The Forests and Wetlands of New York City by Barlow, Elizabeth (forewrd By Rene Dubos) - 1971

Boston: Little Brown and Co., 1971. Stated First edition; small 4to.; cloth backed boards with map endpapers, hardcover; xxiv, 160 pages; black and white illustrations and maps; very good in an edgeworn, soiled and rubbed dust jacket.

First edition first printing hardcover in dust jacket; no prior owner marks; trace dust top text block edge; tight bind; clean 1/4 cloth cover, bright gilt titling; dj edge wear: short tear at spine heel, few small nicks; flap price clipped MS

Boston and Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1971. 1st Edition. xxiv, 160p., b/w illus., slightly chipped dj.

NY: Little, Brown, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Two inscribed books by Elizabeth Barlow Rogers, headlined by her first book, The Forests and Wetlands of New York City. Uncommon signed, but here inscribed on the half-title page in blue ink: "For Robert Glynn, with warm regards, Betsy Barlow."  An early book focused on urban nature, it won the John Burroughs Medal for natural history writing in 1973. With a foreword by Rene Dubos, who writes in part: "The Forests and Wetlands of New York City is much more than an enjoyable and illuminating guide to the history and present state of nature in the city. It demonstrates that while man is all too often a destroyer of wilderness, he can also shape and restore the natural world--and perhaps even improve on it by giving existential expression to the genius of the place." Quarto with black and white photos, illustrations, and maps throughout. A near fine book with a touch of dust soiling to the top face of the text block and light sunning to board… Read More