Sky determines (97 résultats)

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.…

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

Soft cover. Etat : Near Fine. Reissue. NF. A touch of light edgewear. Otherwise almost like new: a clean, tight copy.

Trade Paperback. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Wraps. First Thus. First Thus this publisher; orig. pub. 1934. Trade PB in photo wraps. Fine. 333pp inc. Foreword, Index; illustrated by Peter Hurd. Book.

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.

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

TPB. Etat : VG+. VERY-GOOD-PLUS TRADE-PAPERBACK. NEARLY NEW.

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.

Trade paperback. Etat : As New. 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. Peter Hurd (illustrateur).…

Softcover. Etat : Very Good. In Very Good+ condition. The Desert environment leaves its stark impress upon plants, animals, and men. And Ross Calvin tells the beautifully strange story of New Mexico--its ancient culture, the coming of the Spanish friars, the Spanish occupation, pueblo life, the Apaches and their long warfare with the whites, cattle and sheep raising and cowboys and outlaws, and the old trails, and the coming of the railroads--treating all these in the light of the physical features and physical conditions of the country. Calvin knew New Mexico intimately, and he writes of his observations and experiences in his rides and tramps through the region. His novel point of view and material afford a unique approach to the arid American Southwest. The journalist Ernie Pyle, who lived in Albuquerque with his wife for a period in 1942, stated that Calvin's book was ''our Southwestern Bible,'' and the famed Western librarian and critic Lawrence Clark Powell gave his imprimatur when he called it the ''finest single book about New Mexico.''.…

Paperback. First Ed thus, so stated. Fine in Wraps: binding square and secure; text clean. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 333pp. Illustrated by Peter Hurd. First Ed thus, so stated. Paperback. 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. Sky Determines has become a regional classic. In this revised Third Edition, the author has renewed the book with fifty pages of fresh materials, drawn from decades of observing the Southwest. …

Etat : New.

Paperback or Softback. Etat : New. Sky Determines. Book.

HARDCOVER. 1st edition. 333, octavo. signed by author. hinges starting, cover wear/soiling, clean throughout, Good-.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. Revised Edition. The binding is tight, the corners of the back panel are lightly bumped. From the personal library of a noted Bay Area collector of Western Americana, his written name and info and two Hanko stamps on the 2nd flyleaf. Text and images are clean and unmarked. The illustrated dust jacket shows some general handling, two small chips along the bottom edge at spine and back wrap, small closed tear, edge wear, rubbing at the corners, price clipped, in a mylar cover.…

Etat : As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Etat : New.

Etat : VG/Good+ only (see notes). revised ed. 8vo. 333pp. 1/2" by 1" deep chip top spine of edgeworn DJ. In mylar.

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : None as Issued. 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. Peter Hurd (Illustrator) (illustrateur).…

Paperback. Etat : Good+. Revised and enlarged from 1934 and 1948 editions. Binding solid. Pages clean and bright. Cover generally faded, but not very worn, with blacked-out price on back. Support an independent used bookstore in Minneapolis.

SC. Etat : fine. 391 Spanish influence on the American Southwest.

Hardcover. Etat : Very good +. very good +. Third edition. 8vo. Red cloth, with black spine titles and cover title. 391 pages, with Bibliography and Index. With b/w illustrations by Peter Hurd. No names or marks. In illustrated dust-jacket (with "$5" price intact). The 1965 Revised and Enlarged edition. Peter Hurd (illustrateur).…

Etat : New.

Hardback or Cased Book. Etat : New. Sky Determines: An Interpretation of the Southwest. Book.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. The University of New Mexico Press January 1948 Binding: Hardcover THIS COPY IS NOT SIGNED BUT INCLUDES DUST JACKET WITH A FEW CHIPS AND TEARS.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Revised Edition. The University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM. 1965. Revised and Enlarged Edition of the 1934 and 1948 printings. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for original bookseller stamp on the FFFP. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Very Good+; price clipped. Red cloth boards and spine with bright black printing on the spine and watermill picture in black on front board. 391 pp 8vo. The sky determines everything in the Southwest: weather, landscape, plant and animal forms, human types, even art and architecture, religious rites, and the manner of dress. This book includes 50 additional pages drawn from decades of observing the Southwest and a long passage on desalinization and its effects on the climate of the Southwest. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket. Peter Hurd (illustrateur). …

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

Cloth. Etat : Very good. Etat de la jaquette : good. Revised and Enlarged Edition. [xvi], 391p. Jacket has chips and tears to edges. How the climate and "the sky influence the desert environment and human history in New Mexico." [WorldCat] B&w illustrations by Peter Hurd. (8-3/8"x5-3/4"). Hurd, Peter (illustrateur). …

Etat : New. Hurd, Peter (illustrateur).

Etat : New.