421 pages. Red pictorial covers with gold lettering shows very mild corner wear with 1/8-inch tear at bottom center spine, small scar from price tag removal on inside free endpaper. Contents include Arid Lands in Perspective and Symposium: Water Importation into Arid Lands; with contributions by the editors and Michael Batisse; James T. Neal; Lawrence K. Lustig; Klause W. Flach; Guy D. Smith; Andrew Warren; Peveril Meigs; Carl N. Hodges; Richard F. Logan; Robert L. Raikes; John C. York; William A. Dick-Peddie; Roy E. Cameron; Rayden A. Perry; Douglas H. K. Lee; Patricial Paylore; Daniel A. Okun; Roald A. Peterson; Ronald L. Heathcote; Courtland L. Smith; Harland I Padfield; Jay M. Bagley; Calvin C. Warnick; Edward Weinberg; Percy Harold McGauhey; Gerald W. Thomas; Thadis W. Box; Charles W. Howe; Gale Young; Dean F. Peterson; Henry P. Caulfield, Jr.; E. Roy Tinney; Frank J. Quinn; Sol Resnick; and Bruce R. Beattie.

Deserts, Characteristcs; Soil, Deserts; Water Quality, Deserts; Cold Desert Characteristics; Michael Batisse; James T. Neal; Lawrence K. Lustig; Klause W. Flach; Guy D. Smith; Andrew Warren; Peveril Meigs; Carl N. Hodges; Richard F. Logan; Robert L. Raike