THE RIFT LAKE
by Zimmer, Carl
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0967074207
- ISBN 13
- 9780967074207
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: [sic], 1999.. 1999.. Fine. inscribed to peter matthiessen and signed by Carl Zimmer - Octavo, black cloth in a dust wrapper designed by Charles Nix. Title, [1] leaf & 326 pages plus colophon. Illustrated with maps by Ian Schoenherr. Fine. <p>Number 11 of a limited edition of 200 copies.<p>Inscribed by the author on the verso of the flyleaf: "To Peter Matthiessen, / with much gratitude / Carl Zimmer".<p>According to the author, "This story is of the nine years and eight months that Esther Szymanski and I spent together. As far as possible, I have tried to make this an accurate account." The author's account includes travels to Burundi, Rwanda and Tanzania. The book is designed by Charles Nix. "The text is set in Nix Rift, a type created especially for and named in honor of this volume. It is based on the William Addison Dwiggins design for metal type 'Eldorado'". Charles Nix is the son of a printer. He studied art, design and typography at the Cooper Union and has designed hundreds of books and a handful of typefaces.<p>Rare.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32380
- Title
- THE RIFT LAKE
- Author
- Zimmer, Carl
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0967074207
- ISBN 13
- 9780967074207
- Publisher
- New York: [sic], 1999.
- Date Published
- 1999.
- Keywords
- ,TRAVEL; HISTORY; AFRICA; BURUNDI; RWANDA; RWANDAN GENOCIDE; TANZANIA; THE RIFT LAKE; CARL ZIMMER; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; PETER MATTHIESSEN; Esther Szymanski; CHARLES NIX; BOOK DESIGNER; TYPOGRAPHER; NIX RIFT; LIMITED EDITION.
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About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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