About this title: This collection of 50 essays, winner of the 1990 Western States Book Award, tells of the people, mythsand legends of the American Southwest. An Edward Abbe y with the heart of a poet, Bruce Berger teaches armchair environmentalists and hard-core outdoorsmen alike to tread lightly in the wilderness, with new respect for the odd charm and immense ...
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Description: Good. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers! Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: F
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Arizona Press: Tucson, AZ 1990
ISBN-13:9780816516773ISBN:0816516774
Description: 1st Pbck. Ed. Paperback is in fine condition. As new. Remainder mark. No dj. A look at the desert's traditional image as well as its vulnerabilit nerability. 243 pages. read more
Description: 1st printing. 243pp, (5.75 x 9.25 inches), illustrations by Johnson Charley. F/F. Hardcover in DJ. Everything crisp, tight, bright. No creases or tears, no markings. SIGNED by Berger on title page. Western States Book Award label on front panel of DJ. A very attractive copy. read more
Edition: First Edition, First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Breitenbush Books, Portland, OR
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780932576743ISBN:0932576745
Description: Johnson Charley (Illustrator) Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Text/BRAND NEW. Linen boards/Fine. DJ/NF w/light edge wear. PO name to illustrated front endpaper. First Edition, First Printing. Winner of the 1990 Western States Book Award for Creative Nonfiction. Collection of diverse personal essays, many first published in periodicals, evoked by the quietness and seeming emptiness unique to deserts. In the Postlude, Bruce Berger describes himself as a "wilderness traveller"; from his ... read more
Edition: 1st Edition, 1st Printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Univ of Arizona Press, Tucson, Az.
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780816516773ISBN:0816516774
Description: Fine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Inscribed By Author Fine copy, inscribed by the author on the title page. Winner of the Western States Book Award for Creative Nonfiction. Berger updates the traditional chronicle of the desert by admiring its vastness while being acutely aware of its vulnerability. Beautiful prose. Pen and ink drawings. ix/243pp. Desirable! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Breitenbush Books, Portland
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780932576743ISBN:0932576745
Description: Inscribed and Dated By Author First edition, first prnt. Inscribed by Berger on the title page. "For--, With great pleasure, Bruce Berger Aspen 7/18/95. " Touch of dustjacket corner wear. Fine condition in a Near Fine dustjacket with a Durafold mylar cover. Actual image of the book; not a stock photo. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: softcover
Publisher: Breitenbush Books, (Portland)
Date Published: (1990)
Description: The uncorrected proof copy of this collection of essays that won the 1990 Western States Book Award for Creative Nonfiction, selected by William Kittredge, N. Scott Momaday, Elizabeth Hardwick and Jorie Graham. Spine-sunned; else fine in wrappers. Barry Lopez, Peter Matthiessen blurbs. read more
Description: Fair. Dust Cover Missing. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Ex-library. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Shipped quickly. 1990. Hardcover. Used, good. EX-LIBRARY with usual library wear, attachments and markings. Dust jacket in Good condition. read more
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