tree where man born von porter eliot (66 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Paperback. Zustand: 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.

Zustand: Good. 1st. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.45.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Very heavy book may incur extra postal charges if ordered from overseas. 2" (repaired) closed tear to top front of dust jacket.

Zustand: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with foxing throughout and inscription on ffep. Good DJ has edge wear/tears with some tape repair, light toning, marks/foxing and is price clipped.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 2 Great Naturalists Join Forces in Eats Africa on the Upper Nile More than 1000 full coloured plates in fine cond.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Wear with small tears and slight staining to DJ. Light foxing to edges and endpapers ; 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.

Zustand: FINE. Book club edition (same size and quality as trade edition, states first edition, but in tan cloth, instead of chocolate brown). Absolutely beautiful large format book about East Africa with text by Matthiessen, and over 100 full-color photos by Eliot. Fine in fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. DJ with light shelfwear and one small chip; 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.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Light wear with small tears and slight staining to price clipped DJ; 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.

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.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. DJ with light shelfwear; 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.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1972. A largely very presentable copy, contents clean throughout with no significant marks and minimal thumbing at corners, free from creases or tears. Dust jacket bears a few small creases at corners, some small nicks repaired with conservation tape but still overall very presentable. Why on Amazon do most sellers not describe their actual book? Buy with confidence and support a genuine Independent Bricks & Mortar Real Bookshop. We are Maynard & Bradley CAMBO & PBFA(now lapsed) members here in Leicester City Centre. Size: 260 x 300 mm. 247 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Travel & Places; Britain/UK; 1970s; Dewey Code: 940.545941. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 22412. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.

VG in VG DJ. DJ sl browned on edges. The African experience from the upper Nile in the little known Sudan south through Tanzania northwest to Lake Rudolf on the Kenyan frontier. Illustrated by 100 color photos. BCE edition.

1st edition. Gift inscription on front free end paper; binding tight Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG price-clipped dust jacket.

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.

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 clean near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. A very nice copy.

Zustand: FINE. First printing. Absolutely beautiful large format book about East Africa with text by Matthiessen, and over 100 full-color photos by Eliot. Since the book club edition also states "first printing" this book appears much more common than it is. This is a true first edition in chocolate brown covers with a priced dj. Near fine in a near fine dustjacket (gift inscription, price in upper corner of dj flap is clipped, lower price is still present.).

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very ood. First Edition. Collins 1972.Binding firm. Pages clean and bright, no markings. Unclipped Dust Jacket. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. New York, Dutton, 1972. First edition. First printing. Hardbound. Fine in a fine jacket. Jacket has some slight wear at top of spine. A clean tight copy. Publisher's price intact on front jacket flap ($14.95 before publication; $17.50 thereafter). Comes with archival-quality mylar jacket protector. Smoke-free. Stated 1st Edition. A dual book by two celebrated American naturalists who join to evoke the African experience. Over 100 color photos. Clean bright crisp copy. 10 x 11-1/2, 246 pp, index, bibliography, notes, glossary, color plates. Oversize Hardcover in beige cloth boards w/ red spine titling, in color photo jacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First edition. Light foxing to the end papers else fine in a near fine dustwrapper.

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Quarto, 247 pages. In Very Good minus condition with Very Good condition dust jacket. Spine is blue with black lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering, front flap clipped at head fore corner but has "$17.50" price along tail edge; mild general soiling and shelving wear along spine head and tail. Boards fully bound in publisher's brown cloth and have mild rubbing wear along tail fore corners. Textblock edges have moderate age-toning and foxing; interior has mild foxing along endpapers and throughout text, mild age-toning discoloration along extremities throughout text, and moderate foxing on half-title page and front free-endpaper verso. Signed flat by Peter Matthiessen on title page. Shelved Room C. 1400453. Special Collections.

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. Zustand: Near Fine in Near Fine DJ. First Edition. First Edition. Hardcover. Overall, a very handsome copy. Ownership stamp of noted artist Andrew Anderson-Bell. Merest hint of dusting to top of text block, ownership inscription on ffep, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows very minor shelf wear, else bright and clean. Tan textured paper boards, brown ink lettering, frontispiece. 4to. 247pp. Illus. (color and b/w plates). Maps. Glossary. Notes. Bibliography. Index.

Zustand: FINE. First printing. Beautiful large format book about East Africa with text by Matthiessen, and over 100 full-color photos by Eliot. Since the book club edition also states "first printing" this book appears much more common than it is. This is a true first edition in chocolate brown covers with a priced dust jacket. Near fine in a like dustjacket (promotional price is still present on upper flap of dj.).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Hardcover with beige cloth over boards, brown lettering along spine. Blue and white DJ with black text across covers and along spine. Very light foxing along edges; two closed tears at either side of crown of spine, each less than 1/3 inch. No damage to lettering, covers otherwise clean. Oversized, roughly 10 inches wide by 11.5 inches tall. Title page dated 1972. Copyright page dated only 1972. 247 pages. Features full-page, glossy, colorful photographs throughout text. Pages clean and bright. Thomas Lovejoy's name written neatly at top right corner of front free endpaper. This book is from the collection of Thomas Lovejoy. Dr. Lovejoy was an influential ecologist, field biologist, and activist; former head of the Amazon Biodiversity Center, World Wildlife Fund, and advisor to the United Nations and Smithsonian Institution. He is credited with introducing the term 'biological diversity' to the mainstream environmental movement. In addition, he was a passionate collector of books on the natural world. He died in 2021 and we are very excited to present a selection of his books. Please email us with questions or to request photos.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First edition. Quarto. 247pp. Brown cloth. Near fine with bit of toning at the pastedowns in else fine dust jacket with a small crease to the font flap fold. Beautifully photographed and accompanied by extensive text on the region's history.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First edition. Quarto. 247pp. Brown cloth. Scattered foxing on endpapers and preliminary pages, corners rubbed, very good in a fine dustwrapper. Beautifully photographed and accompanied by extensive text on the region's history.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First edition. Quarto. 247pp. Brown cloth. Fine in a price-clipped else fine dustwrapper. Beautifully photographed and accompanied by extensive text on the region's history.