Marsh Man And Nature

MARSH, G. P. Man and nature. (or physical geography as modified by human action.) Edidet by David Lowenthal. Cambridge, The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1965.
First published in 1864.- Marsh wanted to indicate the character and, approximately, the extend of the changes produced by human action in the physical conditions of the globe. "Man and nature" constituted an early work of ecology, and played a role in the creation of the Adirondack State Park.- Inscription of Paul H. Buck, University Library Director of Harvard.

Large-8vo. 29, 472 pp. (The John Harvard Library). Orig.-cloth with gilt spine title (no dust jacket, inscription on front flyleaf). (TECH 1551)

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George Marsh, David Lowenthal: Man and Nature : Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action (John Harvard Library, Belknap Press) ISBN: Paperback
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1 Brand New, Perfect Condition George Perkins Marsh's <i>Man and Nature</i> was the first book to attack the American myth of the superabundance and the inexhaustibility of the earth. It was, as Lewis Mumford said,...

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William Cronon: Man and Nature (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classic) ISBN: Paperback
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1 Brand New, Perfect Condition In Man and Nature, first published in 1864, polymath scholar and diplomat George Perkins Marsh challenged the general belief that human impact on nature was generally benign or negligible and charged...

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Pearson, T. Gilbert (ed): Birds of America....with 106 Full Page Plates in Full Color by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, New York Doubleday & Co. 1936
Very Good Plus Louis Agassiz Fuertes, R. I. Brasher, R. Bruce Horsfall, Henry Thurston

,Quarter bound in black cloth, beige boards, gilt on spine, green design on front, green top edge, headband, (xliv) 832 pages, + 106 full page full colour plates, also with b & w photos and illustrations through-out, no indication of edition or reprint, tight square and clean, minor edge wear. Contents include: Preface / Intro / Out-Door Bird Study / Bird Migration / Order of Diving Birds: Grebes, Loons, Auks, Murres, and Puffins / Order of Long-Winged Swimmers: Skuas and Jaegers, Gulls, Terns, Skimmers / Order of Tube-Nosed Swimmers: Albatrosses, Fulmars, Shearrwaters, and Petrels / Order of Totipalmated Swimmers: Tropic-Birds, Gannets, Darters, Cormorants, Pelicans, Man-O'-War-Birds / Order of Lamellirostral Swimmers: Mergansers, Ducks, Geese, Swans / Order of Lamellirostral Grallatores (Flamingoes) / Order of Herons, Storks, Ibises, Etc: Spoonbills, Ibises, and Storkes, Heron Family / Order of Marsh-Dwellers: Cranes and Courlans, Rails, Gallinules, and Coots / Order of Shore Birds: Phalaropes, Avocets and Stilts, Snipes, Sandpipers, etc, Plovers, Surf-Birds & Turnstones, Oyster-Catchers / Order of Gallinaceous Birds: Bob-Whites & Quails, Grouse, Turkeys, Pheasants / Order of Pigeons & Doves / Order of Birds of Prey: Vultures, Eagles, Hawks, & Kites, Falcons, Caracaras, Ospreys, Owls / Order of Parrot-Like Birds / Order of Cuckoos, Etc: Cuckoo Family, Trogons, Kingfishers / Order of Woodpeckers / Order of Goatsuckers, Swifts, Etc: Goatsuckers, Swifts, Hummingbirds / Order of Perching Birds: Tyrant Flycatchers, Larks, Crows & Jays, Starlings, Icteridae / Order of Percing Birds, continued: Finches, Tanagers, Swallows, Waxwings & Silky Flycatchers, Shrikes, Vireos, Warblers, Wagtails & Pipits, Dippers, Mimic Thrushes, Wrens, Nuthatchers & Creepers, Titmice, Wren-Tits, Kinglets & Gnatcatchers, Thrushes / Color Keys / Glossary / Bibliography / index. This book packaged weights around 3 Kilos, Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo! Unknown No Jacket Hard Cover 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

[SW: ,Quarter bound in black cloth, brown boards, gilt on spine, green design on front, headband, (xliv) 832 pages, + 106 full page full colour plates, also with b & w photos and illustrations through-out, tight square and clean, minor edge wear. Contents include: Preface / Intro / Out-Door Bird Study / Bird Migration / Order of Diving Birds: Grebes, Loons, Auks, Murres, and Puffins / Order of Long-Winged Swimmers: Skuas and Jaegers, Gulls, Terns, Skimmers / Order of Tube-Nosed Swimmers: Albatrosses, Fulmars, Shearrwaters, and Petrels / Order of Totipalmated Swimmers: Tropic-Birds, Gannets, Darters, Cormorants, Pelicans, Man-O'-War-Birds / Order of Lamellirostral Swimmers: Mergansers, Ducks, Geese, Swans / Order of Lamellirostral Grallatores (Flamingoes) / Order of Herons, Storks, Ibises, Etc: Spoonbills, Ibises, and Storkes, Heron Family / Order of Marsh-Dwellers: Cranes and Courlans, Rails, Gallinules, and Coots / Order of Shore Birds: Phalaropes, Avocets and Stilts, Snipes, Sandpipers, etc, Plovers, Surf-Birds & Turnstones, Oyster-Catchers / Order of Gallinaceous Birds: Bob-Whites & Quails, Grouse, Turkeys, Pheasants / Order of Pigeons & Doves / Order of Birds of Prey: Vultures, Eagles, Hawks, & Kites, Falcons, Caracaras, Ospreys, Owls / Order of Parrot-Like Birds / Order of Cuckoos, Etc: Cuckoo Family, Trogons, Kingfishers / Order of Woodpeckers / Order of Goatsuckers, Swifts, Etc: Goatsuckers, Swifts, Hummingbirds / Order of Perching Birds: Tyrant Flycatchers, Larks, Crows & Jays, Starlings, Icteridae / Order of Percing Birds, continued: Finches, Tanagers, Swallows, Waxwings & Silky Flycatchers, Shrikes, Vireos, Warblers, Wagtails & Pipits, Dippers, Mimic Thrushes, Wrens, Nuthatchers & Creepers, Titmice, Wren-Tits, Kinglets & Gnatcatchers, Thrushes / Color Keys / Glossary / Bibliography / index. Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo!Nature Birds and Birding]

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