Nine-Headed Dragon River
by Matthiessen, Peter
Peter Matthiessen, distinguished novelist, naturalist, journalist, and explorer, was born in New York City and has been a commercial fisherman and charterboat captain. He participated as a diver in the worldwide search for the great white shark that culminated in his book Blue Meridian and in the film Blue Water, White Death. His fiction includes Race Rock; Partisans; Raditzer; At Play in the Fields of the Lord, which was nominated for a National Book Award; and most recently Far Tortuga. His nonfiction includes The Tree Where Man Was Born, which was nominated for a National Book Award, The Snow Leopard, which won a National Book Award in 1979, and In the Spirit of Crazy Horse.
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NINE-HEADED DRAGON RIVER
by MATTHIESSEN, Peter
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Boston: Shambhala, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Slight foxing to top bulked edge of text; tiny tear to outer margin of half-title page. Still about Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. In these journals Matthiessen intersperses his personal account of his recovery from his wife's death through the practice of Zen with a history of Buddhism in America.
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Nine-Headed Dragon River: Zen Journals 1969-1982
by MATTHIESSEN, Peter
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Boston: Shambhala, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo. 6.25 x 9.25 in. xii, 288 pp. Fine in original blue cloth with gilt lettering and fine in original pictorial dust jacket. Signed by Matthiessen on title-page. A reviewer's copy with laid-in publisher's newsletter. Item Price
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Nine-Headed Dragon River: Zen Jounrals 1969-1982
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Shambhala, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Used - Very Good/Very Good. Stated First Edition, First Printing (Full Number Line). Not price-clipped ($16.95 price intact). Published by Shambhala, 1985. Octavo. Blue cloth over black boards stamped in gold. Signed and inscribed by Peter Matthiessen on half-title page. Book is very good; clean with no writing. Sharp corners and spine straight.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Boston, MA Shambhala Publications, Inc., 1985. Hardcover First Edition (1985), so stated. First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. First Edition (1985), so stated. First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. UNDERLINING IN PEN AND PENCIL in the first chapter. Else, Very Good+ to Near Fine in a Good DJ: The Book shows a thin line… Read more about this item Item Price
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by MATTHIESSEN, PETER
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BOSTON, MA: SHAMBHALA. VERY GOOD+ IN A VERY GOOD+ D.J.. PUB 1986. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. BOOK IS VERY NICE WITHOUT ANY MARKING TO THE TEXT WITH A DAMP STAIN TO THE LOWER SPINE CORNER AREA OF THE FRONT COVER THAT OFFSET TO THE VERSO OF THE D.J. WHICH IS OTHERWISE FINE. A NICE COPY WITH A REMAINDER MARK AT… Read more about this item Item Price
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Nine-Headed Dragon River: Zen Journals
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Boston: Shambhala: Distributed in the United States by Random House, 1986. 1st ed, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Fine in fine jacket in mylar/Fine. xii, 288 pages ; 24 cm; bibliographical references and index. Contents: America: Rinzai journals, 1969-1976 -- Nepal: Himalayan journals 1973 -- Japan: Soto journals 1976-1982.
In August 1968, naturalist-explorer Peter Matthiessen returned… Read more about this item Item Price
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NINE-HEADED DRAGON RIVER
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Boston: Shambhala, 1986. First Edition. Wraps. Fine. Uncorrected proof in blue wraps of these journals in which Matthiessen intersperses his personal account of his recovery from his wife's death through the practice of Zen with a history of Buddhism in America.
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Nine-Headed Dragon River : Zen Journals, 1969-1985
by Peter Matthiessen
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Shambhala Publications, Incorporated, 1987. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Item Price
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NINE-HEADED DRAGON RIVER
by Matthiessen, Peter
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- 1987
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Boston: Shambhala. Good+. 1987. First Edition. Softcover. 0877734011 . Ex-library boook with study laminated cover and usual ex-lib type markings. Co ver has light edge/corner wear, some- soiling/spotting to outer edge of pages. Edge stain inside front cover and small round light edge stain (perhaps light coffee stain) has soaked into page edges a bit on… Read more about this item Item Price
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Nine Headed Dragn Rivr
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Shambhala Publications, 1986. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Item Price
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Nine-Headed Dragon River: Zen Journals 1969-1982
by Matthiessen, Peter
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Shambhala, 1986-03-12. Hardcover. Good. 9x6x1. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Library stamps and markings. Shelf wear. Item Price
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Nine-Headed Dragon River
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Shambhala Publications, 1987. Trade paperback. Good. 8x5x1. Some underlining. The author chronicles his quest for spiritual roots, describes his early Zen experiences and his gradual reawakening to life through Zen. Peter Matthiessen (May 22, 1927 – April 5, 2014) was an American novelist, naturalist, wilderness writer, and zen teacher. A co-founder of the literary magazine The Paris Review,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Boston: Shambhala, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very good +/near fine. 288p, octavo. A very good + copy in a near fine jacket. Jacket has a tiny nick on back cover, else fine. Blue cloth boards are lightly spotted, text block foxed. Prospectus and review slip laid in. Signed by Matthiessen on title page.
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Nine-Headed Dragon River: Zen Journals 1969-1982
by Matthiessen, Peter
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Shambhala , 1986 xv, 288 pp. "Matthiessen describes his highly personal quest for a spiritual path." Blue cloth with gilt spine titles and design on front board. Bright clean copy. DJ has some light shelf wear. Item Price
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Nine-Headed Dragon River: Zen Journals 1969-1982
by Matthiessen, Peter
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- 1986
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Shambhala, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. VERY GOOD/NEAR FINE. xv, 288 pp. Owner name to FFEP, dampstain to both boards at tail edge, tips a bit rubbed, sound otherwise. DJ a bit of rubbing to edges. Item Price
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Nine-Headed Dragon River: Zen Journals 1969-1982
by Matthiessen, Peter
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- 1986
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Shambhala, 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Inscribed by Matthiessen: To Antonia Gale Moss and Cuthbert Thambimuttu, Peter Matthiessen, Sagaponack, NY, Nov. 15/2005. What makes this book notable is that laid in is an amusing and revealing series of letters from Thambimuttu to Matthiessen with Matthiessens handwritten notes and signature in each case in reply. Cuthbert was a dogged… Read more about this item Item Price
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Nine-Headed Dragon River: Zen Journals 1969-1982
by Matthiessen, Peter
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Nine-Headed Dragon River: Zen Journals 1969-1982 (Shambhala Dragon Editions)
by Matthiessen, Peter
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Shambhala. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. Shambhala Dragon Edition From the library of American novelist, naturalist, wilderness writer, zen teacher and CIA officer Peter Matthiessen. Customized Peter Matthiessaen book label inside front cover. (Religious Life, Zen Buddhism, Biographies) Item Price
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Nine-Headed Dragon River: Zen Journals 1969-1982
by Peter Matthiessen
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Shambhala, 1985. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First printing. Signed by the author on the title page. Gift inscription on front flyleaf. Item Price
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Nine-Headed Dragon River
by Matthiessen, Peter
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Shambhala, 1987-06-12. Paperback. Good. 1.0000 8.9000 5.9000. very little to no amount of wear Item Price
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