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Land Above the Trees: A Guide to American Alpine Tundra
by Zwinger, Ann. H and Willard, Beatrice E
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Book VG: mild age soil to boards and spine, along edges, ex libris bookplate on front paste down, text clean, binding tight. Aut/DJ VG: age toning, small closed tear top of spine, NOT clipped ($15.00)
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About This Item
New York: Harper and Row, 1972. first edition. hardcover. Book VG: mild age soil to boards and spine, along edges, ex libris bookplate on front paste down, text clean, binding tight. Author inscription on half title page: "April 22 1974 To Marie Boyle In memory of the wonderful North Cascades trip and the alpine we shared Cordially Bettie E Willard/DJ VG: age toning, small closed tear top of spine, NOT clipped ($15.00). Ann Zwinger, Herman Zwinger, Beatrice Willard. 8vo 489pp. from front flap: "This beautifully illustrated volume--including twenty-four pages of color plates--is the first comprehensive book on the ecology of the alpine tundra of the United States, the area above tree limit which occurs on many western ranges and on the Presidential peaks of New Hampshire's White Mountains."
signed and inscribed by co-author Beatrice Willard to original owner on half title page. #01496.
signed and inscribed by co-author Beatrice Willard to original owner on half title page. #01496.
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- Bookseller
- Matthew's Books LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1432
- Title
- Land Above the Trees
- Author
- Zwinger, Ann. H and Willard, Beatrice E
- Illustrator
- Ann Zwinger, Herman Zwinger, Beatrice Willard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Book VG: mild age soil to boards and spine, along edges, ex libris bookplate on front paste down, text clean, binding tight. Aut
- Jacket Condition
- DJ VG: age toning, small closed tear top of spine, NOT clipped ($15.00)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- Publisher
- Harper and Row
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- ecology, environment, science, nonfiction, alpine, tundra, first edition, signed.
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