Wildlife In America

Matthiessen, Peter

Verlag: Viking, 1959

Beschreibung

Very Good+ in a Near Fine dustjacket. Green cloth quarterbound in tan buckram. The spine is stamped in green and gilt; the decorative front board in gray. 'Totems of The Plains Indians' endpapers (by George Catlin). 304pps., with numerous line drawings plus 8 pages of color plates and 16 pages of monochrome plates. The topstain is unevenly faded. A couple of tips are mildly bumped. Also, a previous owner's very small and unobtrusive blind-stamp is impressed near the bottom of both the ffep and the half-title page. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. The text is immaculate; no reading wear. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is mildly rubbed and has light wear at the tips and spine-ends; the original price is intact. A very nice copy of the author's third book. ".To the large body of literature dealing with the natural life of North America this book is a unique contribution. It is the first comprehensive history of American wildlife, from the time of the white man's arrival in the New World to the present. To fashion this valuable and fascinating chronicle, Peter Matthiessen has studied the accounts of explorers, settlers, and naturalists from the time of the first records. He tells of the great auk and of many other creatures, of how they vanished and where and why, and what is now being done that North America may not become a wasteland of man's creation, in which no wild thing can live. The book follows the tide of white settlement as it moved from the eastern seaboard in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, across the rivers, plains, and mountains to the Pacific. It tells of the fur trappers and whalers, the market hunters and the spoilers. Never before in a single volume has the story of our continent's original inhabitants been told with such dramatic detail and illustration." Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision, photos can be emailed upon request. 42-C. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 303-3129

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Wildlife In America

Verlag: Viking

Erscheinungsdatum: 1959

Einband: Hardcover

Illustrator: Hines, Bob

Zustand: Near Fine

Auflage: 1st Edition