Author: Gerald Durrell Title: The Whispering Land
Description: London , Rupert Hart-Davis, 1961. First edition. Cloth. 1 The Whispering Land is an autobiographical account of the eight months Durrell spent travelling in Argentina during the late 1950s, collecting animals for his recently founded Jersey Zoo. Richard Durrell was a British naturalist, writer, zookeeper, television presenter and conservationist, founding the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust and the Jersey Zoo. He wrote around forty books about his experiences as an animal collector and enthusiast with his most famous being his memoirs of living in Greece, My Family and Other Animals. With thirty-four illustrations by Ralph Thompson. In the unclipped dustwrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with some light bumping to the tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound with bright clean pages. In the unclipped dustwrapper which is generally smart with some marks to the wraps and some bumping to the spine. Near Fine . Ill.: Ralph Thompson. Near Fine/Very Good.
Keywords: gerald durrell the whispering land naturalist Patagonia the whispering land Ralph Thompson
Price: GBP 47.00 = appr. US$ 67.12 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 823B45
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