About this title: Eliot Porter supplies the photographs and Edward Abbey tells the sad story of the land's deterioration in this tribute to the monumental beauty of the Great Smoky Mountains, first published in 1970.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Arrowood Press
Date Published: 1988
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket may have chips and close tears. Previous owners name inscribed inside front. used book has remainder mark. some yellowing. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Good. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Gallery Books
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780883940341ISBN:0883940345
Description: Good. 63-Y-Add Books rated "Good" may have some notes, underlining, or highlighting. These books also may contain the previous owner's name, stamp, sticker, or gift inscription, or may be library discards. read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Bristol Park Books
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780884860129ISBN:0884860124
Description: Good. NO EXPEDITED SHIPPING ON THIS BOOK. MAY HAVE COVER WEAR, SPINE CREASES, HIGHLIGHTING, UNDERLINING & PAGES YELLOWED FROM AGE. FASTER SERVICE FROM US! ! ! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Bristol Park Books
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780884860129ISBN:0884860124
Description: Very good in fair dust jacket. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 128 p. Audience: General/trade. 1988 Hardcover with dust jacket-Clean pages with a very faint hint of tanning and rippling to the page margins-Even so, the pages are in close to Like-New Condition-Gift inscription and very faint soiling on ffep-Dust jacket has moderate to heavy wear i.e. rubbing shelf wear, edge creases, ruffles, small edge tear and bubbling to the laminate on dust jacket-Ships from Ohio-Orders in by 2pm EST ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780525056850ISBN:0525056858
Description: Very Good in Very Good-dust jacket. 0525056858. Light general wear, DJ edgeworn with a small taped tear but a nice copy with clean bright interior pages. Beautiful full-page color photographs. Book is over-sized and additional postage needed to ship outside the United States. Attractive bookplate on pastedown.; Folio 13"-23" tall; 123 pages. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Arrowood Press, United States
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780884860129ISBN:0884860124
Description: Very good in good dust jacket. Green cloth cover shows some minor bumps, shelfwear. Text clean, unmarked, corner of front end paper clipped. DJ has tears, no lost pictorial art. read more
Binding: Mass market pb
Publisher: Ballantine Books, New York
Date Published: [1973? ]
Description: Fair. No dust jacket, as issued. Covers are soiled; black marker approx 2 inches large on inside front cover (used to cover previous owner's name? ); text block coming loose from cover. Unknown printing. 117 + [2] p. ; First Ballantine printing 1973. Adapted by Caudill, Harry M. read more
Edition: Stated First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: E. P. Dutton, New York
Date Published: 1970
Description: Beautifully Illustrated. Very Good+ Hardback. Very Good Dustjacket. 10 x 14" Epilogue by Harry m. Caudill; ----------SATISFACTION GUARANTEED---------FAST, COURTEOUS SERVICE------ALL DUSTJACKETS ARE COVERED WITH NEW CLEAR MYLAR PROTECTOR----- read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Promontory Press, New York
Date Published: 1975
ISBN-13:9780883940341ISBN:0883940345
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Photography. 4to-over 9"-12" Tall. Reprint edtiion hard cover with dust jacket, VG/VG. Prior owner's gift note neatly inked on front flyleaf, otherwise unmarked copy. Dust jacket slightly rubbed at corners, offered in new mylar cover. Original price of $30 intact on front flap. 123pp., Eliot Porter photographs accompany the text by Edward Abbey. Includes an epilogue by Harry M. Caudill. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Arrowood Press
Date Published: 1988
Description: Very Good in Very Good-dust jacket. Natural and Human History by Edward Abbey, Epilogue by Harry M. Caudill, beautiful color photos throughout, pages bright, a clean, solid copy, in a colorful dustajcket, in a new clear mylar DJ cover.; 14x10" read more
Edition: Second Printing
Binding: Cloth Over Board
Publisher: Dutton, NY
Date Published: 1970
Description: PORTER. Very Good in VG jacket. Hardcover. Folio-over 12"-15" tall. NATURAL AND HUMAN HISTORY BY EDWARD ABBEY--EPILOGUE BY HARRY M. CAUDILL--LARGE VOLUME EXTRA POSTAGE IF PRIORITY--MINOR FOXING TO ENDPAPERS-VERY MINOR SOILING TO DJ. ==ONE SMALL EDGE TEAR AND A SMALL DING ON EDGE. IN MYLAR. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Promontory Press By Arrangement with E.P. Dutton & Co., New York
Date Published: 1975
ISBN-13:9780883940341ISBN:0883940345
Description: Eliot Parker. Fine in Fine jacket. 14 1/4h x 10 1/2w. Picture is scan of book not a stock photo. A nice large 123 page pictorial hard cover book with dust jacket. 44 full page reproductions of beautiful color photographs by Porter. In contrast to his photographs is the harsh human history of the Appalachians-the blighting force of today's industrial tourism, the sad fate of the Cherokee Indians and the mountaineers who followed them, sensitively recorded here by Edward Abbey. Clean, solid, fine ... read more
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