Isbn: 9780525222651 - the tree where man was born / the african experience (39 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Good. A timeless and majestic portrait of Africa by renowned writer Peter Matthiessen (1927-2014), author of the National Book Award-winning The Snow Leopard and the new novel In Paradise A finalist for the National Book Award when it was released in 1972, this vivid portrait of East Africa remains as fresh and revelatory now as on the day it was first published. Peter Matthiessen exquisitely combines nature and travel writing to portray the sights, scenes, and people he observed firsthand in several trips over the course of a dozen years. From the daily lives of wild herdsmen and the drama of predator kills to the field biologists investigating wild creatures and the anthropologists seeking humanity's origins in the rift valley, The Tree Where Man Was Born is a classic of journalistic observation. This Penguin Classics edition features an introduction by groundbreaking British primatologist Jane Goodall. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.…

Hardback. Zustand: Fair. A timeless and majestic portrait of Africa by renowned writer Peter Matthiessen (1927-2014), author of the National Book Award-winning The Snow Leopard and the new novel In Paradise A finalist for the National Book Award when it was released in 1972, this vivid portrait of East Africa remains as fresh and revelatory now as on the day it was first published. Peter Matthiessen exquisitely combines nature and travel writing to portray the sights, scenes, and people he observed firsthand in several trips over the course of a dozen years. From the daily lives of wild herdsmen and the drama of predator kills to the field biologists investigating wild creatures and the anthropologists seeking humanity's origins in the rift valley, The Tree Where Man Was Born is a classic of journalistic observation. This Penguin Classics edition features an introduction by groundbreaking British primatologist Jane Goodall. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. With dust jacket. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Zustand: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Zustand: Good. 1st. 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.

Zustand: Good. 1st. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good-. First Edition. Some edgewear to DJ, age toning. Stated first on the copyright page. Bookplate on front paste down endpaper fmc2%262D.

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. E.P. Dutton & Co. New York 1972 beige cloth boards. text block crisp. handsome copy.

Zustand: Good. 1st. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Hardcover in very good condition. All inside pages are in great shape. Minor shelf wear to the dust jacket.

hardcover. Zustand: near fine. near fine. Profusely illustrated. 247pp. 4to, cloth, d.w.; ownership signature front free endpaper. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1972. A very good (+) in a very good dust wrapper. Both books bound in one.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good.

hardcover. Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…

Zustand: Good. 1972, rip and wear to dustjacket, to and from message inside, small rip to first blank page, foxing on end papers.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDVery good copy with clean pages in stained dust jacket. First edition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Good clean unmarked copy. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Zustand: Good. Signed Copy . Good dust jacket. Signed by author on bookplate laid-in. Slightly dampstained. In protective mylar cover.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good+. First Edition. Small corner on half title page missing. Back board corne lightly bumped; Writer Matthiessen and photographer Porter join forces to bring Eastern Africa home to the reader; from the Upper Nile to Tanzania, north to Lake Rudolf in Kenya, and always, the animals; Color Photographs; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 247 pages.…

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 247 pages; Description: 247 p. Col. Illus. , maps. 29 cm. Subjects: Mattiessen, Peter--Travel--Africa, East. Natural history - Pictorial works. Description and travel. Notes: Bibliography: p. 241-242. 2 Kg. …

dj. First Edition. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 247 pages. The true first printing in darker brown cloth binding. Features text by Matthiessen and numerous color photographs by Eliot Porter. A very good copy in cloth boards with a slight foreword lean to the spine and a faint scratch to the front panel and in a near fine dust jacket with some minor wear and a scratch to the front panel.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. A nice copy, almost new.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Later printing. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some age-toning on the rear panel.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 247 Pp. Brown Cloth, Gilt. Stated First Edition. Book Is Fine, No Wear, No Names Or Marks Or Foxing. Dust Jacket Not Price Clipped, Near Fine.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Dutton, 1972. Quarto. Hardcover. Book is very good. Dust jacket is very good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Africa in the words of Peter Matthiessen and through the lens of Eliot Porter. A classic work. This copy is very good (pen gift inscription front free end paper) in a very good Mylar-covered dust jacket (bumped and peeled at spine crown).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. Quarto. 247pp. Illustrated from color photographs. Topedge lightly foxed, thus near fine in a very good dust jacket with a bit of spotting, bumper and rubbed with a few chips and small tears along the edges, and interior toning along the topedge.…

Hardcover wit. Zustand: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDAfrica: Very Good Hardcover with Dust creased and torn dust jacket, tips bumped, clean pages, prompt shipping with tracking.