Random House, 1991-07-20. Hardcover. Good. 1.0000 in x 8.4000 in x 5.7000 in. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear .
Random House Publishing Group, 1991. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
Random House (NY), 1991. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
Random House. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1991. Hardcover. 0679400214 . Good hardcover with tight binding. Good dust jacket with minimal shelf wear to edges and corners of covers and spine. Moderate light pencil marks to pages. ; 8.40 X 5.90 X 0.90 inches .
8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall 0679400214 Slight rubbing and browning to jacket; slight internal browning to edges. [12], 225, [2] pages. "A portrait of vanishing worlds and what is replacing them" (jacket front flyleaf) by the noted American naturalist.
New York: Random House, Inc., 1991. 238 pages. Map ends. Mattheissen describes three expeditions, 1978-1986: A wildlife survey, with Gilbert Boese, of Senegal, Gambia and the Ivory Coast; search for the Congo peacock in Zaire; and, with David Western, determining the status of the forest elephant in the Congo Basin.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. New/New.
USA: Random House Inc, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Ex-Lib Book and Dust Jacket in Good Condition. Good solid binding of green half cloth with gilt titles, cream cloth over boards, rubbed on edges. Minimal lib marks. Tight and solid sewn binding. Endpapers with maps of forest elephant and wildlife survey areas in Africa. Front endpaper has corner square clipped. Some pages wavy, clean and completely free from any markings. Jacket with illustration of mom and baby elephant, in cream and black; clean and unmarked except lib tag on spine, slight edgewear, not price-clipped. Library mylar cover removed and replaced with new archival cover. Matthiessen is renowned for his travels to some of the most exotic and inaccessible places on earth. Here he traces his journeys to West Africa, to Zaire in search of the rare Congo peacock, to Central Africa with ecologist David Western to determine the status of the small forest elephant in the Congo basin. He gives a portrait of vanishing worlds and what is replacing them. 225 pages. 8.5 x 5.8 inches. New York, Random House, 1991.
Size: 8vo-over 7? "-9? " tall; Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Ex-Lib Book and Dust Jacket in Good Condition. Good solid binding of green half cloth with gilt titles, cream cloth over boards, rubbed on edges. Minimal lib marks. Tight and solid sewn binding. Endpapers with maps of forest elephant and wildlife survey areas in Africa. Front endpaper has corner square clipped. Some pages wavy, clean and completely free from any markings. Jacket with illustration of mom and baby elephant, in cream and black; clean and unmarked except lib tag on spine, slight edgewear, not price-clipped. Library mylar cover removed and replaced with new archival cover. Matthiessen is renowned for his travels to some of the most exotic and inaccessible places on earth. Here he traces his journeys to West Africa, to Zaire in search of the rare Congo peacock, to Central Africa with ecologist David Western to determine the status of the small forest elephant in the Congo basin. He gives a portrait of vanishing worlds and what is replacing them. 225 pages. 8.5 x 5.8 inches. New York, Random House, 1991.
EXCELLENT FIRST PRINTING. EXCELLENT COVER IS WHOLE WITH GOOD COLOR, MINIMAL FLAWS, NOT PRICE-CLIPPED, AND NO SUN FADING. NO NAMES OR MARKS SEEN. NOT AN EX-LIBRARY DISCARD. NOT REMAINDER MARKED ON CLEAN BOOK EDGES. LOOKS UNREAD. SEE PHOTOS IF AVAILABLE. 8030 SWLS18-2-2-NF5 01.
First edition/first printing. Square spine, crisp pages, no writing or marks, no folded page corners. Dust jacket has a small closed nick on back side top edge. Not a remainder or book club printing.
England: Random House, 1991. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. A Nice Copy - A First Edition, First Printing. Book Is In Very Good Plus Condition. Boards Have A Tiny Bit Of Shelf Wear. Not Bumped. Fore Edges Have A Tiny Bit Of Reading Wear. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Dust Jacket Is In Near Fine Condition. Tiniest Bit Of Wear Along The Edges. Not Price Clipped. Dust Jacket Is Covered By Mylar Brodart. Thanks And Enjoy..
Stated first edition and first printing as per Random House numberline rules. Price clipped, DJ nicely in archival wraps. Light foxing to the page edges; interior clean.
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