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Life on Earth. A Natural History. The Augmented and Enlarged Edition. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE AUGMENTED EDITION

Reader's Digest Association [with] William Collins [with] BBC,, [1980]. Roy. 4to., First Edition thus, with illustrated title-spread and very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations throughout; pictorial boards, black cloth back lettered in white, grey laid endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with one tiny repair at headband. Published a year after the first edition, this is the greatly enlarged version of the first of Attenborough's unparalleled sequence of surveys of the world's natural history, published to complement his unique BBC television series broadcast over thirty years.

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Book number: 42251

Catalogue: Natural History0

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

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Life on Earth. A Natural History. The Augmented and Enlarged Edition. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY OF THE AUGMENTED EDITION

Reader's Digest Association [with] William Collins [with] BBC,, [1980]. Roy. 4to., First Edition thus, with very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations throughout; pictorial boards, black cloth back lettered in white, grey laid endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE. Published a year after the first edition, this is the greatly enlarged version of the first of Attenborough's unparalleled sequence of surveys of the world's natural history, published to complement his unique BBC television series broadcast over thirty years. SIGNED COPIES ARE OF THIS EDITION ARE SCARCE.

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Book number: 42280

Catalogue: Natural History0

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

ATTENBOROUGH David

Life on Earth. [Sixth Impression.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Collins,, [1979]. 8vo., Sixth Impression, with very numerous fine full-page coloured photographs in the text; terracotta cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published six months after the first edition. The first of Attenborough's unparalleled 'Life' sequence of surveys of the world's natural history, published to complement his unique BBC television series broadcast over thirty years.

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Book number: 42298

Catalogue: Natural History0

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ATTENBOROUGH David

Life on Earth. The Greatest Story ever told.. [Updated New Edition.] SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

Collins,, [2018]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with fine coloured and monochrome photographs (many full-page) throughout; grey cloth, gilt back, grey endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON CONTENTS. Fully updated new version of the first of Attenborough's unparalleled 'Life' sequence of surveys of the world's natural history, published to complement his unique BBC television series broadcast over thirty years. The original edition was published in 1979.

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Book number: 42587

Catalogue: Natural History0

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A Life on Our Planet. My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future. With Jonnie Hughes. [Fourth Impression.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Witness Books,, [2020]. 8vo., Fourth Impression, with coloured plates and monochrome photographs in the text; patterned cloth, upper board blocked in silver, backstrip lettered in silver, yellow ribbon marker, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in the same year as the first edition.

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Book number: 46316

Catalogue: Natural History0

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Life on Earth [with] The Living Planet [with] The Trials of Life [with] The Private Life of Plants [with] The Life of Birds [with] The Life of Mammals [with] Life in the Undergrowth [with] Life in Cold Blood [with] Life on Earth [expanded edition]. ATTENBOROUGH'S 'LIFE' SERIES COMPLETE IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

Collins,, [1979 - 2007]. 9 vols., roy 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous fine coloured photographs throughout; cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. The series comprises: Life on Earth (1979); The Living Planet (1984); The Trials of Life (1990); The Private Life of Plants (1994); The Life of Birds (1998); The Life of Mammals (2002); Life in the Undergrowth (2005); Life in Cold Blood (2007); Life on Earth (revised and expanded edition 2018). The encapsulation in print of Attenborough's 'Life' series, produced with the BBC over thirty-odd years and arguably the most outstanding and influential natural history broadcasts of all time.

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Book number: 46714

Catalogue: Natural History0

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Life on Air. Memoirs of a Broadcaster. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

BBC,, [2002]. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous coloured and monochrome plates; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Lovely copy of the long-awaited autobiography of one of the most influential and best-loved British figures in British broadcasting.

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Book number: 47864

Catalogue: Natural History0

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Life on Earth. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

Collins,, [1979]. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous fine full-page coloured photographs in the text; terracotta cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR [WITHOUT DEDICATION] ON TITLE. The first of Attenborough's unparalleled sequence of surveys of the world's natural history, published to complement his unique BBC television series broadcast over thirty years. THE FIRST EDITION IS NOTORIOUSLY SCARCE; SIGNED COPIES THE MORE SO.

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Book number: 48335

Catalogue: Natural History0

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ATTENBOROUGH David

Life on Earth [with] The Living Planet [with] The Trials of Life [with] The Private Life of Plants [with] The Life of Birds [with] The Life of Mammals [with] Life in the Undergrowth [with] Life in Cold Blood. ATTENBOROUGH'S 'LIFE' SERIES: COMPETE SET FLAT SIGNED

Collins,, [1979 - 2007]. 8 vols., roy 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous fine coloured photographs throughout; cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. EACH VOLUME FLAT SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR [WITHOUT DEDICATION] ON HALF-TITLE OR TITLE. The series comprises: Life on Earth (1979); The Living Planet (1984); The Trials of Life (1990); The Private Life of Plants (1994); The Life of Birds (1998); The Life of Mammals (2002); Life in the Undergrowth (2005); Life in Cold Blood (2007); Life on Earth (revised and expanded edition 2018). The encapsulation in print of Attenborough's 'Life' series, produced with the BBC over thirty-odd years and arguably the most outstanding and influential natural history broadcasts of all time. FLAT SIGNED SETS ARE VERY SCARCE.

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Book number: 48481

Catalogue: Natural History0

Keywords: modern first editions, modern firsts, natural history, attenborough, david attenborough, broadcasting, bbc, life on earth

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Life Stories. SIGNED WITHOUT DEDICATION BY THE AUTHOR

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. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR [WITHOUT DEDICATION] ON TITLE.

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Book number: 48560

Catalogue: Natural History0

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The Living Planet. A Portrait of the Earth. Augmented and Enlarged Edition. NEAR FINE COPY OF THE EXPANDED EDITION

Reader's Digest Association in conjunction with William Collins and the BBC,, [1985]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with very numerous full-page coloured photographs throughout; original pictorial boards, black cloth back, backstrip lettered in white, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First issue of the substantially enlarged edition.

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Book number: 46084

Catalogue: Natural History0

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Living Planet. The Web of Life on earth. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

William Collins,, [2021]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured plates and pictorial endpapers; green cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. First issue of the fully revised and updated version of the original edition of 1984.

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Book number: 46287

Catalogue: Natural History0

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New Life Stories. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Collins,, [2011]. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, and very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations throughout; blue cloth, gilt back, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With bookplate on front paste-down.

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Book number: 46404

Catalogue: Natural History0

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ATTENBOROUGH David

The Trials of Life. A Natural History of Animal Behaviour. Augmented and Enlarged Edition. NEAR FINE COPY OF THE BEST EDITION

Reader's Digest Association in conjunction with Harper Collins and BBC Books,, [1992]. Roy. 4to., Second and Best Edition, with photographic half-title and title-spread, and hundreds of superb colour photographs (many full-page) throughout; original pictorial boards, black cloth back lettered in white, grey endpapers, a near fine copy. Bright copy of the considerably enlarged and extended version of the first edition of 1990.

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Book number: 47140

Catalogue: Natural History0

Keywords: modern firsts, natural history, david attenborough, broadcasting, bbc, david attenborough, natural history, attenborough, trials, life

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The Tribal Eye. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

BBC,, 1976. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Based on the popular BBC TV series. Increasingly scarce in this condition.

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Book number: 46394

Catalogue: Natural History0

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