ADAMSON Joy

Born Free [with] Living Free [ with] Forever Free. [Mixed Impressions.] THE ELSA TRILOGY COMPLETE IN DUSTWRAPPERS

Collins & Harvill Press,, 1961-62. 3 vols., roy. 8vo., Mixed Impressions, with 3 coloured frontispieces, very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout and endpaper maps in the last two volumes, small contemporary signature on front endpaper of first two volumes; pictorial cloth, backstrips lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean set in mildly worn dustwrapper (one wrapper clipped). The trilogy comprises Born Free. A Lioness of Two Worlds. With Extracts from George Adamson's Letters. Preface by Lord William Percy. Foreword by Captain Charles Pitman, (thirteenth impression, 1961); Living Free. The Story of Elsa and her Cubs. Introduction by Sir Julian Huxley, (first edition, 1961); Forever Free. Elsa's Pride, (first edition, 1962). Bright, crisp set of George and Joy Adamson's account of their pioneering conservation project involving three generations of lions in Kenya's Serengeti in the late 1950s/early 1960s. The first volume formed the basis of James Hill's 1966 Oscar-winning movie of the same name starring husband and wife team Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers. So involved did McKenna and Travers become that they founded independently the Born Free Foundation which flourishes to this day.

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Book number: 43978

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ADAMSON Joy

Born Free [with] Living Free [ with] Forever Free. THE ORIGINAL ELSA TRILOGY COMPLETE IN DUSTWRAPPERS

Collins & Harvill Press,, 1960-62. 3 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition, with 3 coloured frontispieces, very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout and endpaper maps in the last two volumes, small contemporary signature on front free endpaper of second volume; pictorial cloth, backstrips lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean, crisp set in dustwrapper, the wrappers with two or three small losses and closed tears. The trilogy comprises Born Free. A Lioness of Two Worlds. With Extracts from George Adamson's Letters. Preface by Lord William Percy. Foreword by Captain Charles Pitman, 1960; Living Free. The Story of Elsa and her Cubs. Introduction by Sir Julian Huxley, 1961; Forever Free. Elsa's Pride, 1962. Near fine set of George and Joy Adamson's account of their pioneering conservation project involving three generations of lions in Kenya's Serengeti in the late 1950s/early 1960s. The first volume formed the basis of James Hill's 1966 Oscar-winning movie of the same name starring husband and wife team Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers. So involved did McKenna and Travers become that they founded independently the Born Free Foundation which flourishes to this day. COMPLETE SETS OF FIRST EDITIONS IN THIS CONDITION ARE SCARCE.

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Book number: 47713

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Keywords: natural history, adamson, joy adamson, elsa, lions, mammals, conservation, kenya, serengeti, born free

ADAMSON Joy

Born Free [with] Living Free [ with] Forever Free. OUTSTANDING SET OF THE ORIGINAL ELSA TRILOGY

Collins & Harvill Press,, 1960-62. 3 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition, with 3 coloured frontispieces, very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout and endpaper maps in the last two volumes; pictorial cloth, backstrips lettered in black, a near fine set in dustwrapper. The trilogy comprises Born Free. A Lioness of Two Worlds. With Extracts from George Adamson's Letters. Preface by Lord William Percy. Foreword by Captain Charles Pitman, 1960; Living Free. The Story of Elsa and her Cubs. Introduction by Sir Julian Huxley, 1961; Forever Free. Elsa's Pride, 1962. Near fine set of George and Joy Adamson's account of their pioneering conservation project involving three generations of lions in Kenya's Serengeti in the late 1950s/early 1960s. The first volume formed the basis of James Hill's 1966 Oscar-winning movie of the same name starring husband and wife team Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers. So involved did McKenna and Travers become that they founded independently the Born Free Foundation which flourishes to this day. COMPLETE SETS OF FIRST EDITIONS IN THIS CONDITION ARE VERY SCARCE INDEED.

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Book number: 47768

Catalogue: Natural History0

Keywords: natural history, adamson, joy adamson, elsa, lions, mammals, conservation, kenya, serengeti, born free

ADAMSON Joy

Living Free. The Story of Elsa and her Cubs. Introduction by Sir Julian Huxley. [First RS Edition.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Reprint Society,, [1963]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with plates and endpaper maps; black boards, yellow back lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Adamson's sequel to 'Born Free' was first published in 1961.

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Book number: 47230

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Keywords: natural history, mammals, joy adamson, adamson, elsa, lions, conservation, born free, kenya

ADAMSON Joy

Queen of Shaba. The Story of an African Leopard. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Collins,, [1980]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates and endpaper maps; blue cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 47901

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Keywords: natural history, adamson, joy adamson, leopards

ADAMSON Joy

The Searching Spirit. An Autobiography. With a Foreword by Eslpeth Huxley. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Collins and Harvill Press,, 1978. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; green cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Cross & Perkin B11.

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Book number: 29842

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Keywords: modern first editions, modern firsts, joy adamson, george adamson, elsa, africa, kenya, elspeth huxley, conservation, born free

ALI Salim

Indian Hill Birds. Illustrated by G.M. Henry. BRIGHT COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Oxford University Press,, [1949]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome plates, and endpaper maps, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; yellow cloth, backstrip lettered in black, radial corners, a good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Tate, p.200.

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Book number: 35345

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Keywords: natural history, birds, ornithology, avifaunas, indian, indian birds, indian hill birds, salim ali

ARNOLD E.N.

A Field Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Britain and Europe. Illustrated by Denys Ovenden. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Collins,, [1978]. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured plates and numerous line illustrations in the text; pictorial cloth boards, covers very lightly sunned else a very good, bright, clean copy. With personal bookplate on front paste-down.

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Book number: 28273

Catalogue: Natural History0

Keywords: natural history, reptiles, amphibians, field guides, field, guide, reptiles, amphibians, britain, europe

ARNOLD Rev. F.H.

Flora of Sussex. Or, A List of the Flowering Plants and Ferns found in the County of Sussex with Localities of the Less Common Species. New Edition, with numerous Additions. Illustrated by Marian H. Arnold. EXTENSIVELY ANNOTATED COPY

Mitchell, Arundel,, 1907. Sm. 8vo., Second Edition, with coloured frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and double-page coloured map, extensively annotated throughout in coloured pencil, horizontal tear in blank preliminary; red cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, decorative endpapers, uncut, a good, firm copy. Subscribers' Edition, with list of subscribers at rear. This copy is extensively annotated in coloured crayon, with each species coded and keyed to a standard reference (key written on rear preliminary). SCARCE.

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Book number: 28073

Catalogue: Natural History0

Keywords: natural history, plants, botany, flowering plants, sussex, county floras, rev. f.h. arnold, natural history, plants, flora, sussex

ARP Walter

Avifauna Venezolana. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Banco Central de Venezuela, [Caracas],, [1965]. Folio, First Edition, with 130 fine coloured plates of birds, and pictorial endpapers; sage green cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly age-soiled, and lightly creased and frayed at edges. SCARCE.

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Book number: 29972

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Keywords: natural history, birds, ornithology, avifaunas, venezuela, walter arp

ATTENBOROUGH David

Adventures of a Young Naturalist. The Zoo Quest Expeditions. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Two Roads [John Murray],, [2017]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates and numerous photographs in the text; navy cloth, gilt back, pale blue endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Modern reissue of Murray's first Zoo Quest omnibus, published as 'The Zoo Quest Expeditions' in 1980. Collects abridged versions of the first three [of six] 'Zoo Quest' titles: Zoo Quest to Guiana (1956), Zoo Quest for a Dragon (1957) and Zoo Quest to Paraguay (1959).

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Book number: 47863

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ATTENBOROUGH David

The First Eden. The Mediterranean World and Man. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

Collins and BBC,, [1987]. 4to., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, very numerous coloured photographs throughout and coloured endpaper maps; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON HALF-TITLE.

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Book number: 43739

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Keywords: modern first editions, signed, modern firsts, natural history, attenborough, david attenborough, broadcasting, bbc, mediterranean, fertile crescent

ATTENBOROUGH David

The First Eden. The Mediterranean World and Man. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Collins and BBC,, [1987]. 4to., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, very numerous coloured photographs throughout and coloured endpaper maps; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 46319

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ATTENBOROUGH David

Journeys to the Past. Travels in New Guinea, Madagascar and the Northern Territory of Australia. [The second 'Zoo Quest' omnibus]. THE SECOND 'ZOO QUEST' OMNIBUS IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Lutterworth Press, Guildford,, [1981]. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs (many full-page) in the text; original blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A companion volume to 'The Zoo Quest Expeditions' (1980), this second Zoo Quest omnibus contains abridged versions of the final three original volumes 'Zoo Quest to Madagascar', 'Quest in Paradise' and 'Quest under Capricorn'.

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Book number: 32581

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ATTENBOROUGH David

Life Stories. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Collins,, [2009]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations throughout; green cloth, gilt back, green endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 39385

Catalogue: Natural History0

Keywords: natural history, attenborough, david attenborough, broadcasting, bbc