reflections; The Marital Deduction; At Woodstock (poem); Ivan the Bear (story) The "Hood" and the "Bismarck" - the new Atlantic serial; Gene Rhodes - Cowboy Novelist; What is a Book Contract; and more. 96 pages. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A well-preserved copy.; Cover Illustration; Sm 4to .

Victoria, BC: Western Canada Wilderness Committee [WCWC], 1990. Book. Illus. by Bleck, Nancy; Diment, Roy; McLeod, Art. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 48 pages. Colour and black and white photography. Printed upon glossy stock. Oblong 11" x 8.5". Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy..

British Columbia: Douglas College, 1993. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 126 pages. "A review of biodiversity in Greater Victoria conducted by students in the Environmental Studies Program at the University of Victoria... The result of projects done in the summer of 1992. Written as educational material for anyone interested in their local natural environment and how it relates to the city in which they live." - from Executive Summary. Above-average wear externally. Usual library markings. Worthy reference copy..

New York: Harpercollins Publishers (Harper Collins), 1994. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 607 pages. An environmental primer, a foray into the workings and wonder of the earth and the problems that beset it. Written for use in introductory environmental science college courses or general ecology courses with an environmental emphasis, but it contains a message and information for all individuals and communities. Minimal markings to contents. Moderate wear. Solid copy..

Canada: McClelland & Stewart. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. 184 pages. Index. Author's signature upon front free endpaper. Nice black and white photographic plate. "Will be of great interest to those Canadians who have an attachment to their country's wilderness and are concerned by thte death of wilderness at the hands of men." - from dust jacket. Prior owner's large signature upon front free endpaper else book clean and unmarked with only moderate wear. Above-average wear to dust jacket.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Capilano: The Story of a River North Vancouver Canyon; Signed by Author(s) .

Rome / Toronto: IPB - Permanent People's Tribunal, 1999. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 233 pages. Black and white photographic plates. "... Like a breath of fresh air amidst the lies and deception that have surrounded the true consequences of the aftermath of Chernobyl." - from back cover... Bears witness to the victims and gives to them a long awaited acknowledgement of their pain and suffering." - from back cover. Moderate wear. Clean, tight and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy..

Canada: James Lorimer & Company. Good. 1995. First Edition. Paperback. 1550284509 . "Award-winning reporter Elaine Dewar explores the links between key environmental groups, government and big business. Follows the author from a Toronto fundraiser for the Kayapo Indians of Brazil to the Amazon rainforest and the global backrooms of Brasilia, Washington and Geneva. Most concerned citizens trust environmental groups to fight on behalf of the public for sensible solutions to the world's environmental problems. That was what Dewar believed when she started work on this story. But she discovered that our trust can sometimes be misplaced, as you will see in this revealing and disturbing book." - back cover. xii, [2], 497 pages. Extensive footnotes and bibliography. Index. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this controversial work.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Cloak of Green, Environmental Groups, Government, Big Business, Environmental… Read More

California, USA: Pointer, 1979. Book. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 160 pages. Features: Human Harm to Human DNA; Herbicides - a Faustian Bargain; How to Worry Intelligently about Having a Baby; Biohazard Organizations and Books; Dan O'Neill Defies Supreme Court; A History of Magazines on a Timeline; St. Lawrence County Comprehensive Land Use Plan; The Organic Movement Meets the Real World; The Holistic Health Handbook; and much more. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy..

California, USA: Point, 1979. Book. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 144 pages. Features: The Real News From Three Mile Island; Skidding - horses in the woods; Plant a Tree for England; The Butterflies of Jasper Ridge; The I Cash Clothes Man; Going Underground in Arctic Norway; Turning into WARC; Personal Computer Networks; Dungeons & Dragons; The Brief Against "Voluntary Metric Conversion"; and much more. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy..

California, USA: Pointer, 1978. Book. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 142 pages. Features: Solar Water Heaters in California, 1891-1930; The Ideas of Greenwich Village; Sanctuary in Cuba; Neighborhood Preservation is an ecology issue; The Hawksbill Turtle; Insulation Heresy; Wilderness Plots; Broken Circuits, Smoke and Fire; and much more. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy..

California, USA: Pointer, 1978. Book. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 144 pages. Features: A Defence of Sacred Measures; Governor Brown at the Mental Hospitals; Cops Without Guns; Language, Thought, & Disease; Earl Butz Versus Wendell Berry; Botanic Architecture; Solar Water Heaters in Florida 1923-1978; Job Sharing is Good; I Was Armand Hammer; Strange True Roach Story; How to Use Road Kills; Clunker Bikes; On Story Telling; and much more. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy..

California, USA: Pointer, 1980. Book. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 24 pages. Features: Six Days of Dying (Gregory Bateson); The Gnostic Gospels; The Wishing Bone Cycle; Ed Ricketts; The Foreskin File (graphic article on circumcision); Autologic; Information Detective Stories; Health Hazards from Computer Terminals; and much, much more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A quality vintage copy..

British Columbia: Self Published, 2007. Book. Very Good. Plastic Comb. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 118 pages. Colour illustrations. "The purpose of this report has been to synthesize and outline legislation in hopes of stimulating further public discussion and community action to ensure that adequate water resources are protected for present and future generations... While aimed at the Comox Valley, hopefully audiences across British Columbia and Canada will find it a useful reference guide or point of comparison to their own communities' water challenges." - from Executive Summary. Contents include: Introduction; Glossary; Water History and Regulation; Water Supply Systems in the Comox Valley; Suggestions and Sites; References. White label remnants upon clear front cover. Contents clean, bright and unmarked. Light wear. A quality copy..

U.S.A.: I.U.R.P., 2011. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. [12], 100 pages. References. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white. "In January 2011, graduate students from Cairo University, The American University in Cairo, and University of California, Berkley worked together in interdisciplinary teams to develop long-term plans and designs for the Nile waterfront in Cairo." - from back cover. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy..

London: H.K. Lewis & Co. Ltd., 1960. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 61 pages including index. Deals with the consequences of ecological change, particularly those brought about by human activity. "It commonly happens that man, while pursuing his own ends, incidentally uproots, fragments or destroys communities of plants and animals. Subsequent changes include the re-constitution of parts and wholes of those communities from surviving organisms and immigrants. Some of the immigrants become pests, also some of the native organisms." Attempts to point out the intellectual status of the subject as a whole and indicate a few of the avenues along which progress can be made, and to comment upon certain methods of study. Good unmarked copy with brown age spotting to both endpapers and some waviness to pages. Some bumping to corners. Dust jacket has light to moderate age spotting..