by Loren Eiseley
Woodcut illustrations by Walter Ferro
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1970).
First edition, first printing.
First printing code 'A' to the copyright page.
A collection of poetically rendered, timeless, scientific essays examining our environment, ecological history and path forward, nature and how man will effect rockets and space, pollutants, and more.
Eiseley, a professor of anthropology, was a highly esteemed naturalist, nature science writer, environmentalist, and philosopher.
Light foxing to outer lower page edges, else nearly fine in bright yellow linen with black embossed titles to the spine; in a near fine dust jacket with a tiny surface rub to the lower front flap fold and a minor lamination line lift to the upper front spine fold, and a very tiny tear to the lower shelf-edge of the rear panel; original printed $6.95 price still intact to the front inner flap.
Octavo; 173 pages; bibliography; index.
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