Zoo Quest For A Dragon
by Attenborough, David
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Adelaide , South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
London: Lutterworth Press, 1957. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Lagus, Charles [photographer]. First Printing of Attenborough's second book [Lutterworth Press, London, 1957]; 174 pages; red cloth, gold titling to spine, a little bumped at corners, ownership stamps, a photographic plate loose but undamaged, a very good copy in like price-clipped illustrated dustjacket, chipped at extremities, with slight loss at top of spine & top corner. A great example of early work from the world's most famous naturalist. With 46 photographs [three in colour].
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- ORCHARD BOOKSHOP (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011087
- Title
- Zoo Quest For A Dragon
- Author
- Attenborough, David
- Illustrator
- Lagus, Charles [photographer]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Lutterworth Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1957
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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