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The Water Seekers
by Nadeau; Remi A
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, NJ: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 309pp. Octavo [21 cm] Black cloth over boards, with title stamped in gilt on spine. Illustrated endsheets. Bumping to extremities. In a subtly toned dust jacket, with light chipping and creasing to edges. Ex-libris Irving Stone. The award-winning biographical novelist has left a signature on the front free endpaper. An account of the crucial search for water in the Southwest, written by the great-great-grandson of Remi Nadeau, a leader in California's development and the man who built the first four-story building in Los Angeles- the Nadeau Hotel.
"Remi Nadeau's dramatic and revealing account of the water crisis in the Southwest underscores the urgent need for corrective measures on a nationwide scale.
"Remi Nadeau's dramatic and revealing account of the water crisis in the Southwest underscores the urgent need for corrective measures on a nationwide scale.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 66349
- Title
- The Water Seekers
- Author
- Nadeau; Remi A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NJ
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- southwest; water; Remi Nadeau; shortage; climate change; environment; drought;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Salt Lake City, Utah
About Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Ken Sanders Rare Books is a full service antiquarian bookshop in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. We carry an ever-changing inventory of art, ephemera, maps, photography, and postcards in addition to a vast selection of used and rare books along with a few new books. We actively purchase and appraise books in all fields.
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