Pantheon Books, 1974. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed to Peter Matthiessen: 'To Peter with friendly greetings, Eleanor, December 1974.' A standout association with a fellow National Book Award winner: Eleanor Clark, whose husband was Robert Penn Warren, won in 1965 for the nonfiction book The Oysters of Locmariaquer. (Matthiessen's At Play.....
Stuart Wright, 1984. Lily Hamlin. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Association copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper to Peter Matthiessen: "For Peter, All friendly greetings, Eleanor, Xmas, 1984." A standout association between fellow National Book Award winners: Eleanor Clark, whose husband was Robert Penn Warren, won in 1965 for the nonfiction.....
Images of Nature, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Association copy, inscribed to Peter Matthiessen and his wife on the title page: "For Peter and Maria, Enjoy the great white bears. With so much respect and admiration. Best wishes always, Thomas D. Mangelsen, 2013 Oct 23." With a bookplate laid in marking.....
NY: Random House, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Signed on the title page in blue ink. Matthiessen's account of the first expedition to film the Great White underwater, a journey from the Caribbean to the Indian Ocean to South Australia. A good book on account of some odd stippled wear to.....
NY: Riverhead, 2014. First edition. Hardcover. A true rarity, a softcover uncorrected proof of Matthiessen's last book inscribed in a shaky hand on the half title page nearly two months before publication: "For Tampa, with many thanks, for many things, and love, Peter Roshi, Sagaponack, NY, 2/12/14." Matthiessen succumbed to.....
Viking Adult, 1991. Hardcover. Second edition, updating the 1983 first with a new epilogue by Matthiessen and an afterward by Martin Garbus. The inscription on the red front free endpaper is great: "For John In the spirit Peter Matthiessen" (Matthiessen often likes to inscribe the endpapers). This book itself is.....
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NY: Random House, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. 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.....
Modern Library, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Generously inscribed in the author's hometown on the half-title page in black ink: "For my old friend Don, Hang in there, man! We need you! Cheers and warm regards, Peter, Sagaponack, October 09." Also signed in full on the opposite page (with the "Also.....
Modern Library, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First printing, winner of the National Book Award, inscribed in blue ink in the year of publication on the first blank: "For Ben and Lori, with warm regards, Peter (Matthiessen), Bridgehampton, July 13, 2008." Parentheses are Matthiessen's, suggesting the recipients were acquaintances. Signed three.....
NY: Viking, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. Notable for a relatively chatty inscription on the half-title page, uncommon from Matthiessen: "For Libby + Blake, The last Stone Age peoples may have gone by the time you read this -- I hope not -- Best, Peter Matthiessen." This is the second issue.....
San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Norton, Yevtushenko, and Brower--every contributor listed on the title page has signed it but Matthiessen. Uncommon as such (Matthiessen's signature alone in this volume is more prevalent). Describes in word and photograph the 1990 journey of Matthiessen, Paul Winter, and.....
NY: Vintage, 2000. First edition. Softcover. An uncorrected proof signed with a Sharpie on the title page by Matthiessen. A book issued as a paperback original, uncommon signed and more so in this proof form. Selections from his nonfiction from 1951 to 1999, including excerpts from The Snow Leopard and Wildlife in America.....
NY: Vintage, 2000. First edition. Softcover. Inscribed in a blue pen on the title page: "For Marlene, with warm regards, Peter Matthiessen." A paperback original, uncommon signed. Selections from his nonfiction from 1951 to 1999, including excerpts from The Snow Leopard and Wildlife in America, among his many other books. Edited and introduced.....
E. P. Dutton, 1972. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on front free endpaper: For Moya, Best wishes, Peter Matthiessen. Very good book with some pale spotting on brown boards. Pages crisp and clean. Very good jacket with some overall rubbing. A wonderful collaboration.
NY: Delacorte Press, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed in the year of publication on the half-title page: "8/88, To John--Any fan of Matthiessen's is a reader with good taste. Thanks for putting me on your list. David Quammen." Uncommon signed, and especially notable in light of the inscription giving praise.....
Harper, 2010. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Association copy, inscribed to Peter Matthiessen on the title page: "To Peter, With affection and admiration, Dani Shapiro." Additionally, laid in is a note on a "Shapiro/Maren" stationary card, dated January 4, 2010: "Dear Peter, I haven't visited out east for the past few years.....
1st Edition. Hardcover. A collection of four novels from some of our most important 20th century environmental writers. Each book was a gift to the authors mother (three of them inscribed). Each writer made his mark in both fiction and nonfiction, in particular in nature writing and bioregionalism. A ready-made.....