Thomas maiden (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Gebunden. Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Dark green cloth over boards with gold lettering to the front cover and spine. Handsome gold illustration of plant material and Joseph Banks on the front cover. Dated 1909 on title page. No date on copyright page. 244 pages, followed by 2 large, fold-out maps. A signature of stub-cut pages holds the maps in. These have not been cut from the text, but are only in place to bolster the maps. Good condition. Binding is strong and square, with some light rubbing to the cloth at the corners. Pages lightly toned, with some foxing to the maps and endpapers. A previous owner's personal bookplate affixed to the front attached endpaper, along with a few small pencil notes. No other 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. Thomas Lovejoy's name is not written in this book, although the handwritten title may well be his addition. It will come with a card stating provenance, with a picture of Lovejoy. …