First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 247 pages. The true first printing in darker brown cloth binding. Features text by Matthiessen and numerous color photographs by Eliot Porter. A clean near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. A very nice copy. Seller Inventory # 184135

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Title: The Tree Where Man Was Born/ The African ...

Publisher: E.P. Dutton, New York

Publication Date: 1972

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: 1st 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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