Peter Matthiessen
73 copies for sale · $20–$1,750 · 42 first editions · 9 signed
Notable copies for sale
LOST MAN'S RIVER; Signed Easton Press (first edition, signed) — Rare Book Cellar$348
Race Rock: A Novel Signed (first edition, signed) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$300
At Play in the Fields of the Lord Signed (first edition, signed) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$150
The Cloud Forest: A Chronicle of the South American Wilderness Signed (first edition, signed) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$125
Nine-Headed Dragon River: Zen Journals, 1969-1985 Signed (first edition, signed) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$75
Men's Lives. The Surfmen and Baymen of the South Fork (first edition, signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$1,750
Under the Mountain Wall (first edition, signed) — James Arsenault & Company$250
Les loups d'Aguila et autres novelles On the River Styx and Other Stories (signed) — Between the Covers$200
Sal Si Puedes: Cesar Chavez and the New American Revolution (first edition) — Johnnycake Books$250
Under the Mountain Wall: A Chronicle of Two Seasons in Stone Age New Guinea (first edition) — James Cummins Bookseller$200
THE SHOREBIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA (first edition) — L. W. Currey$100
SAL SI PUEDES: CESAR CHAVEZ AND THE NEW AMERICAN REVOLUTION (first edition) — Captain Ahab's Rare Books$50
Works on the market
IN THE SPIRIT OF CRAZY HORSE7 copies · $45–$297
AFRICAN SILENCES5 copies · $47
AT PLAY IN THE FIELDS OF THE LORD3 copies · $68–$450
THE SNOW LEOPARD; Franklin Library3 copies · $273
FAR TORTUGA3 copies · $69–$173
INDIAN COUNTRY3 copies · $69–$110
KILLING MISTER WATSON3 copies · $88–$90
THE SNOW LEOPARD3 copies · $57–$78
UNDER THE MOUNTAIN WALL2 copies · $150–$272
UNDER THE MOUNTAIN WALL2 copies · $203–$250
UNDER THE MOUNTAIN WALL : ; A Chronicle of Two Seasons in the Stone Age2 copies · $108–$207
BLUE MERIDIAN: THE SEARCH FOR THE GREAT WHITE SHARK2 copies · $73–$98
SAND RIVERS2 copies · $20–$83
ON THE RIVER STYX AND OTHER STORIES2 copies · $58
LOST MAN'S RIVER2 copies · $48
Men's Lives. The Surfmen and Baymen of the South Fork1 copy · $1,750
THE SNOW LEOPARD; Easton Press Signed1 copy · $498
LOST MAN'S RIVER; Signed Easton Press1 copy · $348
Race Rock: A Novel Signed1 copy · $300
Market context
34 copies of Peter Matthiessen's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $56 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
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