[Rarebooks] FS: 5 SIGNED First Editions by Peter Matthiessen, some with prices reduced

[Charles Agvent]

Price reduced:     Was $300,      Now $250

MATTHIESSEN, Peter. IN THE SPIRIT OF CRAZY HORSE. New York: The Viking 
Press, (1983). First Edition. Cloth-backed boards. Recalled by the 
publisher shortly after publication due to a law suit and suppressed for 
nearly a decade, this is the true First Edition of Matthiessen's account 
of Native American activist Leonard Peltier and the shoot-out between 
American Indian Movement members and the FBI at Wounded Knee. SIGNED by 
the author on the half-title page. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper, lovely 
copy. (#013595)        $250.00

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Price reduced:     Was $300,      Now $250

MATTHIESSEN, Peter. RADITZER. New York: The Viking Press, 1961. First 
Edition. His third novel, fourth book. INSCRIBED for------ "with best 
wishes" and SIGNED by the author on the front free endpaper in 1963. An 
uncommon early inscription. Two tiny stains to fore-edge of text block. 
Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with very minor rubbing to the 
spine tips and corners. (#000359) $250.00

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MATTHIESSEN, Peter. SAL SI PUEDES. CESAR CHAVEZ AND THE NEW AMERICAN 
REVOLUTION. New York: Random House, (1969). First Edition. SIGNED by the 
author on the first blank. Small bookstore ink stamp on the front free 
endpaper. Very Good or better in a dustwrapper with a short tear on the 
rear. (#002811)        $100.00

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MATTHIESSEN, Peter. UNDER THE MOUNTAIN WALL. A CHRONICLE OF TWO SEASONS 
IN THE STONE AGE. New York: The Viking Press, (1962). First Edition. His 
third book of nonfiction, a chronicle of the 1961 Harvard-Peabody 
Expedition to New Guinea. Later issue with the photographs bound 
correctly at the beginning and the end of the book. SIGNED by the author 
on the title page. About Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. (#013593)    
     $100.00

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(BARBATO, Joseph & WEINERMAN, Lisa) editors; (MATTHIESSEN, Peter; 
HIAASEN, Carl; et. al.). HEART OF THE LAND. ESSAYS ON LAST GREAT PLACES. 
New York: Pantheon Books, (1994). First Edition. Introduction by Barry 
Lopez. Thirty-one prominent novelists, journalists, and nature writers 
come together to celebrate the geography that the Nature Conservancy has 
designated "Last Great Places." SIGNED on the title page by 7of the 
contributors: Rick Bass, James Welch, Carl Hiaasen, Barbara Kingsolver, 
Peter Matthiessen, Bill McKibben, and we think Thomas McGuane. A Review 
Copy with publisher's insert laid in. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. 
(#016204)        $250.00

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