ISLANDS; Portraits of Miniature Worlds
by Young, Louise B
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0716731355
- ISBN 13
- 9780716731351
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: W. H. Freeman and Company, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Fine/Fine. Jennifer Dewey. INSCRIBED by the Author on free front endpaper, small 8vo, blue cloth with silver lettering on spine over off-white boards, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) by Jennifer Dewey who also provided numerous full-page B&W drawings & vignettes throughout the book, xi, [xii] + 296 pages. Louise B. Young is an environmentalist and geophysical scientist. She is the author of numerous books, including Earth's Aura, The Unfinished Universe, Sowing the Wind, and The Blue Planet, which won the Carl Sandburg Literary Arts Award.--jacket SIGNED & in EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION internally & externally! ("Marjorie Fisher," the person to whom Louise Young presented her book MAY have been the noted philanthropist Marjorie S. Fisher [d.2016].).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2779
- Title
- ISLANDS; Portraits of Miniature Worlds
- Author
- Young, Louise B
- Illustrator
- Jennifer Dewey
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0716731355
- ISBN 13
- 9780716731351
- Publisher
- W. H. Freeman and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- Illustrated, islands, oceans, micro-environments, pollution
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
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Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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