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THE TREE WHERE MAN WAS BORN/THE AFRICAN EXPERIENCE
by Matthiessen, Peter & Porter, Eliot
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0525222650
- ISBN 13
- 9780525222651
- Seller
-
Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1972. First Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. The combined talents of two great naturalists -- Matthiessen, the writer, and Porter, the photographer -- has resulted in a book unlike any other on the human and natural history of East Africa. Both artists roamed the ancient land of man's origins and created parallel statements, one in words and one in color photographs that, brought together, is one of the classic works on Africa. 9.75 x 11.5 inches; 247 pages with more than a hundred full color photos, as well as an index, notes and selected bibliography. True First Printing, First Edition with dark brown cloth covers and two prices in upper corner of dustjacket's front flap. Inside covers and endpapers show some light foxing in the margins, and top edge of text also lightly foxed. O/w, covers and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square. The lower corner of the dj's front flap is clipped and the dustjacket shows wear along the edges and corners with a one-inch closed tear at the bottom of spine on the fold between the dj's back panel and the spine. There is some light age-tanning on the dj's obverse, o/w the dj is whole and currently Brodart protected. A collectable copy at a reasonable price. [Sorry, due to this book's size and weight, we can't accept priority orders or orders outside the U.S.]
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- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005299
- Title
- THE TREE WHERE MAN WAS BORN/THE AFRICAN EXPERIENCE
- Author
- Matthiessen, Peter & Porter, Eliot
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0525222650
- ISBN 13
- 9780525222651
- Publisher
- E.P. Dutton & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- AFRICA, FIRST EDITION, ENVIRONMENT, ANTHROPOLOGY, PHOTOGRAPHY, NATURE,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine Literature; Miscellaneous; African American;
Terms of Sale
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
All books subject to prior sale. All books returnable within two weeks for any reason. Please return by USPS (media mail rate) and note the reason for return. All sales subject to applicable taxes.
About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
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- Spine
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- E.P.
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- Brodart
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
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