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The Company of Animals: A Naturalist's Adventures in the Jungle of Malaya
by McKie, Ronald
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/good
- Seller
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Jelutong, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1966. First American edition. Hardcover. Good/good. This is the story of Jim Hislop, the last European Chief Game Warden of Malaya. He knew the jungle both as a conservator of nature and wildlife and as a killer of men and women. His jungle skills were used by the British Government firstly in undermining the Japanese during World War II and then challenging the Communists in the Malayan 'Emergency' where the jungle provided the insurgents with many a safe haven. The book also recalls the thrills and dangers of the Malayan jungle in the mid 20th century.Good Hardback in a Good Dust Jacket 271 pages with a few maps and black and white plates. Weight: 0.7 kg Post free within Malaysia This is an ex-library book with labels on the front cover, spine and a rear end paper and stamps on the text block. The binding is tight, text clear and there is mild tanning throughout.
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- Seller
- The Penang Bookshelf
(MY)
- Seller's Inventory #
- ML1289A
- Title
- The Company of Animals: A Naturalist's Adventures in the Jungle of Malaya
- Author
- McKie, Ronald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edition
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace & World
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1966
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Malaysia - Malaya - Rainforest - Jim Hislop - World War II - Nature Conservation - The Malayan 'Emergency'
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....