The Snow Leopard
by Matthiessen, Peter
- New
- Signed
- Condition
- New/No Jacket as Issued
- Seller
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SANDY, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Easton Press, 2004. Collector's Edition. Full Leather. New/No Jacket as Issued. A beautiful Collector's Edition of Peter Matthiessen's award-winning book, signed by the author and still in the original shrinkwrap! Originally published in 1978, this book was the inner of the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 1979. In full red leather, the book is in fine unread condition with gold gilt cover designs and page edges, moire silk endpapers and bound-in silk bookmark. In the original shrinkwrap. 388 pp. Includes the Publisher's Note and Certificate of Authenticity from Easton Press. A lovely copy.
Synopsis
The Snow Leopard is a 1978 book by Peter Matthiessen, which is an account of his two month journey along with naturalist George Schaller in 1973 to Crystal Mountain, in the Dolpo region on the Tibetan Plateau in the Himalayas.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Parrish Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2737
- Title
- The Snow Leopard
- Author
- Matthiessen, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Full Leather
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Collector's Edition
- Publisher
- Easton Press
- Date Published
- 2004
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Parrish Books
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About the Seller
Parrish Books
Biblio member since 2006
SANDY, Oregon
About Parrish Books
Parrish Books is a full-time on-line dealer in fine collectible books in business since 2002. With specialities in signed limited editions and many favorite authors including Ray Bradbury, Richard Bach, Tom Clancy, John Updike, Kurt Vonnegut, Edward Gorey and Maurice Sendak. We specialize in exceptional customer service and quality packaging of all orders.
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...