living land account natural resources von haig brown roderick (13 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1961). 1961 1st edition. Large 4to (219 x 280mm). Pp269. Colour photograph plates, colour and b/w illustrations, green monochrome maps, bibliography, pocket containing colour map of British Columbia to rear paste-down. Slightly bumped, owner's embossed stamp and slight browning to end-papers and edges but good-plus. Lacks dust-wrapper. This book "is intended to stimulate the thinking of British Columbians about the proper use of their rich inheritance of natural resources. It is hoped, also, that the book will serve to advance the cause and the philosophy of conservation among the peoples of the world." The British columbia Natural Resources Conference published the British Columbia Atlas of Natural Resources, "the first such comprehensive natural resources atlas ever published for a province or state." This book is a non-technical companion volume aimed at the lay reader. Detailed and well-illustrated. Chapters include: soil resources; Water and climate; The forests; Harvesting and using wood; Managing the forests; The extent of the resource; Use of the resource; The fossil fuels; Water-power resources; Integration of energy; General inventory of commercial fisheries; The salmons; Salmon management; Mineral resources; Extraction and use of minerals; Recreation - general; Parks and recreational land; Wildlife; Game fish; The pollution story; Transportation; People - aboriginal stock - immigrant stock; Resources, the end product. .

Hardcover. 269 p. Good condition. The reading pages are clean and unmarked. Slight signs of storage and use. Map in the slip pocket. Retired library copy with corresponding labelling. Otherwise a good copy. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1800.

hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Includes dust jacket. Wear and tear to the jacket.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1961). 1961 1st edition. Large 4to (219 x 280mm). Pp269. Colour photograph plates, colour and b/w illustrations, green monochrome maps, bibliography, pocket at rear containing colour map of British Columbia. Minor faults. Good-plus in frayed dust-wrapper. This book "is intended to stimulate the thinking of British Columbians about the proper use of their rich inheritance of natural resources. It is hoped, also, that the book will serve to advance the cause and the philosophy of conservation among the peoples of the world." The British columbia Natural Resources Conference published the British Columbia Atlas of Natural Resources, "the first such comprehensive natural resources atlas ever published for a province or state." This book is a non-technical companion volume aimed at the lay reader. Detailed and well-illustrated. Chapters include: soil resources; Water and climate; The forests; Harvesting and using wood; Managing the forests; The extent of the resource; Use of the resource; The fossil fuels; Water-power resources; Integration of energy; General inventory of commercial fisheries; The salmons; Salmon management; Mineral resources; Extraction and use of minerals; Recreation - general; Parks and recreational land; Wildlife; Game fish; The pollution story; Transportation; People - aboriginal stock - immigrant stock; Resources, the end product. .

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 3.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Quarto, no jacket as issued. Limited edition numbered 792/1250, signed by Haig-Brown. Folding map in card pocket, silk ribbon bookmark. A Robert Reid designed book, printed and bound in its entirety by Evergreen Press, Vancouver. The text, set in Intertype Cornell, is printed on paper made especially for the book by Island Paper Mills, and is the first book to be printed on paper made in British Columbia. Produced by the B.C Natural Resources Conference. Lacking slipcase.

Hardcover. Zustand: NF. Hardback in Near Fine condition, Near Fine dust jacket Dj price clipped. 4to 11" to 13" tall. 269 pages. With map laid in rear pocket. Signed by author. . * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided *.

Zustand: Very Good. William Morrow and Company New York 1961 Binding: Hardcover.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good+. 1st Edition. 269 pages in near fine condition. Pages are clean and unmarked with black and white illustrations and colour plates throughout. LIMITED #706/1250, SIGNED on the title page. Quarterbound in grey and beige cloth with gilt titles and designs. In a transparent plastic jacket. A large chip on the head edge of the jacket, about 3 inches in depth, across the back of the jacket to the spine. Kept in a cloth slipcase with worn grey labels and gilt titles. Lightly worn and frayed around the edges. Scuffed on the labels. 1ST EDITION. NF/VG+. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to. 27.5cm, The First Edition, 269p., the Limited Numbered and Signed edition of 1250 copies, this being #979, and Signed by Robert Haig-Brown, with 16 colour plates from paintings, and numerous illustrations from drawings and photographs, rear folding pocket map, bibliography, index, title page printed in brown and black, in the original beige & brown fine grain linen, gilt spine titles, gilt cover illustrations, in the original mylar wrapper in similar beige linen slipcase with the cover illustrations repeated on the upper and lower covers & title on similar label on the spine, small slight (4 cm) abrasion on the spine edge of the slipcase, fine condition.

Hardcover. Zustand: VG+. Hardback in Very Good+ condition with Very Good+ dust jacket. . 4to 11" - 13" tall. 269 pages. Includes original clear dust jacket and slipcase. One of 1,250 Limited Copies signed by Roderick Haig-Brown. Map in rear pocket. . * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided *.

Hardcover. Zustand: NF. Hardback in Near Fine condition without dust jacket. . 4to 11" to 13" tall. 269 pages. With map laid in rear pocket. Signed by author Roderck Haig-Brown. Includes slipcase. Number 30 in a special Limited Edition of 1250 copies. . * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided *.