Verlag: Vintage, 1988
ISBN 10: 039475560X ISBN 13: 9780394755601
Anbieter: SecondSale, Montgomery, IL, USA
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Verlag: Random House (edition First Edition Second Printing), 1986
ISBN 10: 0394552806 ISBN 13: 9780394552804
Anbieter: BooksRun, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Verlag: Collins Harvill, London, 1988
ISBN 10: 0002725193 ISBN 13: 9780002725194
Anbieter: Syber's Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australien
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. this book is a powerful and moving portrait of the fishermen of eastern Long Island where the author has lived for 35 years. This is the story of a tragedy that can and does happen anywhere, but has never been described before such passion and rare conviction. In their own harsh, sparing cadences, it is the story of the men and women who is calling with their fathers' and forefathers' before them: of their anger and the world and at the forces dividing them from their hard held traditions; of how so recklessly politics, money and progress can conspire to destroy a community, a way of life, a proud history.  dust jacket blurb the top and front edge have a couple of grubby marks, internally the book is clean and free of annotation. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 256 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Sociology & Culture; Social Sciences; United States of America; anthropology. ISBN: 0002725193. ISBN/EAN: 9780002725194. Inventory No: 0261611.
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Verlag: Collins Harvill, 1988
Anbieter: THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP, Denver, CO, USA
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First U.K. edition. Fine in fine, faintly rubbed dust jacket, in mylar cover.
Verlag: Random house, New York, New York, 1986
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. A powerful and moving portrait of the disappearing, three-hundred-year-old culture of the commercial fishermen of the eastern end of Long Island (N.Y.). Profusely illustrated with photographs.
Verlag: London, Collins Harvill 1988., 1988
Anbieter: Larsen Books, Exeter, NSW, Australien
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First edition. Hardcover. Just a hint of foxing/toning on the top and fore edges, otherwise fine in fine (sterling price intact). Matthiessen's moving portrait of the fishermen of eastern Long Island. The UK edition does not include the photographs of the US edition, but this is a handsome, well-bound book nonetheless, and an important account.
Verlag: Collins Harvill, London, 1988
ISBN 10: 0002725193 ISBN 13: 9780002725194
Anbieter: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australien
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Hard Cover. Zustand: VG. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: VG. First UK. VG/VG. 8vo. original grey boards gilt (slightly rubbed & bumped, a few marks, prev. owner's name to FFE) in dustwrapper priced £15.00 net (rubbed and a little creased, some edge fraying); pp. xvi, 336 (last blank). A very good copy.
Verlag: Random House, New York, 1986
ISBN 10: 0394552806 ISBN 13: 9780394552804
Anbieter: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, USA
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Zustand: Very Good +. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good +. New York: Random House, 1986. First Edition. Quarto (25 cm); xi, 339pp. Publisher's pictoral dust jacket with price intact ($29.95). Boards full bound in navy blue with gilt stamping on spine. Illustrated map endsheets. Jacket generally scuffed and creased with minor sunning to spine and light toning to margins; minor tear to back joint. Boards lightly soiled with minor sunning to bottom margin and corners, spine ends lightly bumped. Previous owner's name on first free endsheet and newspaper clipping laid in. A Very Good or better copy in like dust jacket. Bookplate signed by Matthiessen loosely laid in. An account of the fisherman of Long Island and their lives on the ocean.
Verlag: Random, NY, 1986
ISBN 10: 0394552806 ISBN 13: 9780394552804
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Hardcover. Zustand: NVG. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Book has one bumped corner and cover edge fading thus nearly very good. The has edgeweqar. Signed by Author(s). Book.
Verlag: The Rock Foundation, NA, 1986
ISBN 13: 2900013492787
Anbieter: Strand Book Store, ABAA, New York, NY, USA
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Set Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. (The Rock Foundation). (1986). 2 volumes. 4to. 1st Edition. Slight pilling to cloth bindings. Slight fading to cloth bindings. Slight loosening and creasing to spine of 'Text' volume. Light overopening to hinges. Overopening throughout 'text' volume. Slipcase still has shrinkwrap around it. VG in VG case. THE SET:
Verlag: Random House, New York, NY., 1986
Anbieter: Hoffman Books, ABAA, IOBA, Columbus, OH, USA
Hardback in dust jacket. Zustand: Very Good. This book is hard-bound in blue cloth, with gilt stamping to the spine, in a very nice dust jacket. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean, with illustrations. There is a small previous owner stamp on the front free end-page. This book is signed by Peter Matthiessen, on the title-page. - From the collection of Cuthbert Christian Thambimuttu (1945-2019) of Columbus, Ohio - known to many of his bookseller, author, and illustrator friends as "Tubby." He was persistent in the pursuit of autographed books by the writers and artists he admired, including Gorey, Sendak, Heaney, Byatt, Morrison, Updike and many more. Joseph Heller once wrote to Tubby in response to one more "please sign and return" request: "This is turning out to be a hell of a lot of work!" All signed books unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic. Many of the books are inscribed to both Cuthbert and his great friend of more than two decades Antonia Gale Moss.
Verlag: Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Random House Inc, 1986
ISBN 10: 0394552806 ISBN 13: 9780394552804
Anbieter: Dela Duende Books, Palm Desert, CA, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. SIGNED and personalized by Peter Matthiessen on half title. SECOND PRINTING. Loosely inserted in book is a two page handwritten note to the former owner from Maria Matthiessen. Top text block has some soiling that is visible in photo. Bottom text block has light foxing. Jacket has a one inch tear on back near top tip, and a 1/4 inch tear on bottom near fore edge--both visible in photo. Book interior fine. Inscribed by Author(s).
Verlag: Rock Foundation, NP, 1986
ISBN 13: 2900013333493
Anbieter: Strand Book Store, ABAA, New York, NY, USA
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Set Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. (1986). Oblong 4to. 2 volume set. 1st edition. Good, clean textblocks. Minor edgewear to cloth covered boards with fading to both spines. Slight fading to edges of cloth covered slipcase with peeling to front panel bottom corners. VG in VG slipcase.
Verlag: NY: Random House (1986)., 1986
Anbieter: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, USA
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Uncorrected proof. 222 pp. Near fine in printed yellow wrappers with publication information label pasted to front cover. SIGNED by Matthiessen.
Verlag: Rock Foundation, New York, 1986. First Edition, limited., 1986
Anbieter: Sainsbury's Books Pty. Ltd., Camberwell, VIC, Australien
2 volumes. 4to, 229; 167pp., b/w illus, maps. Very good hardback copies, minor discolouration to cloth slipcase and spines. Includes photographs by Danny Lyon, Lynn Johnson, Martine Franck and Gilles Peress.
Verlag: Rock Foundation, 1986
Anbieter: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, USA
hardcover. Zustand: near fine. 2 volumes in slipcase. Profusely illustrated with finely printed b/w photographs by many different artists. Some pencil drawings by Ralph Carpentier. Large square 4tos, olive drab cloth with inset photographs, matching slipcase. (United States: The Rock Foundation, 1986). Limited edition. Some slight & light scattered foxing, and a stain on box, otherwise a near fine copy of this scarce and fascinating book.
Verlag: Rock Foundation, 1986
ISBN 10: 0937691003 ISBN 13: 9780937691007
Anbieter: Casa Camino Real, Las Cruces, NM, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: As New. 1st Edition. 2 volumes in near fine unread condition. Pea green cloth covers of both volumes in excellent condition. The condition of the slipcase is as new. From the estate of photographer, John Running. 11" x 12".
Verlag: The Rock Foundation, USA, 1986
Anbieter: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, USA
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Cloth. Zustand: Good. First edition. Oblong clothbound quartos. Two volume set with photo inset to each volume. Text by Matthiessen with pencil drawings by Ralph Carpentier. Books depict the lives and work of Long Island fisherman in text and black and white photographs. Copy 230 of five hundred special deluxe copies in oversize oblong clothbound volumes. SIGNED by Matthiessen on the title page. Additionally INSCRIBED by him to his father and dated in year of publication. Condition of this set is only good with considerable spotting to cloth covers and some age spotting to preliminary pages. Lacking the matching slipcase. Sold in as-is condition.
Verlag: Random House, NY, 1986
ISBN 10: 0394552806 ISBN 13: 9780394552804
Anbieter: Rural Hours (formerly Wood River Books), La Grande, OR, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Near fine. First edition. The softcover uncorrected proof in yellow wraps, signed by Matthiessen with a Sharpie on the title page. Especially uncommon as such. A large octavo or small quarto without the images of the finished book. Near fine with a crease from basic use along the spine and a light crease to upper corner of front wrap that extends gently through the first 50 pages or so.
Verlag: The Rock Foundation, New York, 1986
Anbieter: The Chatham Bookseller, Madison, NJ, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Doug Kuntz, Dan Budnik, Martine Franck, Jean Gaumy, Evelyn Hofer, Danny Lyon, Gilles Peress, Lynn Johnson (illustrator). First Edition. 2 Volumes in Slipcase. Heavy gray cloth clamshell case. Olive cloth boards, unpaginated contents. Titles in silver on spine. One volume devoted to Matthiessen's writing and one to accompanying photographs. Mild fading around slipcase extremities. Mottling to cloth of both boards of Photographs volume and back board of Matthiessen volume, but this appears common among copies from this edition. Foxing on first blank white page in Photographs volume but no evidence of foxing around or on photos. Foxing on pages prior to table of contents in Matthiessen volume, including the title page, on which Matthiessen has signed it. Copy 64 from limited edition of 500. Photographs volume contains 163 half-tone photos, reproduced one per page or one per two pages. Edition includes laid-in photo print by Lynn Johnson, housed in an olive, textured-paper folding chemise. A beautifully presented edition which honors both Matthiessen's writing and the Long Island fisherman who are the subject of the work. Signed by Author. Folio.
Verlag: (The Rock Foundation, np/1986), 1986
Anbieter: Alcuin Books, ABAA/ILAB, Scottsdale, AZ, USA
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First Edition. Quarto. Pesentation copy. Limited to 500 copies numbered and signed by the author. The present copy is #426 Signed twice and with a Birthday greeting to a close friend. "For." /My excessively generous/ and altogether excellent/fishing partner, drinking buddy/and fine-feathered friend=/Cheers, Abrazos/Love/"Big Dog"/(and Happy Birthday)/ dated March 2013. This book was given by the author to his friend on his birthday a year before his death. Two volumes plus a matted black and white photograph laid into a folder. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographic images of commercial fishing by rmen and their struggle for survival throughout history. This was a way of life for many families living on South Fork Long Island which has become a dying business. Included are maps of the fishing areas, photographs of various people and places. Bound in gray cloth with photographic image inset, light foxing to endpapers, a damp stain to the upper board of volume two, just a hint of mustiness but a very good set housed within a cloth covered clamshell lettered in blue foil.
Verlag: The Rock Foundation, 1986
Anbieter: THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP, Denver, CO, USA
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First edition, number 117 of 500 copies. Olive/gray cloth with photographic only to front panels. Signed by Peter Matthiessen. Some light to moderate foxing to first and last leaf of each volume, else fine in fine publisher's clamshell box.
Verlag: The Rock Foundation, 1986
Anbieter: Southampton Books, Sag Harbor, NY, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Like New. Limited. Limited Edition. Published by The Rock Foundation, 1986. Folios in clamshell case. 2 Volumes with print. Dark green cloth boards stamped in silver with black endpapers. Volume I (text) is signed by Peter Matthiessen on title page (flat signed, not inscribed). Also has signed matted photo by Lynn Johnson in separate folding paper slipcase w/ protective paper. The image is of a beached whale. Books are like new; clean and crisp with no writing or names. Bindings tight and pages crisp. Sharp corners and spines straight. Clamshell case is like new with a few barely imperceptible light spots to the spine. An uncommonly fine copy of the scarce signed limited edition of Peter Matthiessen's masterpiece to the surfmen and baymen of the South Fork. Vol I (text): 229 pages plus maps/index in back. Vol II (photographs): 163 pages plus index. ISBN: 9780937691007. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have books to sell!.
Verlag: The Rock Foundation, [New York], 1986
Anbieter: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, USA
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First edition, no. 106 of 500 copies of the Deluxe Edition, printed by the Stinehour Press, with an extra SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH by Lynn Johnson. Text volume illustrated with photographs + extra volume of 163 half-tone reproductions after photographs by Doug Kuntz, Dan Budnik, Martine Franck, Jean Gaumy, Evelyn Hofer, Danny Lyon, Gilles Peress. 2 vols. Oblong Folio. "Here within sight of the bue shadow of New England's industrial seaboard ten miles to the north . the fishermen go their traditional way down to the sea. They are tough, resourceful, self-respecting, and also (some say) hideound and cranky, too independent to organize for their own survival." Signed by the author in volume I, and with a photograph of the sulphur bottom whale, illustrated at page two opposite the preface, signed by Lynn Johnson. A beautiful book and a fine literary association. From the library of George A. Plimpton, longtime friend of Peter Matthiessen (who was one of the founding editors of the Paris Review) The two volumes bound in gray cloth with photo on upper cover, the signed photo matted in paper wrapper, all encased in grey cloth folding box. Photograph and folder Books fine (slight fading to upper cover of vol. I), box with light soiling and toning Text volume illustrated with photographs + extra volume of 163 half-tone reproductions after photographs by Doug Kuntz, Dan Budnik, Martine Franck, Jean Gaumy, Evelyn Hofer, Danny Lyon, Gilles Peress. 2 vols. Oblong Folio First edition, no. 106 of 500 copies of the Deluxe Edition, printed by the Stinehour Press, with an extra SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH by Lynn Johnson.