Shelter

From the early days of the 1970's environmental & "back-to-the-Earth" movements, this book attempted to find "a responsive& sensitive balance between the still-usable skills & wisdom of the past & the sustainable products & inventions of the 20th century.about simple homes, natural materials, & human resourcefulness."In the tradition of the Whole Earth Catalogue, it showed you how to build your own shelters, with instructions & plentiful real-life examples, including caves, huts, dogons, tents, Native American dwellings, European timber structures, adobe, barns, nomadic living, treehouses, towers, domes, & many more. Information on energy, water, food, & waste disposal is also included. By the same guys who brought you the earlier "Domebooks," this is a wonderful resource, illustrated with black-and-white & color photographs, sketches, & plans throughout. Cover art is from a lithograph of the inside of a Russian yurt. A folio (11" x 14.5") in decorative tan wrappers, in 176 pages, with 8 pages of color photos, this is the FIRST EDITION, First Printing from 1973. Condition is just Good: quite clean inside, with light soiling & many scraped/scuffed/stained areas to exterior. Title page appears missing Copyright to bottom of Table of Contents, all present. Dampstaining to both front & back covers, inside & out, with a trace to top edge of nearby pages. Else, pages white & unmarked save for old gift inscription in neat pen to first page with illustration. Moderate edgewear all around, slight corner curling. Our photos depict he Exact book you will receive from us, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! All orders processed before 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time) ship that same day; later orders, Weekends & holidays ship next business day.SORRY: book is too large for expedited or international shipping without substantial (at least double!) postage increase per USPS rates.

Product Info

ISBN: 0394709918

ISBN-13: 9780394709918

Publisher: Shelter Publications

Year: 1973

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

First Edition

Seller Info

GargoyleBooks

Address: 7525 Olive Place La Mesa, California

Website: https://www.gargoylebooks.net

Country: United States