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A candid & rather grim assessment of West Africa ecology based on Matthiessen's 1978 & 1986 expeditions; 225 pages. Slight shelfwear otherwise a clean very good+ trade hard cover book/ dust jacket spine just beginning to lighten otherwise a very good dust jacket. 8vo.

VG/VG. 225 pp. First ed. Rear panel of DJ has long horizontal scratch near bottom edge. Board edges rubbed. Spine slightly cocked. Top edge has red remainder mark. Interior very bright and clean. Brodart DJ.

New York, NY: Random House, 1991. Hardcover. Good/Good.

Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear . This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear .

Used - Very Good

Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 225 p. Audience: General/trade. No previous owner's name. Clean, tight pages. No bent corners. HC 309

Random House, 1991. Almost like new, small flaw at corner tip. 1ST Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paperback. Good.

Marks to cover. Fading/marks/scuffs to dustjacket & name inscription inside front. Foxing/marks to textblock edges. Large inscription at front. Content very good.

The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

225pp. 8vo White boards and green cloth back 1st edition so stated Fine/Fine 0-679-40021-4

a few very short tears to top of dj spine

Random House. First Edition. Acceptable. Acceptable. Ship within 24hrs. Satisfaction 100% guaranteed. APO/FPO addresses supported

8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall 0679400214 Dust Jacket Has 1" Tear Has small pub. remainder mark.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Random House, Incorporated. Very Good/Very Good-. 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0679400214 Dust Jacket Has 1" Tear Has small pub. remainder mark. .

Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Random House Inc, 1991. Book. As New. Hardcover.

Random House, July 1991. Hardcover. Good.

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.

New York: Random House. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1991. First Printing. Hardcover. 0679400214 . Owner presentation on half-titlepage. .

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 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 Publishing Group, 1991. Hardcover. Like New. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 225 p.

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.

Random House Publishing Group. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

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

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. .

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

Random House Publishing Group. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

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

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.

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. .

NY, Random House, ©1991. Hard Cover. 225 p., maps; 22 cm. Account of two travels in western and central Africa, with concerns about the fate of wildlife and ecological health of the region. ISBN (10): 0679400214. Stock#46992. Vg, gift inscription / dj worn.

New.

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.

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.

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

US: Random House, 1991-07-20. 2nd printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 225 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 463930

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, 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.

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

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

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.

Stated First Edition. Number line: 24689753. Synopsis: 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. Maps on lining papers. Green cloth spine with gilt title and white paper over boards with design imprint on front board. Pictorial Dust Jacket. Contents include: Senegal, Gabia, Ivory Coast; Zaire and the Congo Basin.

New York: Random House, 1991. 225 pages. Author's account of The West Africa Wildlife Survey of 1978 and the Congo Basin Forest Elephant Survey of 1986. First American Edition. quarter-cloth and paper boards. Fine/Fine. 8vo.

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

Random House, July 1991. Hardcover. USED Good/Good Jacket.

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. 1991. Random House. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0679400214. 225 pages. hardcover. keywords: Travel Africa. FROM THE PUBLISHER - 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. inventory #5138 ISBN: 0679400214.

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.

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'.

Collectible-Good. Good dust jacket. Includes Peter Matthiessen's custom book label. From the library of American Novelist, naturalist, wilderness writer, zen teacher and CIA officer Peter Matthiessen. (natural history)

Random House. Collectible - Good. Collectible - Good. Good dust jacket. Includes Peter Matthiessen's custom book label. From the library of American Novelist, naturalist, wilderness writer, zen teacher and CIA officer Peter Matthiessen. (natural history)

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Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 225 p.

Random House, 1991-07-20. hardcover. New. 8x5x1.

This is a New and Unread copy of the first edition (1st printing).

Size: 8x5x1;

Used-Very Good.

No previous owner's name. Clean, tight pages. No bent corners.

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.

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.

MATTHIESSEN, Peter: African Silences. New York, Random House, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket, 225 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Africa – Description and Travel / Natural History – 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, 1991. Second. hardcover. very good/very good. 8vo. pp. 225, old price label on FEP

8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall 0679400214 Dust Jacket Has 1" Tear Has small pub. remainder mark.

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.

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 .

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.

Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. Peter Matthiessen's custom book label inside. From the collection of American novelist, naturalist, wilderness writer, zen teacher and CIA officer Peter Matthiessen.

Random House. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. Peter Matthiessen's custom book label inside. From the collection of American novelist, naturalist, wilderness writer, zen teacher and CIA officer Peter Matthiessen.