Peter Matthiessen. African Silences. Signed

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New York: 1991. 8vo; 225pp; cloth backed boards; pictorial end papers; fine in jacket. First edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page.

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Peter Matthiessen. African Silences. Signed

Name: Peter Matthiessen. African Silences. Signed
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Miscellaneous Collectible Books, Many Signed

Jun 22, 2026 9:00 AM EDT

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Peter Matthiessen. African Silences. Signed Proof: New York: Random House, 1991. 8vo; 225pp; card covers; fine copy. First edition, advance uncorrected proof, SIGNED by author on title page.

Jun 22, 2026Peter Matthiessen. African Silences. Signed Proof

$30

Peter Matthiessen. End of the Earth. Signed: Washington: NGS, 2003. 8vo; 242pp; cloth backed boards; pictorial jacket. Fine copy. First printing. Presentation copy SIGNED and dated 2003 by Birgit Bateman, one of the fellow travelers with

Jun 22, 2026Peter Matthiessen. End of the Earth. Signed

$25

Peter Matthiessen. In the Spirit of Crazy Horse. Supressed First Edition: New York: Viking Press, 1983. 8vo; 628pp; cloth backed boards; color pictorial jacket; fine copy. The true first edition which was supressed.

Jun 22, 2026Peter Matthiessen. In the Spirit of Crazy Horse. Supressed First Edition

$50

Peter Matthiessen. Indian Country. Signed Proof: New York: Viking Press, 1984. 8vo; 310pp; printed card covers; fine copy. Advance uncorrected proof, SIGNED by the author.

Jun 22, 2026Peter Matthiessen. Indian Country. Signed Proof

$50

Peter Matthiessen. Nine-Headed Dragon River. Signed: Boston: Shambhala, 1986. 8vo; 288pp; gilt decorative cloth; decorative jacket; fine copy. First edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page.

Jun 22, 2026Peter Matthiessen. Nine-Headed Dragon River. Signed

$150

Peter Matthiessen. On the River Styx and Other Stories. Signed Proof: New York: Random House, 1989. 8vo; 208pp; printed card covers; fine copy. Advance uncorrected proof, SIGNED by the author.

Jun 22, 2026Peter Matthiessen. On the River Styx and Other Stories. Signed Proof

$25

Peter Matthiessen. The Snow Leopard. First edition: New York: Viking Press, 1978. 8vo; 338pp; cloth; color pictorial jacket. First edition.

Jun 22, 2026Peter Matthiessen. The Snow Leopard. First edition

$100

Peter Matthiessen. The Snow Leopard. Signed Proof: New York: Viking, 1978. 8vo; 278pp; printed card covers; fine copy. Unrevised proofs, Confidential, SIGNED by Matthiessen on the half title.

Jun 22, 2026Peter Matthiessen. The Snow Leopard. Signed Proof

$150

Peter Matthiessen. Under the Mountain Wall. a chronicle of two seasons in the stone age. Signed: New York: Viking Press, 1962. 8vo; 256pp + a section of photographs; boards with pictorial jacket. First edition; very good copy. SIGNED by the author on the title page.

Jun 22, 2026Peter Matthiessen. Under the Mountain Wall. a chronicle of two seasons in the stone age. Signed

$30

W. Somerset Maugham. Strictly Personal. First edition: London: William Heinemann, 1942. 12mo; cloth with gilt lettered spine; decorative jacket; jacket worn at edges and corners, some offsetting, short note on front end paper, title page and frontispiece

Jun 22, 2026W. Somerset Maugham. Strictly Personal. First edition

$20

Susan Meyer. Norman Rockwell's World War II Impressions from the Home Front. Signed: USAA: 1991. Folio; bound in leather over boards; with numerous color & b/w illustrations by Norman Rockwell. Deluxe edition SIGNED by both Meyer and General McDermott on the title page. Fine copy in

Jun 22, 2026Susan Meyer. Norman Rockwell's World War II Impressions from the Home Front. Signed

$300

James Michener. Tales of the South Pacific. Limited 1st edition Signed: New York: The Macmillan Company, 1950. 12mo; gilt decorative cloth, lightly rubbed. Special edition, limited to 1500 copies SIGNED by Michener.

Jun 22, 2026James Michener. Tales of the South Pacific. Limited 1st edition Signed

$100

Henry Miller. Insomnia or the Devil at Large. Signed: New York: Doubleday, 1974. 4to; illustrated in color and b/w; bound in full leather; fine in slipcase. Limited to 150 copies, this being one of 100 copies in English. The binding is full Moroccan

Jun 22, 2026Henry Miller. Insomnia or the Devil at Large. Signed

$300

Charles Mountford. The Dreamtime Book. Australian Aboriginal Myths. Signed: Sydney: 1973. Folio; bound in orange cloth with gilt lettered spine; with numerous color illustrations by Ainslie Roberts; covers lightly rubbed and soiled, otherwise near fine. Deluxe edition

Jun 22, 2026Charles Mountford. The Dreamtime Book. Australian Aboriginal Myths. Signed

$150

E. Nesbit. The Book of Dragons. First edition: London & New York: Harper & Brothers, 1901. 8vo; illustrations by H.R. Millar and decorations by H. Granville Fell; bound in red cloth with gilt lettering and gilt design on the front cover; ink

Jun 22, 2026E. Nesbit. The Book of Dragons. First edition

$300

Pablo Picasso. Trozo de Piel. Limited Edition: Cambridge: The Bow & Arrow Press, 1979. 4to; original illustrations by Picasso; fine copy. The first English translation of the poems, and apparently the first appearance in book form of the drawings

Jun 22, 2026Pablo Picasso. Trozo de Piel. Limited Edition

$400

William Smith. The Ao Naga Tribe of Assam. A Study in Ethnology and Sociology. Signed: London: 1925. 8vo; illustrated; cloth binding with a gilt figure on the front cover. First edition. Presentation copy SIGNED "with the author's compliments".

Jun 22, 2026William Smith. The Ao Naga Tribe of Assam. A Study in Ethnology and Sociology. Signed

$125

John Updike. In the Cemetery High Above Shillington. Signed: Concord: William B. Ewert, 1995. Tall 8vo; bound in leather backed boards; illustrated by Barry Moser; fine in clam shell box. One of fifteen copies specially bound and boxed; included is a portfolio

Jun 22, 2026John Updike. In the Cemetery High Above Shillington. Signed

$350

Geoffrey Wakeman. Bradbury & Evans. Color Printers. Limited Edition: Oxford: The Plough Press, 1984. 4to; 25pp; cloth backed marbled boards; illustrated with six small engravings, plus two tipped in color plates; fine copy. Limited to 100 numbered copies. The two

Jun 22, 2026Geoffrey Wakeman. Bradbury & Evans. Color Printers. Limited Edition

$150

Mary Wheelwright. The Myths and Prayers of the Great Star Chant and the Myth of the Coyote Chant.: Santa Fe: Museum of Navajo Ceremonial Art, 1956. 4to; 190pp; silver letered cloth; illustrated with 22 paintings and illustrations; covers lightly marked, otherwise near fine. First edition. Donated

Jun 22, 2026Mary Wheelwright. The Myths and Prayers of the Great Star Chant and the Myth of the Coyote Chant.

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