Two hundred years ago Lewis and Clark reported finding in the American Northwest a vast forest of ancient evergreens. In Turning Back Robert Adams looks again at the region's trees, discovering evidence both of America's failure and of a continuing promise.
President Jefferson's primary charge to Lewis and Clark was to prepare the way for American commerce. They tried to do this, as well as make money for themselves. Historians still speculate about why, upon his return, Lewis lapsed into depression and apparently committed suicide. "Going east," Adams suggests, "was more difficult than going west."
What is the future? Turning Back documents two kinds of predictive evidence. On the one hand we observe the results of greed so unrestrained that they are indistinguishable from those of nihilism. On the other we see what still lives unharmed, whether by our design or neglect or Providence; in these pictures the tone is celebratory, as in a prayer book.
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Da: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
Condizione sovraccoperta: dj. First Edition. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 234 pages. Subtitled: "A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration" this book looks at the damage we have done to some of our forests and landscapes. A powerful collection of black and white photographs. Includes 164 tritones. A fine copy in cloth boards and in a fine dust jacket. A very fresh copy. Codice articolo 182990
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Da: Booksphere, Forest Hills, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Fraenkel Gallery, 2005. 4to. Oversized hardcover in dust jacket. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Boards, jacket, and pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is tight. Remainder mark to bottom edge. 164 b/w photographs. 234 pp. Codice articolo A458
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Da: Harmonium Books, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: As New. 1st Edition. Large hardback w/ jacket; unmarked; no bent/torn pp.; jacket fine. Codice articolo ABE-1668136362447
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Da: Browsing Is Arousing, Middlebury, VT, U.S.A.
Condizione: Very Good. Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 234 pages with 164 tritone photographs. beautiful copy still in shrinkwrap. Like new. Turning Back: A photographic journal of Re-exploration is published to coincide with the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Record # 450304. Codice articolo 450304
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Da: Browsing Is Arousing, Middlebury, VT, U.S.A.
Condizione: Very Good. Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 234 pages with 164 tritone photographs. beautiful copy still in shrinkwrap. Like new. Turning Back: A photographic journal of Re-exploration is published to coincide with the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Record # 367609. Codice articolo 367609
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Da: Powell's Bookstores Chicago, ABAA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Cloth, dj. Scuffing to dj. Shelf wear to boards. Else very sound, with clean internals. Codice articolo 2036248
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Da: A&D Books, South Orange, NJ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. First edition. As New clothbound hardcover in dust jacket in the publisher's shrink wrap. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. Published to coincide with the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Robert Adams begins at the Pacific Ocean and moves eastward through what was once one of the world's great rain forests. One group of photographs describes the forest's destruction, another section traces a search for hope. The catalogue for a traveling exhibition. Photographs and texts by Robert Adams. 234 pages; 164 duo-toned b&w plates; 9.75 x 12 inches. Due to size and weight, international and expedited shipping will be more than quoted. Codice articolo 22916
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Da: Orca Knowledge Systems, Inc., Novato, CA, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. B&W Photography. Lightly read if read at all. No markings in book. Binding is fine. Minor shelf wear to DJ edges. 164p[p. Codice articolo mon0000029678
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Da: Monroe Street Books, Middlebury, VT, U.S.A.
Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Non-paginated, illustrated throughout with 164 plates in b&w. Tiny ink mark on rear cover of dust jacket. Overall, a tight clean copy. Record # 458909. Codice articolo 458909
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Da: Midtown Scholar Bookstore, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD Oversized. Codice articolo M1933045019Z3
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