jack vallentyne (2 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Fine condition hard cover book with Very Good condition dust jacket. Slightest toning and smudging to text block edges. Dust Jacket has slight shelf wear and bumping. Several rips to jacket edges, most no larger than 1/4 inch. 3/4 inch rip to top of rear cover, 1 inch rip to top of front cover, both taped. 1/2 inch rip to bottom of front cover. Dust jacket protected by mylar. Dust jacket unclipped, unless described as such. All of our books are individually inspected and described. Never X-library unless specifically described as such.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Color Illustrations; 9.13 X 6.57 X 1.11 inches; 288 pages; Oblong shaped hard cover has a dark blue cover with gold lettering on front spine. Slight bumping to boards. Signed by both authors on page facing title page, along with an inscription to Al Gore [Vice President of the USA, 1993-2001]. Pages are clean and tight. Lushly illustrated with 140 color photographs and a color map the Lake Superior Watershed. DJ has 1" closed tear at top, light sunning, rubbing; back cover has more rubbing/scuffing; in a mylar cover. " The photographs and quality presentation (on recycled chlorine-free paper with soy inks) make this a splendid "coffee table book"--but read it. What sets this book apart from other "picture books" of the region is its depth and breadth of information, supported by careful research. The most comprehensive book on the Lake Superior ecosystem to date, Lake Superior: Story and Spirit reflects not only the beauty but also the interdependent and cooperative creativity of the natural world. The Mahans have detailed the life and spirit of an immense, interconnected, complex and vital ecosystem. By exploring universal themes and understandings that apply to the entire planet, they extend the scope and relevance of this book far beyond this freshwater sea". The beautiful Upper Peninsula [UP] of Michigan is splendidly crowned by this glorious, truly great lake. Oversized, 4#. ; Signed by All Authors.