Random House, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition in Near Fine condition with a Near Fine dust jacket; a clean, tight copy. 8vo. - over 7¾' - 9¾'.
First edition, first printing, hardcover. Map end papers. 225 pages. Near fine with light foxing to top edge of text block, in a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Mylar cover on jacket. NOT ex-library. NOT a remainder. Bubble wrapped and shipped in a box.
New York: Random House, 1991. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 225 pages. A non-fiction work about Matthiessen's various journeys to Africa.Matthiessen is the author two win National Book Awards for non-fiction and fiction for "The Snow Leopard" and "Shadow Country" respectively. A clean near fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine in a near fine dust jacket.
Publisher: Random House, New York, 1991.FINE hardcover book in FINE dust-jacket. Pristine. As new. Unread. First Edition, First Printing. All of our books with dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective sleeves.
NY: Random House. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly rubbed.. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 0679400214 . Cloth-backed boards, map endpapers. Account of the author's wildlife surveys In 1978 in Ivory Coast, Liberia, Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, and the Gambia and in 1986 in Kenya, Zaire, Tanzania, Congo, Angola, Gabon, Central African Republic, and Sudan. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 225 pages .
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Random House, Incorporated, 1991. The dj is bumped and has mylar covering. Pages are clean and tight.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo. Ex-Library.
Wear and tear to extremities of dust wrapper. Top of dust wrapper missing a piece at spine.Light age and reading wear to book. 226 pages. No internal inscriptions. No torn or missing pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Animals & Birds; Natural History; Africa; Travel & Places. ISBN: 0679400214. ISBN/EAN: 9780679400219. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55572.
MATTHIESSEN, Peter: African Silences. New York, Random House, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket, 225 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Africa â Description and Travel / Natural History â Africa. Book and jacket condition: Very Good Minus. A bit of foxing to the top-side of the book, but no other visible imperfections. Tiny tears to the center-top and bottom of dust wrapper. Price unclipped at the interior front flap. Overall a copy in near first-rate condition with unmarked pages. A moving chronicle of travels made in the Dark Continent by the internationally acclaimed author of The Snow Leopard and At Play in the Fields of the Lord. An important contribution to the travel genre. ISBN: 0679400214
New York: Random House. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1991. Stated First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0679400214 . Hardcover in dust jacket. Green cloth spine on gray boards with silver gilt illustration, pristine. Protected, price unclipped, dustjacket crisp and bright, small puncture to jacket at spine top. Book is firm in binding, unread, 225 pages. Map illustrated endpapers, pristine. Matthiessen recounts two trips to West Africa in the company of primatologist Gilbert Boese and ecologist David Western. Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
Number line from 2 to 9 with the words First Edition printed below indicates a Random House first edition, first printing; some edge wear to boards and dust jacket; otherwise a solid, clean copy in collectable condition; dust jacket is protected by a Brodart sleeve.
Stated First Edition-first printing- Brodart jacket-" African Silences is a powerful and sobering account of the cataclysmic depredation of the African landscape and its wildlife. In this critically acclaimed work Peter Matthiessen explores new terrain on a continent he has written about in two previous books, A Tree Where Man Was Born -- nominated for the National Book Award -- and Sand Rivers. Through his eyes we see elephants, white rhinos, gorillas, and other endangered creatures of the wild. We share the drama of the journeys themselves, including a hazardous crossing of the continent in a light plane. And along the way, we learn of the human lives oppressed by bankrupt political regimes and economies, and threatened by the slow ecological catastrophe to which they have only begun to awaken. From the Trade Paperback edition. From the Back Cover: "Deeply gripping. with a prose of characteristic grace and perfectly distilled passion." -- Washington Post Book World "Matthiessen is a great travel companion . His knowledge of plants and,animals and people is breathtaking." -- Boston Globe"
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Random House, Incorporated, 1991. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Book has book plate on fffep and a bump to the upper corners of the front and back board. Dust jacket is protected by removable Brodart cover..
New York: Random House Inc, 1991. Book. N-Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. A square solid tight over-all clean copy with some light reading wear. Two pages hace corner creases and thewre is a small light stain to the bottom pagedges. The jacket has some very light rubbing,very light soil and is wrinkled along the top edges although there are no stains present..
New York, NY: Random House, 1991. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. American First. First edition, first printing indicated in Random House fashion with a number line from 2 to 9 with the words First Edition printed below; minor edge wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy in collectible condition; dust jacket is protected by a Brodart sleeve..
New York: Random House, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine/Near Fine. Very clean beige boards with green cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No fraying or wear, but has tiny (almost imperceptible) dent at bottom of front board. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. Maps on endpapers. No names, writing or marks. 225 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped and enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Africa.
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