Pippa's Challenge Tapa dura - 1972

Hardback. Very Good.

Hardback. Acceptable.

HarperCollins, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/Fair. heavy, extra postage may be required. Jacket is chipped and price clipped. minor damp stain on both book and jacket. award plate. all text and plates remain clean and intact. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Collins & Harvill Press, 1972. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

This book has been read, some wear covers and dust covers. Some stickers and markings on inner pages as this was former library book. Spine intact, no creases.

"Joy Adamson was an amazing woman. After she and her husband George reintroduced Elsa the lioness back into the wild she took on the challenge of a cheetah. Pippa the cheetah's story began in The Spotted Sphinx and is continued in Pippa's Challenge. You'll cheer at Pippa's accomplishments, cringe at her challenges and in this book root for her and her family." Good Reads

"Joy Adamson (born Friederike Victoria Gessner) was a naturalist, artist, and author best known for her book, Born Free, which describes her experiences raising a lion cub named Elsa. Born Free was printed in several languages, and made into an Academy Award-winning movie of the same name. In 1977, she was awarded the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art. Born to Victor and Traute Gessner in Troppau, Silesia, Austria-Hungary (now Opava, Czech Republic) and was… Leer más

Collins & Harvill Press, London, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover (Printed Boards). Very Good Condition/Very Good. First impression. Size: Large Octavo. 175 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket price-clipped. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. This story continues the adventures of Pippa, the tame cheetah, and her cubs. Joy Adamson remains one of the most famous and celebrated naturalists that the world has known. She gained fame by raising a lioness named "Elsa" the story of which was dramatised in a film "Born Free" that was a great success. The film had two sequels. She went on to study a number big cats, including Pippa, following the same method of training that she had used with Elsa before… Leer más

London: Collins & Harvill, 1972. 176pp. Illustrated boards. Excellent condition. Black & white + colour plates. Dustwrapper price clipped. Previous owner has attached a newspaper clipping and note of the date of death of Joy and George Adamson. Article states cause of death for Joy Adamson was by lion attack. ISBN0002621010. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Collins & Harvill Press, 1972-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!