Lion Tapa dura - 1983

(Johannesburg: Macmillan, 1983) 0869541226. 8vo; original brown boards, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover; laminated pictorial dustwrapper (housed in removable protector); pp. 295, incl. index; colour plates; photographs and line drawings in text; maps. A little minor foxing to edges and reverse of dustwrapper, which is very slightly sunned on spine panel. Very good condition. "Lion takes us into a world where predators and their prey compete for survival in a common environment within the confines of man-made boundaries. The central question of this book is, How does the lion, the world's only social cat and the second largest feline predator after the tiger, fit into such a scheme? Unfil fairly recently no one really knew how many lions there were in the Kruger National Park. In order to find out, Butch Smuts and his colleagues had to develop a reliable technique for counting lions, which led them to work by night, calling lions by means of tape-recorded sounds, capturing,… Leer más

Macmillan South Africa (Publishers) (Pty) Ltd., Johannesburg, 1983. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 9x5x1. A remarkably decent copy. The dustjacket is in good condition with minor wear and tanning/fading on and around the spine. The boards are very handsome and healthy. Within, the book is very smart and tidy and clear, clean, confident, generous. fk. Protected in cellophane, extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. r*16/02/2024 JHK.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Macmillan South Africa, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x5x1. The jacket and boards are tidy overall with little edge wear. The binding is secure. The pages are tidy with no ink inscriptions or annotations. Presents well in cellophane. r*19/03/2024 JHK.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Macmillan, 1982. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Jacket is shelf rubbed.Internally clean.Excellent binding.Very good copy.Fully illustrated in colour and black and white,this book gives us a picture of its life-cycle,its eating and breeding.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.