ISBN10: 0684143917, ISBN13: 9780684143910, [publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York] Hardcover Hardcover, with dust jacket. Gray paper over boards with black lettering to the spine. Black dust jacket with blue and white lettering. Dated 1976 on copyright page. No date on title page. 317 pages. Good condition. Binding is strong and square. Head of the spine lightly bumped. Faint discoloration to the covers from age. Pages lightly toned and foxed. Free of other marks or writing. Dust jacket lightly worn around edges, but clean and free of tears. or creasing. Jacket is toned and foxed. Overall good condition. This book is from the collection of Thomas Lovejoy. Dr. Lovejoy was an influential ecologist, field biologist, and activist; former head of the Amazon Biodiversity Center, World Wildlife Fund, and advisor to the United Nations and Smithsonian Institution. He is credited with introducing the term 'biological diversity' to the mainstream environmental movement. In addition, he was a passionate collector of books on the natural world. He died in 2021 and we are very excited to present a selection of his books. Please browse the entire catalogue here on ABE or contact us for instructions on how to get to it. Thomas Lovejoy's name is not written in this book-it will come with a card stating provenance, with a picture of Lovejoy. Please email with questions or to see any photos.
[Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1976]