The Colorado Rockies are Ann Zwinger's subject in prose and drawing. There, 8,300 feet above sea level, summer is short and winter long and often harsh; it is a place where much of life exists on the margin. In good years the grasses are lush; in bad years, even the mice starve. But it is a land the Zwingers have lovingly explored and recorded, careful not to disrupt the balance of the land, the relationship of plant to animal and of each to its environment.These forty acres, called Constant Friendship after the Maryland ...
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The Colorado Rockies are Ann Zwinger's subject in prose and drawing. There, 8,300 feet above sea level, summer is short and winter long and often harsh; it is a place where much of life exists on the margin. In good years the grasses are lush; in bad years, even the mice starve. But it is a land the Zwingers have lovingly explored and recorded, careful not to disrupt the balance of the land, the relationship of plant to animal and of each to its environment.These forty acres, called Constant Friendship after the Maryland land her ancestor settled in the early 1730s, are a place of all seasons, for even in winter there is a promise of spring, and in spring the foretaste of summer. The white of snow becomes the white of summer clouds, the resonant green of spruce becomes the green head of drake mallard ... here part of each season is contained in every other.In beautiful and simple language and with 80 illustrations, Beyond the Aspen Grove tells of meadow, lake, marsh and forest, of algae and dragonflies, of deer and jays that live in the thin clear air of the mountain world.
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Marked First edition but with numbers 2-9 behind; very good in very good uncilpped dust jacket; inside clean with no stamps or inscriptions; Cover artwork may differ;
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Very Good in Good jacket. Book 8 vo. 369 pp. Appendix, glossary, bibliography, index, b/w illustrations by author, yellow cloth/gilt design front cover. Very good; dust jacket neatly taped to cover, closed tears, small puncture back, very good-.
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Good in Good jacket. First edition. Good in good dustwrapper. Hardcover has bumped corners, black smudge on text edge corner, dustwrapper tear along bottom front, spine top and corners chipped, smudged. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
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Very Good. Inscribed by Zwinger! Paperback, 1988, octavo, 345pp., illustrated in b&w. Book VG with crease to bottom front corner, sun to spine, rubbing, binding tight, text clean and unmarked, but small crease to bottom corner of first 1/3 of text block. No DJ.
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Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. (Nature, natural history, Art, literature) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.