MATTHIESSEN, Peter (1927-2014). The Snow Leopard. New York: The Viking Press, 1978.

8vo. Publisher’s cloth; original dust jacket (light chipping along extremities).

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY MATTHIESSEN on title page in first state dust jacket with $12.95 price on front flap. The Snow Leopard won the 1979 National Book Award in Contemporary Thought and the 1980 National Book Award for nonfiction, and in the years since its publication has been hailed as one of the greatest travel books ever written.

[With:] In the Spirit of Crazy Horse. New York: The Viking Press, 1983. 8vo. Publisher’s cloth (light rubbing); original dust jacket (creasing, chipping along extremities). FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY MATTHIESSEN on title page. In the Spirit of Crazy Horse ignited a firestorm of controversy upon publication, in particular relating to depictions of violent acts by state officials perpetrated against protesters during the 1973 Wounded Knee Occupation.

[With:] Sand Rivers. New York: The Viking Press, 1981. 8vo. Original cloth; publisher's dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. 

[With:] Another copy. 8vo. Original cloth; publisher's dust jacket.  FIRST EDITION.