NY: Random House, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good +. Account of wildlife survey from three trips author took to west and central Africa & east to Kenya. 225 pp, map endpapers. Dust jacket has faded spine but titles are clear. Original prices of $21 US and $27 Canada on flap. Clean and straight in mylar covered jacket.
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, 7/20/1991 12:00:01 A. hardcover. Very Good. 1.0000 in x 8.4000 in x 5.7000 in. First edition. Pages unmarked and binding tight. Dust Jacket is crisp and clean.
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. Very Good+/Very Good+. 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover. 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. .
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.
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.
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