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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used textbooks may not include companion materials such as access codes, etc. May have some wear or writing/highlighting. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!. Seller Inventory # S_291094892
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Fredy Knorr (illustrator). First Edition. 9.75 in X 12 in (24.5 cm X 30.5 cm) Hard bound in glossy pictorial boards with title in black on the front and spine. No DJ. 191 pages illustrated throughout with b&w and full color photos. Condition is fine. Map of the glaciers on the end pages. Peter Kasser: "The theme of this book, Switzerland and her Glaciers, is that of the relationship between glacier, climate and man throughout the past, the present and future. Prepared in collaboratioin with scientists and engineers, it seeks to awaken an understanding of the motivations for modern glacier research and the goals to which this work aspires through a presentation of some of the more important results already achieved. As an official catalog, the book contains the complete documentation from the travelling exhibition of the same name sponsored by the Swiss National Tourist Office." Also of interest: "As the 'Little Ice Age' of the sixteenth century has shown, substantial climatic changes and dramatic advances of the glaciers can occur within a period of just a few decades. The three hydrologic years 1974;75, 1976/77, and 1977/78 with their abundant winter snow and cool summers were extraordinarily conducive to glacier growth. Was this just a passing episode or does it signal the beginning of a longer-llasting deterioration of our climate? The history of glaciers constitutes a vital part of climatic history to which we cannot remain indifferent.". Seller Inventory # 000825
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Not ex-library. Seller Inventory # 000099
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. pictorial boards. with 191 pages. illustrated. Seller Inventory # 018894
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 191 pp., Color Photo at Frontis, Color, BW Photo Essay, Color Map e.p., White Color Photo Illus Hardback, 4to, Fine no DJ, 1st ed (Beautiful Book). Seller Inventory # 021047
Book Description Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. Seller Inventory # wbs5705475976
Book Description Condition: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1350grams, ISBN:3259083936. Seller Inventory # 9843864