The Whispering Land
de Gerald Durrell
- Usado
- near fine
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Librería
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
London : Rupert Hart-Davis, 1961. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". Ralph Thompson. 1 The Whispering Land is an autobiographical account of the eight months Durrell spent travelling in Argentina during the late 1950s, collecting animals for his recently founded Jersey Zoo. Richard Durrell was a British naturalist, writer, zookeeper, television presenter and conservationist, founding the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust and the Jersey Zoo. He wrote around forty books about his experiences as an animal collector and enthusiast with his most famous being his memoirs of living in Greece, My Family and Other Animals. With thirty-four illustrations by Ralph Thompson. In the unclipped dustwrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with some light bumping to the tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound with bright clean pages. In the unclipped dustwrapper which is generally smart with some marks to the wraps and some bumping to the spine. Near Fine
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Detalles
- Librería
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 823B45
- Título
- The Whispering Land
- Autor
- Gerald Durrell
- Ilustrador
- Ralph Thompson
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Rupert Hart-Davis
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1961
- Tamaño
- 8.5" by 5.5"
- Palabras clave
- gerald durrell the whispering land naturalist Patagonia the whispering land
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Sobre el vendedor
Rooke Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2007
BATH, Somerset
Sobre Rooke Books
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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
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...