Verlag: A Studio Book, The Viking Press, 1980
ISBN 10: 0670333611 ISBN 13: 9780670333615
Anbieter: BookHolders, Towson, MD, USA
Zustand: Fair. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Torn pages: YES ] [ Edition: First ] Publisher: A Studio Book, The Viking Press Pub Date: 9/2/1980 Binding: Hardcover Pages: 71 First edition.
Verlag: A Studio Book, The Viking Press, 1980
ISBN 10: 0670333611 ISBN 13: 9780670333615
Anbieter: medimops, Berlin, Deutschland
Zustand: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.
Verlag: Viking Press., New York., 1980
Anbieter: BookMine, Fair Oaks, CA, USA
Erstausgabe
Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Verlag: The Viking Press, 1980
ISBN 10: 0670333611 ISBN 13: 9780670333615
Anbieter: Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller, New Castle, CO, USA
Erstausgabe
Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. This richly illustrated book is a welcome event for scientists, writers, photographers, and armchair travelers, since here, for the first time in book form, are reproduced more than 300 color photographs by Tui De Roy Moore, the only photographer who has had access to the Galapagos since childhood. For more than ten years she has concentrated on capturing the most unusual and revealing aspects of the islands - views that have eluded photographers with limited time and access to remote areas. Here we can see large groups of wild tortoises atop the volcano Alcedo, the nesting albatross on Hood Island, and such rarely seen species as the flightless rail, the Galapagos owl, and the woodpecker finch. Mrs. Moore was able to film eruptions of the volcano on Fernandina Island and to spend hours waiting for the perfect shot of a Galapagos hawk circling the smoldering caldera. She has also recorded a battle between bull sea lions, albatrosses in courtship display, and the flowering of endemic plants never even seen by tourists. Her text, which encompasses the latest scientific theories about the formation of the Galapagos, the evolution of its wildlife, and her own observations about its ecology and conservation, is another unique feature of this remarkable book. Tui De Roy is an award-winning wildlife photographer, naturalist, and author of many books on wildlife themes around the world. She is also an ardent conservationist who has combined her life?s three passions ? Wildness, Photography and Conservation ? into a successful career as a world communicator striving to sensitize her audiences to take better care of our natural planet.
Verlag: New York: Viking Press, 1980
ISBN 10: 0670333611 ISBN 13: 9780670333615
Anbieter: MW Books, New York, NY, USA
Erstausgabe
First Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. ; 71 pages; Description: 71 p. , [44] leaves of plates : col. Ill. ; 31 cm. Bibliography: p. 53. Subjects: Natural history --Gala pagos Islands. Galapagos Islands --Description and travel. Series: A Studio book. 1 Kg.
Verlag: New York: Viking Press, 1980
ISBN 10: 0670333611 ISBN 13: 9780670333615
Anbieter: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Irland
Erstausgabe
First Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. ; 71 pages; Description: 71 p. , [44] leaves of plates : col. Ill. ; 31 cm. Bibliography: p. 53. Subjects: Natural history --Gala pagos Islands. Galapagos Islands --Description and travel. Series: A Studio book. 1 Kg.