Plants, People & Environment
Updated October 20, 2026
| Lot number | 62 |
| Auction | Media: Books, Movies and Music_2 |
| Date | October 27, 2026 at 7:00 PM EDT |
| Auction house | How Two Live LLC |
| Location | Waynesboro, Pennsylvania |
Vintage 1979 hardcover environmental science and botany textbook by Peter B. Kaufman, Department of Botany, University of Michigan, and J. Donald LaCroix, Department of Biology, University of Detroit. Published by Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., New York, with Collier Macmillan Publishers, London. The copyright page identifies ISBN 0-02-362120-6 and Library of Congress number 77-28594. The illustrated hardcover features a human figure blended with a natural landscape of trees, hills and water; a design reflecting the book's emphasis on the relationship between humans, plants and the environment. This is an interdisciplinary textbook combining botany, ecology and environmental studies. According to the copyright, cataloging information and preface, subjects include botany, human ecology, ecology, conservation of natural resources and environmental protection. The authors explain plant biology and ecology while connecting these subjects to environmental problems and practical solutions. Topics include conservation of natural resources, population pressures, energy use, recycling, land and wilderness preservation, agriculture and the ways plants contribute to human life and environmental health. The book contains photographs and other illustrations, along with a bibliography and index. Good vintage used condition. The hardcover remains intact and the binding is secure. There is age-related shelf wear, including rubbing and discoloration, soiling to the light-colored covers, bumped and worn corners, edge wear and some wear at the spine ends. The page edges show light toning and handling marks. Interior pages appear clean, bright and well preserved without obvious major tears or water damage. This was formerly an institutional or college copy; the front endpaper is stamped.
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