Memoirs Of A Coarse Zoo Keeper (SCARCE HARDBACK FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY AUTHOR, GEORGE JACOBS)
by Jacobs, George
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good Only/Good Only
- ISBN 10
- 0584110251
- ISBN 13
- 9780584110258
- Seller
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Margate, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Frederick Muller, 1982. Good Only/Good Only. First Edition, First Printing in d/w not price clipped. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR, GEORGE JACOBS. Inscription reads, 'To Piscatorial/Charly/From an old friend/All the best/George'. The autobiography of zoologist George Jacobs. Together with a newspaper cutting from the Adscene newspaper dated June 3, 1982; whilst George was employed as elephant head keeper at Howletts, Kent. And a separate six-page pulisher's printing of some chapters of the book: there is some foxing to this printing. Some cloth rubbing to one corner of book; some spotting to edges; light bumping to one corner; d/w has some sunning to spine; d/w has edge tears (longest 38mm), with some early sellotape repairs to these tears; d/w has light creasing to front panel else a good only copy, in a good only d/w, of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY AUTHOR, GEORGE JACOBS. D/w now protected in a detachable, non-adhesive, clear sheaf. . Signed By Author, George Jacobs. First Edition, First Printing. Hardback. Good Only/Good Only.
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- Bookseller
- Greystone Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20028
- Title
- Memoirs Of A Coarse Zoo Keeper (SCARCE HARDBACK FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY AUTHOR, GEORGE JACOBS)
- Author
- Jacobs, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Only
- Jacket Condition
- Good Only
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0584110251
- ISBN 13
- 9780584110258
- Publisher
- Frederick Muller
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- Signed. Autographed. Autobiography. Biography. Zoologists. Port Lympne, Kent. Zoo Parks. Animals. Natural History.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
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