Edited Nigel Calder (8 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good -. First Published. A nice copy of book; normal dust jacket wear. Book.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardback. Repair to small tear to top edge of D/J. Price clipped. This book outlines, in an original way, the scientific approaches needed for the wise management of the enviornment. Dismay at the 'intellectual sloppiness' of many utterances on environmental issues, and at the way ecology has come to be regarded as a political movement rather than a science, has motivated the author to marshal a coherent body of knowledge and methods for enviornmental science. Expert contributors describe in plain language, for the student, scientist, administrator or payman, the routes to more thorough understanding of the ecosystems we inhabit. 294 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.).

Condition: Very Good. 1965. Paperback. 'When the first Pelicans were published the intention behind them was to provide the serious general reader with authoritative books on a wide range of intellectual interests. There was at the time no deliberate design of building a library of modern knowledge at a modest cost. Nevertheless, Pelicans have, in fact, become such a library: and one serving, moreover, not only the general reader of serious purpose, but also the great body of students pursuing courses in the Universities and institutions of higher education generally.' (The Penguin Story, 1956). A Pelican Book. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Condition: Very Good. 1965. Paperback. 'When the first Pelicans were published the intention behind them was to provide the serious general reader with authoritative books on a wide range of intellectual interests. There was at the time no deliberate design of building a library of modern knowledge at a modest cost. Nevertheless, Pelicans have, in fact, become such a library: and one serving, moreover, not only the general reader of serious purpose, but also the great body of students pursuing courses in the Universities and institutions of higher education generally.' (The Penguin Story, 1956). A Pelican Book. . . . .

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Hardback. First Edition. Nature and Man. Wear to D/J. Contents: List of Illustrations. To Keep the Balance. Nature on the Move. Nothing Lives Alone. Strangers in the House. Taking Things Away. Helping Nature to Hwlp Herself. Shadoqws of the Dodo. The Laboratory of Africa. Air, Soil, and Water. Careers in Ecology. Some More Books to Read. Index. With 29 Plates and 12 Drawings by Jane Burton. 64 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.).

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original turquoise cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine. 8vo 8½'' x 5¼'' 64 pp. Monochrome photographic illustrations on glossy silk art paper. Indigo stamp to title page. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with surface scuffs to spine tips and corners, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archival acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. SOCIAL & HUMANITIES.