The TREE WHERE MAN WAS BORN and The AFRICAN EXPERIENCE
by Matthiesson, Peter; photos by Eliot Porter
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine unmarked, in VeryGood+ bright jacket in Brodart w small edge tear.
- Seller
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Nevada City, California, United States
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About This Item
NY: EP Dutton Co, 1972. Stated 1st Edition, no price on jacket.. Oversize Hardcover in beige cloth boards w red spine titling, in color photo jacket.. Fine unmarked, in VeryGood+ bright jacket in Brodart w small edge tear.. 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.
10 x 11-1/2, 246 pp, index, bibliography, notes, glossary, color plates.
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- Bookseller
- edburynbooks
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11632
- Title
- The TREE WHERE MAN WAS BORN and The AFRICAN EXPERIENCE
- Author
- Matthiesson, Peter; photos by Eliot Porter
- Format/Binding
- Oversize Hardcover in beige cloth boards w red spine titling, in color photo jacket.
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine unmarked, in VeryGood+ bright jacket in Brodart w small edge tear.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Stated 1st Edition, no price on jacket.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- EP Dutton Co
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- Travel, Geography, International
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel, Geography, International;
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edburynbooks
Biblio member since 2007
Nevada City, California
About edburynbooks
I sell from my home, where I have about 25,000 books shelved or stored. I am also an author, poet, photographer, taroist, publisher, collector. Selling books online for almost 15 years, including my own titles and rare books from my collection.
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