The Snow Leopard

Peter Matthiessen (1927-2014)

Signed 1978 First Edition, Viking Press, New York
Silver letters and mandala design on spine. Map endpapers. Frontispiece. Signed and inscribed “Namaste” on the half-title page. In FINE condition in a like Brodart protected dust jacket. All bright, square tips. The exception is some light foxing spots on the top. 338 pp. Matthiessen won The National Book Award three times in both non-fiction and fiction titles. The Snow Leopard won in 1979 and 1980, in different categories, and Shadow Country won in 2014. "No one writes more lyrically [than Matthiessen] about animals or describes more movingly the spiritual experience of mountaintops, savannas, and the sea." ~Michael Dirda This book has been included in several lists of best travel books.