Buckminster Fuller to Children of Earth

Fuller, R. Buckminster

ISBN 10: 0385029799 / ISBN 13: 9780385029797

Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New Jersey, 1972

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The inventory of the geodesic dome & 1970s guru teams up with photographer Cam Smith in this collection of inspirational verse & images designed to cultivate appreciation of our endangered planet. Unpaginated with facsimile signature & date in front matter. A FIRST EDITION from 1972, this softcover small 8vo has white wrappers (slightly tanned to spine side of both covers) with a raised blindstamp of the Earth behind a black-and-white pictorial image of a child to front cover, black lettering to front & spine. Condition is VG: extremely clean, pages white & unmarked, images crisp, extremely minimal edgewear. Only flaw is one typical of this book: the glued binding has cracked, falls completely open in center, & pages are loosening, one completely detached. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Buckminster Fuller to Children of Earth
• Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New Jersey
• Publication Date: 1972
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0385029799
• ISBN 13: 9780385029797
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: Smith, Cam
• Edition: First Edition First Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Nature/Gardening/Environmentalism
  • Children-Young Adult (YA): Literature, Fiction,...

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Synopsis

Buckminster Fuller is the inventor of the geodesic dome... but hew is so much more. Explorer of the big comprehensive patterns operating in universe, Buckminster Fuller knows that the world can be made to work for all of humanity. Youth, he says, sees this and will settle for nothing less. He sees man's capabilities wonderfully reflected in the fresh minds of children... and speaks to the child who lives in all people.