Cloud Forest by Peter Matthiessen, Signed (11 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition. Matthiessen's fifth book, subtitled "A Chronicle of the South America Wilderness." Owner stamp and name on half title, else near fine, in very good price-clipped dustjacket with rubbing and wear to folds and upper half inch of spine and faint stains to rear panel. Signed by Matthiessen on the title page. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A fine copy in an price clipped and very good dustjacket. This copy is signed by Peter Matthiessen on the half title page--signature only without any inscriptions. Tight and clean--fine condition-dustjacket is Price-clipped and has light edgewear and rubbing to the spine ends and tips. Protected in a new clear acrylic dustjacket covering. One of President Kennedy's favorite books with a place on the White House Library from 1961-1963. Signed in person. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 280 pages. First edition, first printing. Dust jacket design by Jean Zallinger. Signed by Matthiessen on the title page. His 5th book and 2nd non-fiction title. Incudes maps & 42 Black & White photographs. A chronicle of the South American Wilderness. Fine book in a fine dust jacket with the spine lettering very slightly tanned. A beautiful copy! Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine price Clipped Dj. 1st Edition. Signed by Peter Matthiessen, on the title page. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second printing of this chronicle of a trip through the Amazon wilderness; Matthiessen's second book of nonfiction. Signed by the author in full on the title page and on the verso of the front flyleaf, and inscribed by him on the half-title: "For Rahda & Jimmy/ with many thanks/ Affectionately/ Peter." Near fine in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket with rubbing to the folds.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Signed by Author Peter Matthiessen, on the title page First edition very good condition hardcover very good dust jacket, price 6.50 present , gently read clean pages short tear to front cover, and previous owner name half title page. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing; light edgewear and rubbing to folds of dust jacket with $6.50 price intact; o/w NF/VG+; signed bookplate by Matthiessen loosely laid in; pictures available upon request. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 280 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good plus condition dust jacket. Green spine with tan and black lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, price uncut "$6.50", has tears on the head and tail edges, mild chipping along most extremities, a stain on the front cover, and mild discoloration along the head edge. Boards have mild bending along the fore corners and spine head and tail edges, and mild rubbing wear along the tail edges. Textblock has light stains on some pages throughout, and stains along the edges. Signed flat by Peter Matthiessen on the title page. Shelved in Room C. 1391657. Special Collections.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; map endpapers; dust jacket; vi,[2],280pp, with 24pp of photographic plates (halftones). Signed by the author on the title page, with a "Compliments of The Viking Press" slip laid in. Gentle sunning to base of spine, else a clean, Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $6.50), edgeworn, with a few tiny tears and a few small abrasions to rear cover; Very Good+. Narrative of Matthiessen's journey from New York to the Amazon. "His destination is the wilderness: the rain forest and the Andean sierra, Tierra del Fuego and Mato Grosso, and a journey down into the jungle on the wild mountain rivers of Peru" (from front flap). 85426. Signed.

MATTHIESSEN, Peter. The Cloud Forest: A Chronicle of the South American Wilderness. New York: The Viking Press, 1961. 2nd printing. viii,280pp. Plates, map endpapers. Orig. cloth, non-priceclipped d/j. Signed by the author on the title page. Very good in a rubbed d/j. Signed.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st. signed.