Isbn: 9780140144413 - this incomperable lande: a book of american nature writing (14 résultats)

Etat : Good. Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Paperback. Etat : Fair. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Paperback. Etat : Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Etat : Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Paperback. Etat : Good.

Etat : Very Good. Reissue. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. 495pp. Index, Notes. Some writing interior, wear and creasing wraps.

Soft cover. Etat : Good. Used/Nature and Community. Good Condition. Some sun fade on the front edge close to the binding of cover. Some surface cracks along the binding. A slight furl with some wear along the edges of cover. Pages are crisp and clean with some slight age staining. Highlighting on the very outside of pages on the bottom of the book. Thomas Lyon's splendid anthology offers a powerful synthesis of American ideas on nature, along with a first-rate set of essays of his own on the history of United States naturalism. These essays are alone worth the price of the book; so is Lyon's detailed chronology of events in the natural history of the continent. The anthology proper begins with an excerpt from William Wood's New England's Prospect (1634), a properly awed account of "the kingly lion and the strong-armed bear," moves on to great but little-known naturalist-explorers like William Bartram, John James Audubon, and Thomas Nuttall, and ends with modern giants like Aldo Leopold and Edward Abbey. Lyon's enterprise and unfailing good taste has yielded not only a model of literary selection and commentary, but a book that celebrates the best of the North American continent and what there is to protect.…

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Softcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. clean, unmarked copy.

Soft cover. Etat : Near Fine. No Jacket. This book is in near fine condition. here are corner knocks and the edges show wear but there are no tears or stains. The first part of the book is a history of nature writing and gives an American chronology. The second part of the book is an anthology of American nature writing. There are 21 authors represented including Audubon, Thoreau, Muir, and Rachel Carson. There is a bibliography and an index. Proceeds from the sale of this book benefit environmental restoration and education.…

paperback. Etat : New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.