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1) Downwind: The Acid Rain Story

Environment Canada, 1981. 20 pages. Stapled covers. Small surface tear to front cover middle at right edge along with a few minor creases. Some shelf wear and edge bumping otherwise clean and unmarked copy.. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (more information)

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2) How to Be Green: A Friends of the Earth Guide
Button, John

How to Be Green: A Friends of the Earth Guide
London: Century Hutchinson, 1989. The definitive guide on how each and every one of us can do our bit for the maintenance of Planet Earth. 233 pages. Very gently used paperback. Clean and bright. Sound binding.. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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3) Dear World: The Canadian Children's Project
By the Children of Canada. Conceived and Directed by Ben Wicks

Agincourt, Ontario: Methuen Publications, 1986. 96 pages. Some staining along bottom cover and bottom edge which does not affect interior pages. Small stains along top of cover, at spine, in the center, and on the top right corner. Back cover has a small stain at upper left corner. Minimal bumping and shelf wear. Interior clean and bright with a good tight binding.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (more information)

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4) Before Nature Dies
Dorst, Jean

Baltimore, MD: Penguin Books, 1970. A comprehensive, photographically illustrated survey of man's devastating impact on nature. Professor Dorst shows that to continue such ecological abuse will render the world uninhabitable. 352 pages. translated by Constance D. Sherman. Front cover has a vertical crease. Some bumping and shelfwear. Interior pages clean and bright with a tight binding.. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. (more information)

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5) The Immense Journey
Eiseley, Loren C

New York: Vintage Books, 1959. An imaginative naturalist explores the mysteries of man and nature. 210 pages. Two old price stickers on front cover. Back cover quite scuffed and shelf worn with a crease at lower left. Front cover only slightly scuffed with a small thumb crease at the top. Corners slightly bumped. Spine has only one crease. Interior clean and unmarked though yellowing. Binding very tight. Appears to have never been read. A nice solid copy. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. (more information)

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6) Life Nature Library: The Forest
Farb, Peter

New York: Time Life Books, 1973. One of a series of books in Life's Nature Library. 192 pages. Corners and spine tips are a little rubbed and bumped. Light green endpapers. Interior pages clean and tight. A nice copy.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (more information)

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7) Acid Rain: The Potential for Saskatchewan
Hammer, Dr. U. T

Saskatchewan: The Saskatchewan Environmental Advisory Council , 1980. A study commissioned by The Saskatchewan Environmental Advisory Council to evaluate the long-term effects of acid rain on Saskatchewan. Prepared by Dr. Hammer, a Biologist at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. Covers are stapled. 36 pages. Back cover is very good. Front cover has some red smudging in the middle just near the spine. Right edge of front cover appears to have a little bit of moisture damage. Some moisture damage on side edge affecting inside back cover and the last few pages of the report. Otherwise interior very clean and unmarked. Covers hardly bumped at all. A nice copy. Very hard to find. . Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (more information)

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8) Filters Against Folly: How to Survive Despite Economists, Ecologists, and the Merely Eloquent
Hardin, Garrett

New York: Viking Penguin, 1985. A definitive statement on what we will need to do -- and especially how we will have to think -- in a world beset by ecological dangers. 240 pages. Remnants of old price sticker on front cover of clipped dustjacket. Jacket a little shelfworn; minimally bumped. Inside front cover has a mark in black felt pen; ffep has old price in pencil in the corner and a phrase written in ink in the middle of the page. A very little blue highlighting on 3 pages otherwise interior is clean and tight. Very nice grey and black boards. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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9) Earth Shine
Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1969. 73 pages. Light blue boards with white spine. Upper spine suffered some water damage which affected a few interior pages. Mostly towards the back of the book. Otherwise interior and binding in good shape.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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10) Mackenzie River Basin Study Report
Mackenzie River Basin Committee (Canada)

The Committee, 1981. 231 pages. Cover scuffed and shelf worn; corners have some minor bumping. Back cover shows some age yellowing. Interior clean and bright with a tight binding. Inside back cover has fold out map still in very good condition. Book has never been read. . Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (more information)

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11) Still Waters
Marshall, Alexandra

New York: William Morrow & Co, 1978. Prepared in conjunction with the Nova film Still Waters, produced by Peace River Films for WGBH Educational Foundation. Wonderfully illustrated with photographs of the ecology of a freshwater pond in North America. 213 pages. Dark blue covers with gold lettering on spine; only light bumping to edges. Green endpapers. Previous owner's information on inside front cover and old price written in the top right corner of ffep. Interior is clean, bright and tight. A very nice copy.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (more information)

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12) Time to Cry Wolf: Problems Facing Wildlife in America
McCann, Lester J

Time to Cry Wolf: Problems Facing Wildlife in America
1972. Lester J. McCann, Professor of Biology, College of St. Thomas. 130 pages. Corners and spine tips minimally bumped. Binding tight. Book appears unread. Pages clean and bright. A really nice copy.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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13) The Politics of Extinction: The Shocking Story of the World's Endangered Wildlife
Regenstein, Lewis

New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1975. 280 pages. Ex-library copy. Dust jacket was protected and in good shape. Ffep is missing. Binding cracked right in the middle with 2 loose pages from the black and white photos. Top and bottom edges shelf worn and bumped. Otherwise book is serviceable and in relatively good shape.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. (more information)

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14) Cut and Run: The Assault on Canada's Forests
Swift, Jamie

Toronto: Between the Lines, 1990. The Canadian forest is the country's single most important resource, its largest foreign exchange earner. It is also a forest living through a widely-acknowledged state of crisis. Jamie Swift explores the reasons for this crisis and reveals the inner workings of forestry -- from the effects of changing logging systems on reforestation to the growing conflict between environmentalists and the forest industry. 283 pages. Gift inscription on half-title page and old price sticker on back cover. Very small bump to lower left of back cover and a small surface crease to upper right of front cover. Unread copy in almost as new condition. Attractive glossy covers; interior clean and bright with a tight binding.. Trade Paperback. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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15) Forests: A Naturalist's Guide to Trees & Forest Ecology
Walker, Laurence C

New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1990. Wiley Nature Editions. An intelligent, informative companion for all your forest excursions. 288 pages. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. Covers are barely bumped. Spine is not creased. A lightly read book in very nice shape.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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