Edited by nicholas wade (6 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. complete number line - 1st printing therefore 1st edition, top corners of boards ever so slightly bumped, mylar enclosed dj, illustrated with drawings, subtitle "The best nature reporting from the weekly section of The New York Times".…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. complete number line - 1st printing therefore 1st edition, mylar enclosed dj, illustrated with drawings, subtitle "The best nature reporting from the acclaimed weekly section of The New York Times", selections from many Authors.…

blue green & gilt ½ cloth hardbound 8vo. dustwrapper in protective plastic. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of all markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking , underlining, remainder markings etc ~ first edition so stated. first printing ( # 1 in # line). illustrated title pg. xv+480p. list of contributors. index. science. ecology. environmentalism. biology. biochemistry. botany. zoology. climatology. geology. politics. world history.sociology. anthropology. ~. an outstanding collection of articles on the environment. Taken from The New York Times' Science Times section, each entry is clearly written and easily understood by the layperson. The writers represented here include William K. Stevens, Jane Brody, and Natalie Angier. The essays, which are arranged in nine sections, cover everything from tiny denizens of tropical rainforests to entire ecosystems. Science Times editor Nicholas Wade also includes pieces on the politics and economics of the environment, providing a much~needed context for the issues raised in the body of the book. The New York Times Book of Science Literacy, Volume II, concludes with an introduction to a new school of ecologists who are determined to restore lost and damaged habitats. All in all, this is a fascinating, often disturbing, look at the present status of the globe and its inhabitants, and an important contribution to the growing field of ecoliteracy. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Like New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Like New. 1st Edition. 443 pp. Stated first edition! A true collectible gem! Flawless copy and dust jacket. Pictures of actual copy -not displayed here!- available upon request.

Softback. Revised and expanded Slight creasing to corners 251pp. book.

Soft cover. Zustand: New. 1st Edition. University Park, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1998. FIRST PRINTING - NEW (see scan). New / Unread old stock - from the Publisher: "Conjuring Spirits contains both general surveys and analyses of magical texts and manuscripts by distinguished scholars in a variety of disciplines. Included are chapters by Richard Kieckhefer and Robert Mathiesen on the Sworn Book of Honorius, Michael Camille on the Ars Notoria, John B. Friedman on the Secretum Philosophorum, Nicholas Watson on the McMaster text, and Elizabeth Wade on Lullian divination. The work also includes Juris Lidaka's edition of the Liber de Angelis, and an overview of late medieval English ritual manuscripts by Frank Klaassen. This book will be invaluable for scholars and other readers interested in ritual magic in the later Middle Ages.". First Edition. Soft Cover. New. Illus. by 26 b&w Illustrations. 8vo size - 9¼" tall.…