THE TREE WHERE MAN WAS BORN; THE AFRICAN EXPERIENCE by Matthiessen, Peter and Porter, Eliot - 1972

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1972. Cover corners and spine slightly rubbed and worn. . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1972. Hardcover. Good condition in fair d.j., edges damp warped/fair.

Penguin Putnam~childrens Hc, 1972. Hardcover. Very Good/good +.

NY: Dutton. VG in VG DJ. 1972. BCE. 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. .

New York:: Avon,, 1974.. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. 1st trade paperback printing. Absolutely beautiful large format book about East Africa with text by Matthiessen, and over 100 full-color photos by Eliot.

Avon Books, 1974. Trade paperback. Very Good. 10x7x0. The Book is in Very Good+ condition. Beautifully photographed by Eliot Porter. In this classic volume, Peter Matthiessen exquisitely combines nature and travel writing to bring East Africa to vivid life. He skillfully and magically portrays the sights, scenes, and people he observed firsthand in several trips over the course of a dozen years: the daily lives of herdsmen and hunter-gatherers; the drama of the predator kills; the hundreds of exotic animals; the breathtaking landscapes; the area's turbulent natural, political, and social histories; the adventures of the field biologists who pursue and investigate the habits of wild creatures; the anthropologists seeking man's origins throughout the Rift Valley; and the lonely African, poised between the traditional ways and the conflicting demands of Western culture. Peter Matthiessen (May 22, 1927 – April 5, 2014) was an American novelist, naturalist, wilderness writer,… Read More

New York:: Dutton,, (1972.). Hardcover -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. 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.

New York: E. P. Dutton. Hardcover. 1972. Bk Club ed.. 4to 247pp . Very Good in Very Good DJ. Color illustrations Book club edition bound in boards but stating first edition .

1972. Porter, Eliot. Porter, Eliot. THE TREE WHERE MAN WAS BORN - THE AFRICAN EXPERIENCE by Peter Matthiessen and Eliot Porter. Dutton, NY, 1972 (1st Ed). Cloth, DJ, 247pp, 100+ photos. VG/VG

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1972. Hardcover. Fine/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.