Matthiessen peter introduction (34 résultats)

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. A trade paperback in excellent condition, clean with a tight binding and an unmarked text.From a private smoke free collection.Shipping within 24 hours, with a tracking number and delivery confirmation.

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. xxxiii, 522 pages, illustrations, maps; 20 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine slightly bowed. Browning. First edition thus. *** "From 1831 to 1837, George Catlin travelled extensively among the native peoples of North America. Studying their habits, customs, and mode of life, he made numerous notes and sketches. This volume presents Catlin's journals and is illustrated with reproductions of his paintings." - Publisher. Size: 8vo.…

Oversized Hardcover. Etat : Good.

Oversized Paperback. Etat : Good.

Etat : As New. Unread copy in mint condition.

Etat : As New. Unread copy in mint condition.

Etat : New. Brand New.

Etat : New. Brand New.

Trade Paperback. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. Standard used condition. Reading copy or better. Used Book.

Hard cover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Edition. Some scuffing to bottom cover edges, with some edgewear to dustjacket. Indigenous to Asia, and once widely distributed across the continent, the tiger is yet another of the world's creatures to come perilously close to extinction in the last century. Where a hundred years ago the population of Panthera tigris and its cousins stood at more than 100,000, a 1995 census put the total at less than 5,000. And, writes Peter Matthiessen, a longtime student and champion of endangered wildlife, "most biologists and conservationists . would set that number even lower."Working with the noted wildlife biologist and photographer Maurice Hornocker, Matthiessen recounts his travels into the Russian Far East and Manchuria in search of one of the rarest of the big cats, Panthera tigris altaica, the Siberian tiger. Once shielded, and not by design, by Communist policies that restricted travel in and development of its wilderness habitat, the Siberian tiger is increasingly threatened throughout much of its range as the dense old-growth forests of the Pacific seaboard fall to Japanese logging companies; at the same time, the tiger is still hunted for parts used by Chinese apothecaries (drinking the essence of a tiger is thought to bring renewed sexual vigor to aging men). Matthiessen, whose text brims with a righteous rage on the tiger's behalf, is able to report a few success stories, as Russian, Chinese, and American biologists work to conserve habitat in the wild country memorialized by V.K. Arseniev's Dersu the Trapper, a memoir that informs Matthiessen's own book. But his book is also full of tragedy, of terrible stories that help press a case for why the Siberian tiger should be protected everywhere in its domain. Matching a thoughtful, well-crafted text with remarkable photographs of tigers in the wild, this is a book that, with luck, will help spur renewed interest in making the world safe for wildlife of all kinds. Peter Matthiessen (May 22, 1927 ? April 5, 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.…

Hardcover. Etat : Used - Very Good. Harper San Francisco, 1991. First Edition. 240 pages. Illustrated. 13.5 x 9.5", hardcover, dj. Very Good/Very Good.

Soft cover. Etat : Near Fine. 522pp; Index; b/w illustrations. Contents clean and unmarked. No ownership name; no library markings.

Etat : Very Good. Hardcover in an edgeworn dust jacket, 141 pages. This book is a child?s-eye view of the Civil War, and of life before and during it on a modest Virginia estate called Bladensfield. Evelyn Ward wrote her reminiscences when she was an old woman to document for her descendants a vanished way of life. The childhood she describes was merry and loving, and her book-sunny, brave, and sad?is haunting. Peter Matthiessen, a grandnephew of the author and therefore one of the children of Bladensfield, contributes a graceful essay on the family and Bladensfield today. Letter From the grandniece of the author tipped in. Record # 472496.…

Paperback. Etat : Good. Signed by author on title page. Book has water damage to top and bottom edges of back cover (affecting several pages in back), a touch of wear to edges and tips of corners, a slight crease/bend to top corners of pages. otherwise in good condition, strong binding, pages are free of underlining and writing; some cosmetic wear but an overall decent reading copy. Signed.…

Hardcover. Etat : As New. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First edition. This richly illustrated book is a welcome event for scientists, writers, photographers, and armchair travelers, since here, for the first time in book form, are reproduced more than 300 color photographs by Tui De Roy Moore, the only photographer who has had access to the Galapagos since childhood. …

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Folio Society. Good hardcover, bump to head with some wear there; lacking publisher's slipcase.

Paperback. Etat : Brand New. reprint edition. 304 pages. 8.00x5.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Etat : Brand New. revised edition. 368 pages. 7.50x4.75x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Etat : Brand New. revised edition. 368 pages. 7.50x4.75x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : No Jacket, As Issued. 1st. First edition thus. First softcover edition. Published NY: Harpercollins, 1991, first printing. folio wrappers, 9 1/2" x 12 3/4", 240pp., illus full color photos. "Photographs capture significant rites of passage such as christenings, weddings, and funerals, from cultures around the globe." Near fine.…

Softcover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Paperback Edition. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition. Previous owner's blindstamp to half-title page. Illustrated with Colour photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 185 pages. A beautiful illustrated examination of the highly endangered Siberian tigers.…

Paperback. Etat : Brand New. reprint edition. 304 pages. 8.00x5.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. Bottom corners have light shelf wear, small bookplate on front end page, black felt pen line on top edge, otherwise without flaw. Oblong 11.25 X 9.25" 183 pages, published 1991. Carefully immerse yourselves in the desert, in the silence and beauty, and your Baja experience will be like no other. With 181 color illustrations, end-page maps **Bundle Up & Save On Postage**. Terrance Moore - Photography (illustrateur).…

Paperback. Etat : Brand New. revised edition. 368 pages. 7.50x4.75x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hard Cover. Etat : VG to Fine. VG to Fine. 1st Ed. 185 pages. Illustrated. Size: 7 x 9.5. Signed and Inscribed By Author. Endangered Species--Tigers.

Paperback. Etat : Brand New. 560 pages. 7.75x5.00x1.25 inches. In Stock.

8vo [25 x 18 cm]; 304 pp, numerous illus, color plates by Catesby, Wilson, Peale, Audubon, Fuertes, double page map, pictorial eps. original cloth, dj (edgewear, small chips), hinge cracked but firm, very good. This book is the first comprehensive history of American wildlife and how it has been effected by man. The author based it on the accounts of explorers, settlers, naturalists and his own observations. A picture of this book is available on request.…

Paperback. Etat : Brand New. reprint edition. 185 pages. 9.25x6.75x0.50 inches. In Stock.

[0-86547-576-8] 2000, 1st US edition. (hardcover) Fine in fine dust jacket. xviii, 185pp. 8vo. First US edition. Fine copy in fine jacket. Jacket protected in loose mylar sleeve.

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