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Landprints: On the Magnificent American Landscape
by Sullivan, Walter (signed)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/Very good
- ISBN 10
- 0812910761
- ISBN 13
- 9780812910766
- Seller
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La Grande, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
NY: Crown, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. Inscribed by Sullivan on the half-title page in a blue pen: "For Evi, with best regards, Walter Sullivan." Uncommon signed. Sullivan was known as the "dean of science writers" and was the science editor for The New York Times. This book tells of the deep-time geological formation of the North America, including continental drift and rift, ice ages and mega floods, but it also explores "Man's impact on the landscape--sometimes beneficial, sometimes destructive." A small quarto or large octavo in gray paper boards with a red cloth spine. Black and white photos and illustrations throughout. Near fine on account of bumped lower corners; in a very good jacket with a few short tears to edges, corner wear, and some scratching to rear panel. Though Sullivan was a popular writer, arguably the predecessor to John McPhee, his books seem uncommon signed--a nice find.
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- Bookseller
- Rural Hours
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1179
- Title
- Landprints: On the Magnificent American Landscape
- Author
- Sullivan, Walter (signed)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0812910761
- ISBN 13
- 9780812910766
- Publisher
- Crown
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1984
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Rural Hours
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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.
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