Venezia e le Acque: una metafora planetaria
Roma: Donzelli Editore, 1995. First Edition. 12mo. Pictorial stiff card wrappers with French flaps; 111pp. Text entirely in Italian. Introduction by Massimo Cacciari. More
Environmentalism
Whole Earth Catalog - Fall, 1969
Menlo Park, CA: Portola Institute, Inc., 1969. First Edition. Early issue of this counterculture magazine/catalog, focused on self-sufficiency, ecology, and the DIY ethos. The long-running publication was the brainchild of Stewart Brand, which ran from September, 1968 off and on until 1998. Tall quarto (36.5cm); pictorial card wrappers, stapled; 128pp;..... More
Whole Earth Catalog - January, 1970
Menlo Park, CA: Portola Institute, Inc., 1970. First Edition. Early issue of this counterculture magazine/catalog, focused on self-sufficiency, ecology, and the DIY ethos. The long-running publication was the brainchild of Stewart Brand, which ran from September, 1968 off and on until 1998. Tall quarto (36.5cm); photo-illustrated newsprint wrappers, stapled; 56pp;..... More
Whole Earth Catalog - September, 1970
Menlo Park, CA: Portola Institute, Inc., 1970. First Edition. Early issue of this counterculture magazine/catalog, focused on self-sufficiency, ecology, and the DIY ethos. The long-running publication was the brainchild of Stewart Brand, which ran from September, 1968 off and on until 1998. Tall quarto (37cm); pictorial newsprint wrappers, stapled; 56pp;..... More
The Garden at Chatsworth
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
On Chinese Gardens / Shuo Yuan (Text in English and Chinese)
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
Ronald Reagan & the American Environment. An Indictment prepard by: Friends of the Earth - Natural Resources Defense Council - The Wilderness Society - Sierra Club [&c.]
San Francisco: Friends of the Earth / Brick House Publishing Company, 1982. First Edition. Quarto. Pictorial card wrappers; 144pp; illus. Mild external evidence of handling; internally clean, tight and unmarked - Very Good or better. More
É Possível Vencera Seca. Semi-Árido Nordestino: Realidade e Perspectivas
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
Intuition: Metaphysical Mosaic
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
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West Virginia Birds: Distribution and Ecology [Inscribed]
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
The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight: Waking Up to Personal & Global Transformation [Inscribed and Signed]
New York: Harmony Books, 1999. Revised Edition. A sociological and anthropological exploration of how to live more sustainably. Octavo. Cloth boards in dust jacket; xxii, 314pp. Author inscription to title page. Trivial shelf wear to dust jacket, else a tight, clean, new-appearing copy. Fine. More
A History of Gardens and Gardening
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
![An Individual Approach to Pollution [cover title]. Marilyn KARR, George Antos](/pictures/medium/26507.jpg?v=1529353499)
An Individual Approach to Pollution [cover title]
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)
Fourth Dimension [Issue Eight / Samisdat, Vol. 32, no. 1]
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
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Fourth Dimension [Issue Seven / Samisdat, Vol. 30, no. 2] [Broadside Proposal Laid in, Signed by Kemp]
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
Gone to Sanctuary from the Sins of Confusion. Photographs by John S. Kiewit
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
The Destruction of Nature in the Soviet Union
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
Bobcats Before Breakfast
Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole, 1969. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm); brown cloth, stamped in gilt on spine, in rust red pictorial dustwrapper; green endpapers; x, 13-189pp. Dustwrapper sunned, especially along spine; mild rubbing, extremities creased and chipped. Textblock top edge toned; ownership signature on ffep, else text clean and unmarked. Near Fine..... More
A Semente Na Palma de Mão
[Sao Paulo]: by the Author, 1982. First Edition. Signed copy, inscribed "to Erika, with love," undated but apparently contemporary. 12mo; pictorial card wrappers; 106pp. Clean and tight; Very Good. The well-known Brazilian actress and television presenter (1935-2018) offers her ideas on ecology and conservation. Uncommon, especially signed. Text entirely in..... More
![Mt. Huangshan, The Fairyland [Text in Chinese, Japanese, and English]. Zhu LI](/pictures/medium/47501.jpg?v=1581717016)
Mt. Huangshan, The Fairyland [Text in Chinese, Japanese, and English]
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
Butterflies of the World
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
Georges Bank: Past, Present, and Future of a Maine Environment
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
Appalachian Wilderness: the Great Smoky Mountains
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
New Jersey State Museum Investigations (Number Two, June 1965): The Scarlet Tanager [Signed by Author, to Ben Shahn]
Trenton: New Jersey State Museum, 1965. Edition not stated. Octavo (23cm); red and white pictorial paper wrappers; x, 159pp. Wrappers tanned and soiled; spine bumped; bottom front edge slightly rolled. Preliminaries mildly foxed, some toning and mild soiling to textblock; binding slightly brittle but tight and intact; signed and inscribed..... More
Lebensgefährliche "Lebensmittel". Sind unsere Nahrungsmittel noch Lebensmittel?
Munich: Hanns Georg Müller Verlag, 1953. Attractive copy of the first book by American anarchist and ecologist Murray Bookchin. During the 1950's, Bookchin had close ties to the International Komunisten Deutschlands (IKD), a group of dissident German Marxists based in New York, who published a German-language periodical Dinge der Zeit..... More