Author: Matthiessen, Peter Title: Men's Lives: The Surfmen and Baymen of the South Fork Two Volumes (Inscribed by Matthiessen to His Father!) Publication: USA: The Rock Foundation, 1986 Edition: First edition
Description: First edition. Cloth. Oblong clothbound quartos. Two volume set with photo inset to each volume. Text by Matthiessen with pencil drawings by Ralph Carpentier. Books depict the lives and work of Long Island fisherman in text and black and white photographs. Copy 230 of five hundred special deluxe copies in oversize oblong clothbound volumes. SIGNED by Matthiessen on the title page. Additionally INSCRIBED by him to his father and dated in year of publication. Condition of this set is only good with considerable spotting to cloth covers and some age spotting to preliminary pages. Lacking the matching slipcase. Sold in as-is condition. Good.
Seller ID: 29368
Subject: Modern Literature / First Editions
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