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Eryri, the Mountains of Longing by Amory Lovins with photographs by Philip Evans; introduction by Charles Evans; edited, with a foreword, by David R. Brower
by Lovins, Amory; Evans, Philip
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/good +
- Seller
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: Friends of the Earth, 1971. Hardcover. Near Fine/good +. 176, [2] p.: illustrations; map; 35 cm. Green cloth with gilt spine and cover titles. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket. This is vol. 5 of the series The Earth's Wild Places. This book was part of the successful campaign to stop Rio Tinto from digging a massive mine within the Snowdonia National Park in Wales (now the Eryri National Park). A heavy book; for international shipping, the U.S. Postal Service requires that it be shipped by priority/expedited shipping. Book is in Near Fine Condition: page edges slightly soiled; otherwise, clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Good+ Condition: several closed tears from edges of 2 cm. or less with archival repair inside; rubbed and lightly soiled; solid and bright.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010425
- Title
- Eryri, the Mountains of Longing by Amory Lovins with photographs by Philip Evans; introduction by Charles Evans; edited, with a foreword, by David R. Brower
- Author
- Lovins, Amory; Evans, Philip
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Friends of the Earth
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1971
- Bookseller catalogs
- European History;
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About the Seller
Classic Books and Ephemera
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tight
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- Good+
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- Cloth
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
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