An Ape Came Out of My Hatbox: The Story of Gypsy, a Gibbon
by Hancock, Lyn; (Illustrator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good ++/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0771038054
- ISBN 13
- 9780771038051
- Seller
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Lewisporte, Newfoundland, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto, Ontario, Canada: McClelland and Stewart, 1979. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, 224 pages including black-and-white photographs; book very gently used, tight in binding, gentle bumps to spine ends but not a trace of shelf wear, very clean and unmarked, pages fresh and white; DJ has numerous tiny chips/tears, one short tear, spine and hinges sun faded. See also our listings for The Art of Robert Bateman, and for Peterson's Birds over America, and for Hancock's own Looking for the Wild: A 30,000-Mile Naturalists' Journey Across North America (illustrated by Bateman), and her There's a Seal in My Sleeping Bag.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good ++/Good.
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- Bookseller
- Eric James
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 041737
- Title
- An Ape Came Out of My Hatbox: The Story of Gypsy, a Gibbon
- Author
- Hancock, Lyn; (Illustrator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good ++
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0771038054
- ISBN 13
- 9780771038051
- Publisher
- McClelland and Stewart
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- TRAIL NATURAL HISTORY UNITED STATES APPALACHIA MOUNTAINS AMERICAN TRAVEL NATURE CANADIAN SCIENCE ECOLOGY ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION RESERVES NEW FOUNDLAND PERSONAL MEMOIR
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel; Environment/Ecology; Nature/Natural Science/Pets;
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- Bumps
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- Shelf Wear
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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