Sutton

1979 · réf. 007926 — New York NY: Random House 1979. First Edition First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Walter Hortons & Kenneth Thompson Maps. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Gilt embossed illustrated mustard-gold linen boards/NF w/trace rubs to lower edge. DJ/NF w/nips chips rubs faint creasings & small losses to edges primarily lower back; under mylar. Antique bookdealer sticker to rear endpaper. Maps to endpapers Front Southern Regions; rear Western Regions w/insert of Alaska. A tour of the natural wonders of American West with botanist Ann Sutton and geologist Myron Sutton who traveled some 20000 miles through the region in preparation for this book. A natural history of the interrelationship between plant animal and man within a complex network of climate topography and soil. Supported by 300 illustrations and maps. The works of Ansel Adams Philip Hyde and Eliot Porter are among those of fifty photographers represented. Random House hardcover