ISBN: 9780380000500 - [(an african trilogy: "sand rivers", "tree where man was born", "african silences")] [author: peter matthiessen] published on (july, 2000) (18 risultati)

Condizione: Good. First Thus. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condizione: Good. First Thus. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condizione: VG-. 247pp. Index. Illus. Sticker front, wear wraps, light soiling.

Paper Back. Condizione: Good.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; Photographs; 247 pages; Signed by Not signed; Very good. A couple of smudges on front cover. Back cover creased. Inscription on fly. Interior pages clean, tight, bright. A lavishly produced, beautiful, and heartbreaking portrait, combining the talents of a superb naturalist-writer and an outstanding photograper, of the natural glories, wildlife, and human life of East Africa, trapped between past and future." Saturday Review. 247 pp.…

Trade Paperback. Condizione: USED Fair.

Paper Back. Condizione: Good. Binding good, text unmarked, cover shows edgewear and scuffing, spine creased vertically.

Soft cover. Condizione: Good +. 1st Edition. Softcover includes color and b/w photographs, Notes and Index, 247 pages. The exception to the condition is weak hinge as a result of deteriorating glue. No spine crease.

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good. The Book is in Very Good+ condition. Beautifully photographed by Eliot Porter. In this classic volume, Peter Matthiessen exquisitely combines nature and travel writing to bring East Africa to vivid life. He skillfully and magically portrays the sights, scenes, and people he observed firsthand in several trips over the course of a dozen years: the daily lives of herdsmen and hunter-gatherers; the drama of the predator kills; the hundreds of exotic animals; the breathtaking landscapes; the area's turbulent natural, political, and social histories; the adventures of the field biologists who pursue and investigate the habits of wild creatures; the anthropologists seeking man's origins throughout the Rift Valley; and the lonely African, poised between the traditional ways and the conflicting demands of Western culture. Peter Matthiessen (1927 ? 2014) was an American novelist, naturalist, wilderness writer, and zen teacher. A co-founder of the literary magazine The Paris Review, he was the only writer to have won the National Book Award in both nonfiction (The Snow Leopard, 1979, category Contemporary Thought) and fiction (Shadow Country, 2008). He was also a prominent environmental activist.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Very good paperback.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. LIGHT SHELF WEAR,FIRST AVON,#20370,TIGHT COPY,CLEAN TEXT.

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. Very nice book in fine condition.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. 247 pages. Cover wornIn this classic volume, Matthiessen exquisitely combines both nature and trav el writing to bring East Africa to vivid life. He skillfully portrays the daily lives of herdsmen and hunter-gatherers; the drama of the predator kills; the hun dreds of exotic animals; the breathtaking landscapes; and the area's turbulent n atural, political, and social histories.…

paperback. Condizione: new.

paperback. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.