Jones C E Ronald (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st American Edition, 1st Printing. Text/BRAND NEW. Illustrated boards/NF w/trace wear to corner tips. PO name to front cover verso. First published in Japanese, 1983. Introduction to the world of plants. Why do sunflowers turn to face the sun? Did you think it's the flowers that girate? Well --- "When the sunflower is young . the part of sunflower's stalk that is on the side away from the sun always grows faster than the stalk of the side facing the sun." Only at high noon do both sides of young stalks grow at the same rate! Fine copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Second Printing. (xvii) 354 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with minor creasing on the front cover and spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with diagrams. This collection of essays contains: Seven Days by Gary Dunford. Part One: Background and Perspective: The Historical Roots of Our Ecologic Crisis by Lynn White Jr; The Economics of the Coming Spaceship Earth by Kenneth E. Boulding. Part Two: Environmental Issues: Water: Life on a Dying Lake by Peter Schrag; Detergents - Boon or Bane by P. H. Jones in conversation with Tom Davey; Replacement for Phosphates by David Spurgeon; Water Pollution by Outboard Motors by Ronald Stewart and H. H. Howard; Relation of Water Pollution to Health by C. L. Wilbar Jr; Air: Air Pollution in Cities by Robert U. Ayres; Clean Air and Future Energy by E. F. Schumacher; The Effects of Air Pollution on Health by A. J. de Villiers; Pesticides: New Restrictions Ruled on DDT by Kenneth Mayall; Pesticide Pollution of Our Environment by C. R. Harris; Significance of Pesticide Residues in Foods in Relation to Total Environment Stress by H. F. Kraybill; The Built Environment: Human Needs and Inhuman Cities by Edward T. Hall; Housing and Environment by Marvin Lipman; The Importance of Privacy in Building Human Values into the Community by Abraham Hoffer; Environmental Amenities: Human Needs and Human Values for Environmental Resources by Francis T. Christy Jr; People Recreation Wild Lands and Wilderness by Homer Aschmann; Not Every Prospect Pleases by David Lowenthal. Part Three: Toward a Quality Environment: Environmental Quality Control by Douglas L. Brooks; A Framework fo Dealing with the Urban Environment by Harve S. Perloff; Land Water and Ownership by J. H. Dales; Reviving the Great Lakes by John R. Sheaffer; Canadian Law and Aircraft Noise Disturbance by Lowell S. Fink; Pollution Probe: Fighting the Polluters with Their Own Weapons by D. A. Chant; and Our Total Environment by F. Kenneth Hare. Size: 12mo. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Hardcover in jacket. Edges and endpapers toned; some bumping to spine and extremities. Jacket worn with extensive chipping and loss. Interior remains clean and bright. Still a sound and useful copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: New.

Condition: Good. Gebonden, 24,5x16x3, 424pp. Zeer goede staat, opdracht voor Prof. J. Kistemakers.