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A Desert Country Near the Sea: A Natural History of the Cape Region of Baja
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A Desert Country Near the Sea: A Natural History of the Cape Region of Baja California Hardcover - 1983

by Zwinger, Ann; [inscribed to] Gary Paul Nabhan

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  • very good
  • Hardcover
  • Signed
  • first

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Harpercollins, 1983. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Association copy, inscribed on the half-title page to naturalist-author, MacArthur Genius Grant-recipient Gary Paul Nabhan, known in particular for his writing on Indigenous populations and their ethnobotany in the Southwest: : "For Gary & Caroline--Signing a book that has meant so much is difficult--But perhaps time there [in Baja California] together heals all possibilities. With love, AHZ." Caroline was Nabhan's second wife. Zwinger is also a fellow winner of the John Burroughs Medal for nature writing. A very good plus book with some mild sunning to edges, and a former price written in ink at top title page; in a good dust jacket with prominent chips to upper edges, crease to flaps (well loved). A great association copy. A great association copy, even apart from the cameo. We encourage you to look up Nabhan's touching tribute to Zwinger on Orion magazine's blog after her death in 2014 ("The beauty that her drawings and narratives evoked were enough to quell my rants, and I began classes in botany, scientific illustration, and creative writing because of her.") // Wood (+) River (=) Books specializes in ecology, natural history, nature writing, the environment, and environmental literature, with a special passion for association copies and notable inscriptions.
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