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Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water
by Reisner, Marc
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very good
- ISBN 10
- 0670199273
- ISBN 13
- 9780670199273
- Seller
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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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About This Item
New York: Viking, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good. 582pp. Large octavo [24 cm] 1/4 black cloth spine with black paper covered boards, and the title stamped in copper on the spine. Map endsheets. Remainder mark to foot of the text block. The rear board is a little warped and the edges of the boards are subtly faded. In the dust jacket, with rubbing to the surface, and two small tears to the edges, backed with tape. Reisner's seminal work on water use in the American West is even more relevant and compelling today, when the Colorado River no longer reaches the ocean, and crucial water supplies like groundwater are both dwindling and mostly unregulated.
Synopsis
"Beautifully written and meticulously researched."—St. Louis Post-Dispatch. This updated study of the economics, politics, and ecology of water covers more than a century of public and private desert reclamation in the American West.
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- Bookseller
- Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 64034
- Title
- Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water
- Author
- Reisner, Marc
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670199273
- ISBN 13
- 9780670199273
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- Marc Reisner; first edition; water; environment; Bureau of Reclamation; dry23
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About the Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Salt Lake City, Utah
About Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
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