The Living American House: The 350 Year Story of a Home, an Ecological History, 1st Edition by Ordish, George - 1981

New York: William Morrow & Company, 1981. Book. Illus. by Clarke Hutton, Illustrator. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover first edition, first printing in clean unchipped dust jacket. Light blue paper-covered boards with deeper blue cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear, very light soiling. Binding is tight and square, pages are clean. No names, writing or marks. Nicely illustrated by Clarke Hutton. 320 pages with Index. Clean jacket is unchipped, has tiny excised price on front inside flap; no tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A charming and informative book which examines all the creatures that inhabit an American house from 1633, when it was built by an English colonist, to 1980, when it had become a country restaurant. Entomologist George Ordish describes the ecology and biology of living forms, from human to insect, as he studies the history of a 350-year old house, showing the systems that support endless cycles of life..