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Man and Monkey
de Leonard Williams
- Usado
- Bueno
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Bueno/Near Fine
- Librería
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Precio
EUR 209.16EUR 188.24
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Sobre este artículo
Not Stated: Andre Deutsch, 1967. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9" by 6". Leonard Williams. A fascinating work detailing the relationship between primates and people, presented to novelist Olivia Manning by the author and complete with a letter. This work explores the rich lives of monkeys and what we as people can learn from their behaviours. Leonard Williams was the founder of the Monkey Sanctuary in Cornwall; the sanctuary grew from his family's personal collection of pets.Richly illustrated throughout with photographs. This is the author's presentation copy gifted to Olivia Manning, complete with a letter from the author to the recipient on the subject of wildlife and conservation.With a personal inscription to Olivia Manning to the title page. Olivia Manning CBE (1908-1980) was a novelist, poet and reviewer. Her works are an important source of female-written war fiction and the decline of the British Empire. Her works included 'Fortunes of War', 'Artist Among the Missing', The Rain Forest' and 'The Black Scarab'. In the publisher's original full cloth binding, with an unclipped dust wrapper. Externally very smart, with slight bumping to the tail of the spine and extremities only. Dust wrapper has minor shelf wear only and is in excellent condition. Presentation inscription to the title page. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine
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Detalles
- Librería
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 762R29
- Título
- Man and Monkey
- Autor
- Leonard Williams
- Ilustrador
- Leonard Williams
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Bueno
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Near Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Andre Deutsch
- Lugar de publicación
- Not Stated
- Fecha de publicación
- 1967
- Tamaño
- 9" by 6"
- Palabras clave
- Monkeys Zoology Monkey Sanctuary Olivia Manning Zoology
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Cloth
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Title Page
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...