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Random House, July 1991. Hardcover. Used - Good.

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 (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 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, 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, 1991. (1991), 225pp, maps to eps, light shelfwear to cover, light edgewear to dj.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good -.

Random House, 7/20/1991. Hardcover. Good. 8x5x1. Hardback with dust jacket in good condition.

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.

Random House, July 1991. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. Remainder mark, owner name, clean solid text. Jacket VG

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.

Random House, 1991. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Near fine book and jacket. .

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.

1st: Random House, 1991. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 225 pages. Faint foxing to top edge, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 462309

Random House, 1991. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st. Pages are clean and binding is firm. Mildly edgeworn dust jacket.

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.

New York: Random House, 1991. 225pp, endpaper maps. Or white papered boards with olive cloth spine, in jacket. Jacket price clipped with very slight edge weat and slightest of fading to spine. Matthiessen shares his journeys in Africa over many years, and shows us vanishing worlds. Along the way we are made aware of the human lives oppressed by bankrupt political regimes and threatened by the ravaging of land and wildlife.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo.

Random House, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 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.

New York: Random House Inc, 1991. 225pp. Extremities lightly rubbed; small tears top spine Dj.. Hb. VG/VG-.

Random House, 1991. Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition.

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.

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, 1991 A very nice copy, clean and bright.

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