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A New Form of Beauty. Glen Canyon Beyond Climate Change. Photographs by Peter Goin. Essays by Peter Friederici.
by Goin, Peter & Peter Friederici
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About This Item
Tucson, AR: The University of Arizona Press, 2016. Oblong quarto. Original dark blue cloth, titles to spine in orange. With the dust jacket. Colour illustrations throughout, including 1 folding plate. A fine copy in the jacket. First edition, first printing of this significant work on the changing landscapes of the American West, as represented by the Glen Canyon reservoir. Signed by both authors on the title, with an additional inscription by Friederici, "Off into the 'Great Unknown'!". Photographer Peter Goin focuses on human-altered landscapes and is best known for his series on nuclear test sites, published in 1991 as Nuclear Landscapes. His work has been exhibited at more than fifty US and international museums, and he has been awarded two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships, as well as nominated for an Emmy for his work in experimental video. Co-author Peter Friederici is an award-winning journalist and academic specialising in science and the environment. As he writes in the introduction, "This book is about that moment of falling when the solid ground under us gives way to something new. It is about the vanishing of the second-largest artificial lake in America in the face of the new, potent phenomenon we call climate change... Though the book focuses on one reservoir in the Colorado River Basin, it is really about all our known landscapes as we watch them shape-shift into new forms."
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- Bookseller
- Alembic Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 494
- Title
- A New Form of Beauty. Glen Canyon Beyond Climate Change. Photographs by Peter Goin. Essays by Peter Friederici.
- Author
- Goin, Peter & Peter Friederici
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The University of Arizona Press
- Place of Publication
- Tucson, AR
- Date Published
- 2016
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Environmentalism|Ecology|Geology|Rocks & Minerals|Scientific Illustration
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We specialise in rare science books dating from the late Middle Ages to the 20th century, including first editions, signed copies, manuscripts, objects, and ephemera. We have particular expertise in natural history, genetics and evolution, anatomy, nuclear physics and the Manhattan Project, early computing, and women in science. We also carry books related to women's history and literature.
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