Description
This is a rare, limited first edition of "The Snow Leopard" by novelist, naturalist, CIA agent, National Book Award recipient, and environmentalist Peter Matthiessen. Franklin Center, Pennslyvinia: The Franklin Library, 1978. Limited Edition. Full Leather with decorative gold-stamping. (6 1/2" x 9 3/8" x 1 1/4"), genuine tan leather with 22kt gold lettering on spine, four hubs, and decorative tooling on covers. Special Message with facsimile signature by Author; illustrated with double-spread B&W map of the Himalaya Mountains & Crystal Mountain situs as frontispiece; watered silk endpapers; gold silken page-marker; all page-edges gilded Matthiessen won the National Book Award in Contemporary Thought for "The Snow Leopard" in 1979. The book was privately printed exclusively for members of The First Edition Society in 1978. A portion of the book originally appeared in the New Yorker and was published by special arrangement with Viking. It is copyrighted 1978, with special contents copyrighted with the Franklin Mint Corporation. 10% of your purchase benefits THE SNOW LEOPARD TRUST, the largest and oldest nonprofit organization working solely to protect the endangered snow leopard and its habitat in 12 countries of Central Asia. The book is in EXCELLENT condition, almost like new with no perceptible flaws. It is leather-bound with a gilt cover and includes a silken bookmark. Please see all photos.
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The print arrived in excellent condition, was carefully packaged, and promptly shipped. A very nice purchase.
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Very well packaged and arrived undamaged, once shipped. Thank you.