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All books are first printings of first editions or first American editions unless otherwise noted.
(MATTHIESSEN, Peter)

MATTHIESSEN, Peter

(MATTHIESSEN, Peter)

MATTHIESSEN, Peter
Bristol, Ampersand, (1984). Matthiessen's first book of short fiction, a collection of stories that date from the Fifties and early Sixties. Printed by a small press at a college in Rhode Island. There were a few special copies being bound in hard covers for people involved with the project; but for the trade, this title was only issued in wrappers. Unmarked, but from the library of Peter Matthiessen. Near fine in wrappers.
[#032016]
$125
(MATTHIESSEN, Peter). BANERJEE, Subhanker
NY, Seven Stories Press, (2012). An anthology, edited by Banerjee. Includes Matthiessen's "In the Great Country," which was first published in Banerjee's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Seasons of Life and Land in 2003. Inscribed by Banerjee to Peter [Matthiessen] and his wife, "with fond memories of our time in the Arctic and Brussels." Banerjee and Matthiessen traveled together to Arctic Alaska three times, and also met at a UNEP climate change symposium in Brussels. Trace edge-sunning; very near fine in a fine dust jacket.
[#032092]
$125
(MATTHIESSEN, Peter). BANERJEE, Subhanker
NY, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, (2008). An exhibition catalog of Arctic landscapes by photographer and ecological activist Subhanker Banerjee, with an introduction by Matthiessen. Inscribed by Banerjee to Matthiessen and his wife, and with a full page autograph letter signed laid in, in which Banerjee expresses deep gratitude for the introduction. Fine, in oblong self-wrappers. Press release laid in.
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$125
(MATTHIESSEN, Peter). HAGEN, Steve

(MATTHIESSEN, Peter). PEACOCK, Andrea

(MATTHIESSEN, Peter). PAULSON, Dennis, editor

(MATTHIESSEN, Peter). SCHWARTZ, John Burnam

(MATTHIESSEN, Peter). TURNER, Frederick

(MATTHIESSEN, Peter). WOIWODE, Larry

(MATTHIESSEN, Peter). ZUCKERMAN, Peter and PADOAN, Amanda

MATTHIESSEN, Peter
London, Harvill Press, (2000). First thus, collecting The Tree Where Man Was Born; African Silences; and Sand Rivers, with an introduction by Matthiessen for this edition. Unmarked, but from the library of Peter Matthiessen. Near fine in wrappers.
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$80
MATTHIESSEN, Peter
NY, Viking, 1961. Matthiessen's fourth book, third novel. Unmarked, but from the library of Peter Matthiessen. Foxing; offsetting to endpages; top stain faded. Very good in a very good dust jacket.
[#032033]
$80
MATTHIESSEN, Peter
NY, Bantam, (1957). The first Bantam paperback printing of his first novel, published as Race Rock in 1954. Unmarked, but from the library of Peter Matthiessen. Spine creased, pages browning, one small edge tear; very good in wrappers.
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$80
(MATTHIESSEN, Peter)

MATTHIESSEN, Peter
(Saint Amand), Gallimard, (1967). The first French edition of his third book of nonfiction, recounting the Harvard-Peabody Expedition to New Guinea to study one of the last "stone age" tribes on the planet, which had been entirely free from contact with Westerners or the artifacts of industrial society. Unmarked, but from the library of Peter Matthiessen. A review copy, with "S P" on the rear cover. Very good in wrappers.
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$60
MATTHIESSEN, Peter
Washington, D.C., National Geographic, (2003). The advance reading copy of this account of a trip through the islands surrounding Antarctica on a research vessel. An uncommon advance copy, this being from the author's own library. Covers rubbed; near fine in wrappers.
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$50
MATTHIESSEN, Peter
Boston, Shambhala, 1986. The uncorrected proof copy of these Zen journals spanning the years 1969-1982. Unmarked, but from the library of Peter Matthiessen. Very good in wrappers.
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$50
MATTHIESSEN, Peter
London, Heinemann, (1962). The first British edition of Matthiessen's fourth book, third novel. Unmarked, but from the library of Peter Matthiessen. Very good in a good dust jacket.
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$50
MATTHIESSEN, Peter
NY, Viking, (1978). His National Book Award-winning volume, recounting a trip to the Himalayas with naturalist George Schaller in the hopes both of encountering a snow leopard in the wild and of coming to terms with his wife's recent death from cancer. This is a third printing: unmarked, but from the library of Peter Matthiessen. Very good, lacking the dust jacket. Named Salon Magazine's top travel book of the century.
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$50
MATTHIESSEN, Peter
San Anselmo, Audio Wisdom, 1999. A two-cassette, two-hour audio recording of an evening with Peter Matthiessen. Unmarked, but from the library of Peter Matthiessen. Still shrink-wrapped; fine.
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$50
(MATTHIESSEN, Peter). ALEXANDER, J.J.
NY, Braziller, (1970). First thus, with Alexander's introduction. Inscribed by Matthiessen: "For Excellentissima/ with much love from Pete - at Christmas - Woodstock - 1970." Boards rubbed from slipcase; near fine in a fine slipcase.
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$50
(MATTHIESSEN, Peter). PINTAURO, Joe
(NY), Dramatists Play Service, (1994). Pintauro's adaptation of Matthiessen's book of the same name, with "Peter" as the main character. Unmarked, but from the library of Peter Matthiessen. Near fine in stapled wrappers.
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$50
(MATTHIESSEN, Peter). MILLER, Sigmund

(MATTHIESSEN, Peter). ALDRICH, Nelson W., Jr. (ed.)

MATTHIESSEN, Peter
(Paris), Gallimard, (1983). First thus, a French paperback edition of his National Book Award-winning volume, recounting a trip to the Himalayas with naturalist George Schaller in the hopes both of encountering a snow leopard in the wild and of coming to terms with his wife's recent death from cancer. Unmarked, but from the library of Peter Matthiessen. Paperclip and mark front cover; staple to first blank; near fine in wrappers.
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$25
MATTHIESSEN, Peter
NY, Random House, (1997). The uncorrected proof copy of the second novel in the trilogy that began with Killing Mr. Watson, based on a series of events in Florida at the turn of the last century and using the novel form to explore the settling and development of that frontier, with an awareness of the ecological implications of that development. This proof contains textual differences from the published version. Unmarked, but from the library of Peter Matthiessen. Very good in wrappers.
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$25
MATTHIESSEN, Peter
NY, Dutton/Obelisk, (1983). The first printing of this Dutton paperback edition, without Eliot Porter's photography. Unmarked, but from the library of Peter Matthiessen. First few pages loose; very good in wrappers.
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$25
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