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Land of Living Rock: Grand Canyon and the High Plateaus: Arizona, Utah, Nevada
by Crampton, C. Gregory
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good in Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0394426959
- ISBN 13
- 9780394426952
- Seller
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Moab, Utah, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Good in Good dust jacket. 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. 0394426959 . Dust jacket has light soil, chips, and tape-repaired tears up to an inch and a half long. Not price clipped. The black cloth boards with gilt imprint have bumped corners and sunning on edges. Binding tight. Red top edge, illustrated endpapers. Interior clean except for one inscription. Crampton, a river rat, University of Utah professor, and author of Standing Up Country, provides a "regional biography" of Grand Canyon, with 17 color geologic maps, 16 color photos, and more than 100 black and white photos. This was an association copy given to Georgie Clark, the first female commericial river guide in Grand Canyon, by two people who went on one of her trips. It is warmly inscribed by them on the half title page. ; Book; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 267 pp .
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- Bookseller
- Back of Beyond Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009679
- Title
- Land of Living Rock: Grand Canyon and the High Plateaus: Arizona, Utah, Nevada
- Author
- Crampton, C. Gregory
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394426959
- ISBN 13
- 9780394426952
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- 0394426959, Colorado Plateau, Photography, Grand Canyon, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Georgie Clark
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About Back of Beyond Books
Located in the heart of the desert southwest Back of Beyond Books is an indie bookstore in Moab, Utah. The name of the store was drawn from one of Edward Abbey's most well-known fiction titles, The Monkey Wrench Gang. We specialize in natural history, environmental literature, southwestern guidebooks & maps, Native American books, and Western history. But we also carry a wild assortment of fiction, science, philosophy, current affairs, rare books, and generally other cool stuff.
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- Jacket
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- Edges
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- Cloth
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Association Copy
- An association copy is a copy of a book which has been signed and inscribed by the author for a personal friend, colleague, or...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
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- Art, Photography & Architecture Photography
- Bindings & Editions Association Copy
- Countries & Cultures North America United States Arizona
- Countries & Cultures North America United States West
- Science & Technology Physical Sciences Earth Science Geology
- Sports & Games Outdoors National Parks
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