First edition, first printing published in 1955 by Knopf. Very good in a very good jacket. Inscribed by Stegner with promotional brochure laid in.
This Is Dinosaur: Echo Park Country and Its Magic Rivers is a milestone 1955 environmental anthology edited by novelist and conservationist Wallace Stegner. Intended as a battle cry for environmental preservation, the volume was published rapidly by Alfred A. Knopf to influence public opinion and Capitol Hill decision-makers. The compilation directly challenged federal plans to build a massive dam in Echo Park, located within Dinosaur National Monument on the border of Utah and Colorado.
