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LOST MAN'S RIVER
by Matthiessen, Peter
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Very Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0679403779
- ISBN 13
- 9780679403777
- Seller
-
Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. Map endpapers. INSCRIBED by the Author on the half title, tall 8vo (9 1/2" x 6 5/8"), black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over dark green boards with "PM" blindstamped, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) designed by Andy Carpenter, map of the Everglades as endpapers, 539 pages + [2] About the Author + [2] About the Type. Weight: 2 lbs. 2 oz. Peter Matthiessen (1927 - 2014) was an American novelist, naturalist, wilderness writer, zen teacher, and environmental activist. A co-founder of The Paris Review, he won the National Book Award in both fiction and nonfiction. <br /> <br /> Matthiessen's nonfiction featured nature and travel, notably The Snow Leopard (1978), Sand Rivers (1981); and American Indian issues and history, such as, In the Spirit of Crazy Horse (1983). Several of his works have been adapted as films.<br /> <br /> In 2008, at age 81, Matthiessen received the National Book Award for Fiction for Shadow Country, a one-volume revision of his three novels set in frontier Florida published in the 1990s. LOST MAN'S RIVER is a standalone volume as well as 2nd in the Shadow Country series.<br /> <br /> Amusingly INSCRIBED: alluding to a pesky "skunk."<br /> <br /> VERY FINE CONDITION internally & externally! Tight, bright, clean, without foxing or price-clipping. No previous owner or remainder marks.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9987
- Title
- LOST MAN'S RIVER
- Author
- Matthiessen, Peter
- Illustrator
- Map endpapers
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0679403779
- ISBN 13
- 9780679403777
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- Nature, Everglades, Florida, map, fishermen, alligatrs, hurricane, death, murder, illustrated, series
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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