Headlands

by David Brower

LIMITED TO 800 COPIES, 750 of which are for sale, this being copy number 32, signed by David R. Bower - president of Friends of the Earth and Richard Kauffman, Photographer on last page. Copies 1-49 were not released for sale, they were held privately at the time this edition was released. Text by noted environmentalist David Brower and 34 exquisite color plates of Big Sur, Point Lobos and the Carmel Valley, including 3 tipped-in plates by photographer Richard Kaufmann. Printed on Warren's Cameo Dull Coated Cover and Simpson's Teton Cover paper, the print type is Centaur and Arrighi. This edition was hand bound by Cardoza-James Bindery, San Francisco. This limited edition cost $375.00 when it was released in 1976.

Hardcover

Published January 1, 1976

About the author

David Ross Brower was a prominent environmentalist and the founder of many environmental organizations, including the Sierra Club Foundation, the John Muir Institute for Environmental Studies, Friends of the Earth (1969), the League of Conservation Voters, Earth Island Institute (1982), North Cascades Conservation Council, and Fate of the Earth Conferences. From 1952 to 1969 he served as the first Executive Director of the Sierra Club, and served on its board three times: from 1941–1953; 1983–1988; and 1995-2000. As a younger man, he was a prominent mountaineer.