Peter Matthiessen Foreword (13 results)

Paperback. Condition: As New. Like new soft cover edition. Clean. Tight binding. No markings. 125 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A trade paperback in excellent condition, clean with a tight binding and an unmarked text.From a private smoke free collection.Shipping within 24 hours, with a tracking number and delivery confirmation.

paperback. Condition: As New. This book is in near-perfect condition, showing minimal signs of use. It has clean, crisp pages with no markings or highlighting, and the spine and cover are intact without any creases or wear. This book appears as if it has been barely touched and is virtually indistinguishable from a brand new book. This book may be an ex-library item.

Hard Cover. Condition: NF. Dust Jacket Condition: NF. First Edition, First Printing. Small square quarto. Green cloth covered boards and spine with shiny gilt lettering on both the spine and the front board. Book has a nearly unnoticable trace of rubbing at the extreme tips of a couple of the corners. Glossy forest green endpapers. Binding is straight and tight. Pages are clean, white, and glossy. 176 pages. Illustrated with a handsome gallery of work by internationally acclaimed wildlife artist Robert Bateman. Dust Jacket - has a light rubbing at the head of the spine and at the extreme tip of the upper front outside corner - jacket otherwise clean, bright, and sharp. Larger, heavier than average book will require additional postage on orders requesting International or Priority shipping services. A lovely book!

Hardcover. Condition: Very good +. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. 1st Printing. 10 1/2 x 101/2 inches. 176 pages. Stated first edition on copyright page, complete number line (first printing). Condition of the book is Very Good+; looks new on all points. Dust jacket is Very Good; 2 small tears at top edge. STK.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A 2" tear to dustjacket (now in clear, protective sleeve). Signed by Russ Peterson. CD-Rom is present. Throughout his inspiring memoir, Peterson shows how strongly he has taken that aphorism to heart. In 1968, Peterson, who has a Ph.D. in chemistry, retired from a flourishing, 26-year career at DuPont to pursue a life of public service. The organizational and management skills he had refined in the business world formed the backbone of his successful campaign to become governor of Delaware. From his new office, Peterson led the restructuring of the antiquated executive branch, drastically improved funding for education and pushed forward the controversial Coastal Zone Act, which prevented the state's beautiful wetlands from being turned into the site of a major oil-industrial complex. After losing his bid for reelection, Peterson went on to influential positions as the chairman of the Presidential Council on Environmental Quality, the head of the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment and the president of the National Audubon Society, among others. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Very Good Condition. Minor wear. Binding tight, pages clean. Dust Jacket has shelf-wear to edges and corners. Pictures available upon request.

[0-14-301359-9] 2002, 1st US edition. (hardcover) Fine in fine dust jacket. 174pp. 4to. First US edition. Fine copy in a fine jacket. Jacket protected in loose mylar sleeve.

Soft Cover. Condition: Fine. Fine copy in stiff oblong pictorial wraps. With publisher's card laid in. Crisp and fine, no markings.

Hardcover. Advance Reading Copy. Long octavo, 89 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good condition dust jacket. Spine is white with black lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering, price clipped from front flap, has mild shelving wear and bumping to fore corners. Boards fully bound in publisher's navy cloth. Contains publisher's ARC inserts laid-in between rear of dust jacket and mylar covering. Signed flat on title page by Peter Matthiessen. Shelved Room C. 1400557. Special Collections.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

First edition of this stunning tribute to the birds of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated with color photographs. From the library of Peter Matthiessen. American writer Peter Matthiessen remains the only writer to have won the National Book Award in both nonfiction (The Snow Leopard, 1979) and fiction (Shadow Country, 2008). A prominent environmental activist, Matthiessen received the National Book Award for Fiction in 2008 at the age of 81 for Shadow Country. "No one writes more lyrically [than Matthiessen] about animals or describes more movingly the spiritual experience of mountaintops, savannas, and the sea" (Michael Dirda). With Matthiessen's bookplate to the pastedown and his underlines and marginalia throughout. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. "The birds of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, their epic journeys to populate it, and the variety of their lives that unfold on it, are compellingly represented in this beautiful book" (E.O. Wilson).