NY, Norton, (1971). The 1972 John Burroughs Medal winner, which examines thirty years of life in, and the premature death (in 1958) of, a tract of land on Long Island, once owned by a family named Lord. Signed by Arbib, who was the editor of the National Audubon Society's magazine American Birds. Foxing to cloth, else near fine in a very good, lightly rubbed, dust jacket with light edge wear. An indictment of urban sprawl, particularly in the decade after World War II, from a personal perspective as well as that of a naturalist. Uncommon signed. [#033859] SOLD