London: Socialist Workers Party, 1990. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Staple-bound pamphlet; pictorial paper wrappers; 46pp. Clean, tight and unmarked; Near Fine. Economic analiysis of environmental exploitation. More
New York: Viking Studio, 2000. First American Edition. Quarto (27.5cm); green cloth, stamped in gilt, in color pictorial dustwrapper, with illustrated endpapers depicting a map of the grounds; 8-192pp. Dustwrapper has light surface wear; minor bumps to heel/crown of spine; evidence of damping at spine (visible verso only); inner panel..... More
Shanghai: Tongji University Press, n.d. [1984]. First Edition. Quarto (26cm); plain paper wrappers in color pictorial dustwrapper; 59pp+106pp+[32 plates], English version bound dos-a-dos with Chinese version, with 32 illustrated plates between. General handling wear, with bumping and rubbing about spine hinges; wrapper toned in patches (English side), edges slightly rolled..... More
Vancouver: Voice of Women / Canadian Scientific Pollution & Environmental Control Society (SPEC), 1976. Revised Edition. Quarto (28cm). Pictorial card wrappers; 50pp; illus; text from typescript. Fine. Extended essay arguing against nuclear proliferation, both civilian and military, in Canada. Jointly published by Voice of Women, a Vancouver-based women's political collective..... More
Sao Paolo: 1993. Staple-bound pamphlet. Octavo (22cm); pictorial paper wrappers; 44pp. Proceedings of a 1992 Conference, "Semi-Árido Nordestino: Realidade e Perspectivas" held in Recife, 26-28 June, 1992. Text entirely in Portuguese. More
New York: The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, [ca.1970-71]. Striking poster produced produced by The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, one of the oldest and largest life insurance companies in the U.S. Part of a series of socially-conscious posters the company produced in the..... More
![Pollution Is Only Human [Together With] Oh! Say Can You See: Fight Air Polution....](/pictures/medium/43521.jpg?v=1551737211)
Wilmington, DE: Junior League of Wilmington, Inc. Pair of environmentally-themed posters designed by Edward Cheslock on behalf of the Junior League of Wilmington, drawing attention to man-made pollution. Neither poster found in OCLC. Two illustrated posters, offset printed in black on white stock, measuring 43cm x 55.5cm (17" x 22")..... More
New York: Grossman Publishers, 1971. First Edition. "An extraordinary case study of ecological danger, revealing massive industrial pollution of the mighty Savannah River by a handful of industries, one that pours concentrated sulphuric acid into the river, one with an executive who claims pollution is "good for fish"" (from front..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1960. First Edition. Uncommon biography of Pinchot (1865-1946), a Progressive Republican, two-time Pennsylvania governor, and, most memorably, the first director of the U.S. Forest Service, in which role he coined the term "the conservation ethic" in reference to the preservation of public lands. Octavo (24cm). Green..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1972. First Edition. Octavo (21 cm); navy blue publisher's cloth boards, stamped in foil on spine, in color photo-illustrated dustwrapper; 190pp. Dustwrapper generally toned, slightly scuffed about extremities; offsetting along bottom edge (inner flaps/verso), possibly from textblock's bottom edge speckling; pastedowns foxed, else interiors clean. Overall Very..... More
![West Virginia Birds: Distribution and Ecology [Inscribed]. George A. HALL](/pictures/medium/46283.jpg?v=1571782701)
Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 1983. First Edition. First printing. Quarto (28.5cm.); blue publisher's cloth pictorial boards with gilt lettering, in white pictorial dust jacket; vi,180pp. Text block is clean, with light handling wear; bindings mostly tight, with slight separation from front pastedown to page 6. Pastedowns toned along..... More
Auckland: N.Z. Vegetarian Society, N.d. [ca 1930s]. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed card wrappers; 7pp. Wrapper edges sunned; text age-tanned but not fragile; Very Good. Food reform tract, extolling the virtues, moral, ethical, and physical, of a vegetarian diet. Uncommon work by the prominent metaphysician, long-time figurehead of the Theosophical Society..... More
New York: Praeger Publishers, 1971. First Edition. Heavy quarto (28.5cm); olive green pictorial cloth, stamped in foil, in white, green, and magenta pictorial dustwrapper; in grey cardboard slipcover; ix, 345pp, 33 colorplates. Text and dustwrapper toned and foxed throughout; soiling, minor edge rolling and creasing to dustwrapper, with bumps and..... More
Washington DC: Joint Center for Political Studies, 1977. First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); original mustard yellow printed staplebound card wrappers; xiii,[3],44pp.; text printed from typescript. Wrapper extremities a bit sunned, light wear from handling, else Very Good and sound. More
![An Individual Approach to Pollution [cover title]. Marilyn KARR, George Antos](/pictures/medium/26507.jpg?v=1529353499)
Evanston, IL: Northwestern Students for a Better Environment, n.d. [1971]. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); original green staplebound pictorial wrappers; unpaged; illus., textblock printed on blue stock. Fine. Typescript note dated 1971 laid in regarding outdated facts on detergents, pp. [6-11]. Duke only in OCLC as of May, 2015. More
![Fourth Dimension [Issue Eight / Samisdat, Vol. 32, no. 1]. P. J. KEMP, ed](/pictures/medium/42901.jpg?v=1541801677)
Richford, VT: Samisdat, 1984? First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's buff pictorial staplebound card wrappers printed in red, designed by animal welfare activist Merritt Clifton; 39pp.; illus. Minor biopredation along upper wrapper fore-edge, additional light wear, else Very Good. Political and environmental 'zine issued by the poetry chapbook publisher "Samisdat." More
![Fourth Dimension [Issue Seven / Samisdat, Vol. 30, no. 2] [Broadside Proposal Laid in, Signed by...](/pictures/medium/42900.jpg?v=1541801676)
Richford, VT: Samisdat, 1982? First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's yellow pictorial staplebound card wrappers printed in blue; 51pp.; illus. Some toning to spine edge, light wear, else Very Good and sound. Printed broadside proposal for the next issue of Fourth Dimension signed by Kamp laid in. Political and environmental 'zine..... More
Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1997. First Edition. Quarto. Cloth boards (hardcover); dustjacket; 254pp; illus. Very fine in crisp, unworn jacket; a near-new copy. One of 1,000 cloth-bound copies in the first printing (there was a simultaneous issue of 3000 softcover copies). More
White Plains, NY: M.E. Sharpe, [1980]. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm.); publisher's cloth in green pictorial dust jacket; x,150pp. A few small tears and light wear to jacket extremities, spine a hint faded, else Near Fine in Very Good jacket. More
![Mt. Huangshan, The Fairyland [Text in Chinese, Japanese, and English]. Zhu LI](/pictures/medium/47501.jpg?v=1581717016)
Peking: Xin Hua Publication Center, 1995. Second Printing. Square quarto (26cm); plain paper wrappers, in color pictorial dustwrapper w/ gilt; 71pp. Dustwrapper shows moderate toning; mild shelf wear, scratches and rubbing; lower rear edge bumped and chipped towards spine. Interior margins also lightly toned; handling wear, intermittent smudging; rear copyright..... More
New York: Abrams, 2006. First English Language Edition. First printing. Oblong quarto (24.5 x 28.5cm); black publisher's cloth-backed boards w/ white lettering on spine, in color pictorial dustwrapper; 220pp. Large crease on pp 7-8, else light handling wear throughout. Dustwrappers also show mild surface wear, chipping to outer corners and..... More
Boulder: Westview Press, [1982]. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm.); publisher's green cloth lettered in black; xvi,196pp.; maps and illus. in text. Corners and spine ends slightly bumped, very slight spine lean, else Very Good or better. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. Reprint. Octavo (20cm); dark green decorative cloth, stamped in black and gilt; 215pp,frontis.,42 b/w plates. Boards lightly soiled, with mild rubbing and bumping to extremities. Endpapers toned; gift inscription on ffep (dated 1931); textblock has series of small tears to fore edge (pp.45-50); light..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1873. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm); red cloth, diagonal rib, stamped in black and gilt, pictorial spine; brown endpapers; xviii, 509+4pp, frontis., 3 fold-out maps. Boards mildly soiled, with scratches and rubbed extremities; spine tanned, heel and crown frayed. Textblock shows gentle handling wear, smudges and..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1970. First Edition. First printing. Small folio (36cm). Green cloth boards (hardcover); dustjacket; 123pp. Gift inscription to front endpaper in green ink, else a sharp, clean copy in the original dustwrapper which shows just a hint of aging at extremities, Near Fine. The elusive..... More
