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Jungle Peace
by William Beebe
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Witherby & Co, London, 1919. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. titles, frontis. plate, contents & list of illustrations to front; the author, Charles William Beebe, was an American naturalist, ornithologist, marine biologist, entomologist, explorer, and author. He is remembered for the numerous expeditions he conducted for the New York Zoological Society, his deep dives in the Bathysphere, and his prolific scientific writing for academic and popular audiences. "It is possible to enter a jungle and become acutely aware of poison fang and rending claw but it is infinitely more wonderful and altogether satisfying to slip quietly and receptively into the life of the jungle, to accept all things as worthy and reasonable; to sense the beauty, the joy, the majestic serenity of this age-old fraternity of nature, into whose sanctuary man's entrance is unnoticed, his absence unregretted. The peace of the jungle is beyond all telling." Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 9 + 295 + 2 pages. a few pancil marks to margins. Spine browned with age but binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. outer & bottom edges deckled (rough cut). Gilt titles spine & front (dulled on spine). some pages worn at edges. green cloth; illustrated by b/w. photo's.. Includes index. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Natural History & Resources; Jungles; Jungle Creatures; Animals & Birds; Environment & Ecology. Inventory No: 4432. .
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- Bookseller
- Bookbarrow
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4432
- Title
- Jungle Peace
- Author
- William Beebe
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Witherby & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1919
- Keywords
- BZDB227 Natural History & Resources/Jungles/Environment & Ecology/Jungle Creatures/Animals & Birds/Zoology Natural History & Resources; Jungles; Jungle Creatures; Animals & Birds; Environment & Ecology. Unbranded William Beebe Ju
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