Far Tortuga by Peter Matthiessen, First Edition (18 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Near fine. Bright wraps. Light shelf wear. Previous owner blind stamp within. Pages toned but otherwise unflawed. Appears minimally read if at all. Gift condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 8vo, half blue cloth, light blue boards, map endpapers. Head of spine faded, top edge of boards browned. Jacket frayed at head of spine, missing small piece at top of lower joint, front inner flap creased. Name in ink at top of half-title. Not price-clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. "First Edition" stated with appropriate number line for Random House Publishers at that date, Fist Edition stated being the 1st printing, very light soiling to top/bottom edges of text block - staining along top 1/4" of front/rear boards - fading, rubbing with approximately 50% loss of paper covering with a little board along top edges of boards - bottom corner of front board lightly bumped - 1/2", 3/4" and 11/4" lines of loss of paper covering along bottom edges of boards - some fading to spine - binding is cracked at full title page and between pages 406-407, webbing beneath both is holding, dj now enclosed in mylar wrap shows edge wear, light toning to edges and very light soiling - creasing with very light staining across top 3/8" edge of front panel - 1/4" tear to bottom left edge and 3/8" tear to bottom right edge of rear panel - 11/2", 33/4" and a vertical creases to front flap - original price intact.

Encuadernación de tapa blanda. Condition: Muy bien. 1ª Edición. Ejemplar en buen estado, sin anotaciones ni desperfectos.

Hardcover. First Edition; Fifth Printing. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Tear to jacket crown at front panel. ; 9.20 X 6.30 X 0.90 inches; 408 pages.

OPappband m. OU., 449 Seiten, Schönes Exemplar. Fine copy. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 500.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. 8vo. [10], 3-408 pp. Quarter blue cloth over blue paper boards with blue lettering on the front board and spine; blue topstain. Maps on the endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $10.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. With two full-page illustrations. A novel concerned with a seafaring voyage around the Caribbean that is slated for tragedy. A gift inscription on the verso of the free front endpaper and minor fading to the boards' edges; jacket has a hint of edge wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. New York: Random House, 1975. First edition, first printing. Matthiessen's fifth work of fiction. Top of board edges toned else near fine in a near fine, price-intact jacket. Difficult to find in this condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Printing. A Fine copy in a Fine jacket, not price-clipped. 407pp. Q14879.

Cloth. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. 1st Edition. 8vo. Dark blue lettered quarter blue cloth over blue paper boards. Wrapped in decorative dust jacket. This copy signed by the author on the title page. Wear to edges. Some fading to top edge. A slightly worn but very nice copy.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Near Fine dust jacket. Foxing at top of both boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First printing inscribed by the author and signed twice. The condition is rough on this copy with foxing to the textblock on the topstain and also along the edges of the boards. The jacket and interior are decent. Inscribed and signed Peter with a date of 1976. Also signed on the blue endpaper with full name. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Printing. A Fine copy in blue cloth, pale turquoise paper covered boards, in a Fine glossy green and blue dustwrapper, not price-clipped. Map endpapers. 408pp. This copy SIGNED by Matthiessen over his name on the title page. A novel written in a poetic prose style. Q18433.

First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Peter Matthiessen on the title page. Near fine in an excellent price-clipped dust jacket that is lightly rubbed. "Far Tortuga is an important book, its pleasures are many and good for the soul. Peter Matthiessen is a unique and masterful visionary artist" (Robert Stone).