jay henry soothill (2 Ergebnisse)

cuba 1961 - 152 pag. 19 cm.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Bound in green cloth with white paper labels to the front cover and spine. Dated 1935 on the copyright page. No date on title page. 391 pages. Good condition. Binding snug and tight. Spine is sunned. Light rubbing to the cloth around the corners. Deckled edge pages. Pages lightly and evenly toned, with a bit heavier toning to the edges and endpapers. No marks or writing to be found. Overall good condition. 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 browse the entire catalogue here on ABE or contact us for instructions on how to get to it. Lovejoy's name is not in this book. It will come with a card stating provenance, with a picture of Lovejoy. Please email with questions or to see any photos.