Vendeur : -OnTimeBooks-, Phoenix, AZ, Etats-Unis
Etat : very_good. Gently read. May have name of previous ownership, or ex-library edition. Binding tight; spine straight and smooth, with no creasing; covers clean and crisp. Minimal signs of handling or shelving. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships USPS Media Mail. N° de réf. du vendeur OTV.0826300111.VG
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Vendeur : ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, Etats-Unis
Paperback. Etat : Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. N° de réf. du vendeur G0826300111I5N00
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Vendeur : Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, Etats-Unis
Etat : Good. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. N° de réf. du vendeur 1024563-6
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Vendeur : Black and Read Books, Music & Games, Arvada, CO, Etats-Unis
Revised edition - 1975. Very light shelf wear to the wraps. Scuffing to the tail of the spine. Rubbing to the head of the spine. Hint of dust-staining to the top edge of the pages / to the top corner of the pages. The internal pages are clean and the binding is sound. A solid copy. N° de réf. du vendeur s75
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Vendeur : The Sun Also Rises, El Paso, TX, Etats-Unis
Trade paperback. Etat : As New. Peter Hurd (illustrateur). Gift quality About the book: "Sky, says Ross Calvin, determines everything in the Southwest: weather, landscape, plant and animal forms, human types, even art and architecture, religious rites and manner of dress. Altogether this is an authentic book, valuable as an introduction to a region of strange beauty and as an exposition of some little understood aspects of our history." -- thus New York Herald-Tribune appraised the first edition of 'Sky Determines,' which has become a regional classic. In this revised edition, the author has renewed the book with fifty pages of fresh materials, drawn from decades of observing the Southwest. In a long passage on desalinization contributed to the book, Senator Clinton P. Anderson writes: "My mind has been constantly attracted to the suggestion of Ross Calvin that in our Southwest 'Sky Determines.' Sky decides what areas can be habitable, what agricultural lands can be grazed. But is there a new force ahead of us? Will there be a day when sky no longer completely determines and rain clouds will not be so totally important to us? Will the desalinization of the brackish water in our State and the conversion of saline water in coastal areas change the water supply picture? I think. N° de réf. du vendeur 003392
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Vendeur : 100POCKETS, Berkeley, CA, Etats-Unis
Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. Peter Hurd (Illustrator) (illustrateur). Revised & Enlarged Editon, 4th Printing. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Illustrated soft cover/VG; strong & sound w/faint creasing to upper front corner & trace fading to spine, and price sticker to rear. Reprint of the Revised & Enlarged Edition of 1965 from the 1934 & 1948 Editions. Epsicopal clergyman Ross Calvin (1889 - 1970) went to New Mexico in 1927; a six-month visit for health reasons extended to 43 years! As he considered man's history in the arid Southwest and the adaptability of desert plant and wild life particularly during drought, "the influence of the Sky Powers" became increasingly apparent. Calvin saw clearly, ". that which man determines here has never at any time very completely repealed that which Sky Determines". This perspective gave rise to the title of this classic work which demonstrates the powerful role of climatic matters in the development of both natural and cultural patterns of New Mexico. N° de réf. du vendeur 009034
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Vendeur : GoldBooks, Denver, CO, Etats-Unis
Paperback. Etat : new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. N° de réf. du vendeur 66L31_37_0826300111
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Vendeur : SHIMEDIA, Brooklyn, NY, Etats-Unis
Etat : New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back. N° de réf. du vendeur 0826300111
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