Wear with small tears and slight staining to DJ. Light foxing to edges and endpapers ; Writer Matthiessen and photographer Porter join forces to bring Eastern Africa home to the reader; from the Upper Nile to Tanzania, north to Lake Rudolf in Kenya, and always, the animals; Color Photographs; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 247 pages. Seller Inventory # 16675

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Title: THE TREE WHERE MAN WAS BORN/THE AFRICAN ...

Publisher: E. P. Dutton & Co. , Inc., New York

Publication Date: 1972

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: First Edition.

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Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 247 pages; Description: 247 p. Col. Illus. , maps. 29 cm. Subjects: Mattiessen, Peter--Travel--Africa, East. Natural history - Pictorial works. Description and travel. Notes: Bibliography: p. 241-242.

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Peter Matthiessen was a naturalist, explorer and writer. His works of fiction include At Play in the Fields of the Lord, Far Tortuga and the acclaimed 'Watson Trilogy'. His explorations resulted in many fine works of non-fiction, among them The Snow Leopard, The Cloud Forest and The Tree where Man was Born. He died in 2014, aged 86.

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The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore is specialized in rare travel books and vintage maps from all places around the world. Our collection includes WPA Guides, Baedeker Travel Guides, A & C Black illustrated books.

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