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NY: Random House Inc (T), 1991. 1st Edition. HARDBOUND. LIKE NEW in LIKE NEW jacket. 1st Edition. pp. 225. Publisher: Random House; 1st Edition (July 20, 1991) Language: English HARDBOUND: 225 pages ISBN-10: 9780679400219 ISBN-13: 978-0679400219 Item Weight: 15.2 OUNCES. 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 SOFTCOVER edition.

Random House, New York, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. 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. . 9780679400219

Size: 8x5x1; A short tear to dustjacket. 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.

Random House, 1991 A very nice copy, clean and bright.

Random House July 1991 Binding: Hardcover

New York: Random House. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1991. Hardcover. 0679400214 . About new book, unmarked in crisp dust jacket. ; 225 pages .

New York: Random House, 1991. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. A very nice copy of Mathiessen's book detailing his travels in Africa in the late 70s and 80s. Fine in a like jacket. First printing.

New York: Random House, 1991. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xi, 225 pp. Two corners are almost unnoticeably bumped, with a very slight scuff on the jacket at the head of the front flap fold. Travels in West Africa.