Tree Where Man Was Born, The, and African Experience, The
Matthiesen, Peter, Porter, Eliot
Language: English
Published by E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc., New York, 1972
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Seller: JB Books, Garrison, ND, U.S.A.JB Books
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Condition: Used - Fine
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FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). Two outstanding essays by celebrated American naturalists evoking Africa and the African experience, surveying the continent from the upper Nile in the Sudan, through Tanzania, and to Lake Rudolf on the Kenyan frontier - recording the life of the native populations, the wildlife and their habits, hunters and their prey, and the landscape and natural beauty everywhere. Large-format hardcover with dust jacket, illustrated, maps, glossary, notes, bibliography, indexed, 247pp. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free archival protector. Very rare. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Title
- Tree Where Man Was Born, The, and African Experience, The
- Author
- Matthiesen, Peter, Porter, Eliot
- Publisher
- E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc., New York
- Publication year
- 1972
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine
- Book Type
- Book
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0525222650
- ISBN 13
- 9780525222651
- Edition
- First Edition (stated).
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JB Books
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