Author: DURRELL, GERALD
Title: Birds, Beasts and Relatives
Description: London, Collins. 1969. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good+ copy which has 'Christmas 1969' written on front endpaper else very clean and unmarked. Pictorial dustjacket by Eilenn Walton is price clipped and has age toning a a little wear to top edges. Second impression 1969 (First was also 1969). 256 pages. Back to Corfu! The millions who loved and laughed at My Family and Other Animals did not reckon with the infinite capacity of the Durrell family for involving themselves in outrageous situations. In this new volume are to be found all the best stories which misguided direction led the author to omit from its predecessor. 'If you publish' threatened the family 'we'll sue you in a body,' Faced with so firm and united front, says the author, there was only one thing he could do. He published. But the quirks of Mother, Larry, Leslie and Margo seem almost normal compared to the lives of the dung beetle, the slipper limpet, the spade-footed toad and all the other birds and beasts which make up the world of Gerald Durrell. D4E. Very Good/Very Good.

Keywords: Corfu


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