Isbn: 9780810461055 - america the vanishing rural life and the price of progress (3 risultati)

stiff paper covers. Condizione: Near Fine. later printing. Stiff paper covers, 4 pages of b/w full page illustration, 242 pages: The Unspoiled land, Years of spacious living, Going back to the soil, The price of progress, & Looking for a silver lining. Ogden brings together the works of some of the best known writers on the American scene to produce "both a nostalgic memorial to what was, and a disapproving commentary on what is".5 3/8 x 8 1/4".…

Pictorial Softcover. Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket as Issued. 1970s Hayden paperback reprint of 1969 Viking Co. hardcover original. A bright, clean, tight copy sans tears, stains, markings, and discoloration. "Once a verdant, unspoiled paradise whose beauty and abundance overwhelmed the European colonists, America has evolved into a pollution-riddled land, pockmarked by progress. Here, Samuel Ogden brings together the works of some of the best-known writers on the American scene to produce "both a nostalgic memorial to what was, and a disapproving commentary on what is." ILLUSTRATED in black & wihte photography (most full page) with accompanying descriptive captions. 242 pages. LH7.…

Paperback. Condizione: New.