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Portrays the life of George Perkins Marsh, his career in politics, and his efforts to prevent pollution and to protect the country's environment
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- PublisherBillings Farm & Museum
- Publication date1982
- ISBN 10 0914378902
- ISBN 13 9780914378907
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
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The World of George Perkins Marsh, America's First Conservationist and Environmentalist. An Illustrated Biography.
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Woodstock Vermont: The Woodstock Foundation, 1982
ISBN 10: 0914378902
ISBN 13: 9780914378907
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Seller: Peter Scott, Portslade, United Kingdom
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First edition. Softcover. Presentation copy inscribed by Jane & Will Curtis. Public Radio Cooperation press release for Will Curtis's 'The Nature of Things' loosely laid in. 123pp. Illustrated. Few light marks to covers, otherwise V.g. Seller Inventory # 13645
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World of George Perkins Marsh
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Countryman Press, 1982
ISBN 10: 0914378902
ISBN 13: 9780914378907
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Softcover
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Seller: Monroe Street Books, Middlebury, VT, U.S.A.
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Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. 123 pages. Softcover. Some fading and small blemishes to covers and inside front end papers. Small scuffs along top edge of covers. Inscribed inside front end papers by former owners, dated 1982. Otherwise clean and tight copy. Record # 2231438. Seller Inventory # 2231438
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The World of George Perkins Marsh; America's First Environmentalist, An Illustrated Biography
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The Countryman Press for The Woodstock Foundation, Woodstock, VT, 1982
ISBN 10: 0914378902
ISBN 13: 9780914378907
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Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
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Trade paperback. Condition: Very good. Frank Lieberman (designer) (illustrator). 123, [5] pages. With over 100 antique photographs. Initial printing was limited to 3500 copies. This work was published in observance of the 100th anniversary of Marsh's death in 1882. It graphically portrays the many-faceted career of this extraordinarily versatile Vermonter. Marsh is best known for his pioneering environmental study, Man and Nature, which was first published in 1864. Marsh was a lawyer, linguist, businessman, farmer, designer, Congressman, and diplomat (he was Minister to Turkey and to the newly-united Kingdom of Italy, where he spent the last twenty-one years of his life, a tour of duty unprecedented in American diplomacy). In Congress he supported creating of the Smithsonian Institution. Jane Curtis is a Smith graduate, a bookshop owner, and a writer for the printed word and for radio. Will Curtis, in addition to running a bookshop and contributing to NPR's All Things Considered and also providing syndicated radio commentaries, served in the Vermont Legislature. Frank Lieberman is a European-trained typographer and designer. He is a professional graphic designer. Presumed First Paperback Edition, First printing. Seller Inventory # 74325
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