dunning john s signed (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Hardcover with green cloth over boards, golden lettering along spine. Green and white DJ with colorful photograph on front, black and white text across covers and spine. Faint, uneven toning to white sections, does not interfere with any text. Corners, crown and foot of spine bumped; top corner of front flap price clipped. No text or photo marred, DJ still glossy. Oversized, roughly 9 inches wide by 11 inches tall. Title page dated 1970. No date on copyright page. xx + 153 pages. Includes foreword by Olin Sewall Pettingill, Jr. and colorful photographs throughout text. Faint foxing to endpapers, does not extend to rest of book. Title page inscribed "For Tom Lovejoy, who is doing so much for conservation, with wonderful memories of days in the field together. John S. Dunning". Pages clean, bright, glossy. Binding neat and tight. This book is from the collection of Thomas Lovejoy. Dr. Lovejoy was an influential ecologist, field biologist, and activist; former head of the Amazon Biodiversity Center, World Wildlife Fund, and advisor to the United Nations and Smithsonian Institution. He is credited with introducing the term biological diversity to the mainstream environmental movement. In addition, he was a passionate collector of books on the natural world. He died in 2021 and we are very excited to present a selection of his books. Please email us with questions or to request photos. Signed by Author(s).