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The Cloud Forest; A Chronicle of South American Wilderness (signed on the Half Title page)
by Matthiessen, Peter
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- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
New York: Viking, 1961. First Edition. Octavo. Signed by the author on the half-title page. 280 pages, index, illustrated with photographic images. A thousand miles beyond the south. One of the finest accounts of the land of dark purple shadows. This work goes into areas often missed by explorers and at times he touches on the same travels as Richard Dana in "Two Years Before the Mast," and Charles Darwin in his "Voyage of the Beagle but in Matthiessen's travels, there are rich descriptions showing areas still virtually unknown which are not accessible by the modern means of travel. Bound in black cloth stamped in blind, spine lettering gilt, endpapers are maps, two corners only very minutely bumped, near fine in clipped pictorial dust jacket with some rubbing to rear joint and spine ends. A very nice copy.
Synopsis
Peter Matthiessen was the cofounder of the Paris Review and is the author of numerous works of nonfiction, including In the Spirit of Crazy Horse , Indian Country , and The Snow Leopard , winner of the National Book Award.
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- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 028864
- Title
- The Cloud Forest; A Chronicle of South American Wilderness (signed on the Half Title page)
- Author
- Matthiessen, Peter
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1961
- Keywords
- Signed South America Travel
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Alcuin Books located in Old Town Scottsdale is a store with 15,000 serious books for the collector or scholar. We have ample parking in front of the store for those who wish to browse our holdings.
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Rubbing
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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- Octavo
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- Cloth
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