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Golden Bats and Pink Pigeons: A Journey to the Flora and Fauna of a Unique Island
by Durrell, Gerald
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly worn.
- ISBN 10
- 0671243721
- ISBN 13
- 9780671243722
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Simon and Schuster. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly worn.. 1977. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0671243721 . Orange cloth binding. Many photos. The naturalist's account of the animals and plants of Mauritius. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 190 pages .
Synopsis
'On this speck of volcanic soil in the middle of a vast sea, a complete, unique and peaceful world was created slowly and carefully. It waited there for hundreds of thousands of years for an annihilating invasion of voracious animals for which it was totally unprepared, a cohort of rapacious beasts led by the worst predator in the world, Homo sapiens. In an incredibly short space of time, a number of unique species had vanished...' Mauritius, the green and mountainous island in the Indian Ocean, was once the home of the ill-fated dodo, and by the 1970s it still had many unique but endangered species, hanging onto their existence by their fingernails.When Gerald Durrell went to rescue some of these creatures from extinction, he experienced danger and discomfort, but enjoyed the adventures greatly. He spent nights in the jungle looking for bats and pink pigeons, and climbed near-vertical rock faces to find Telfair's skinks and Gunther's geckos, spending his spare time exploring the enchanted worlds of the coral reefs with their many species of multicoloured fish. By the end of his trip, he had an extraordinary collection of animals to take to his Jersey sanctuary from where the progeny could, in time, be restored to Mauritius.
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- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 58166
- Title
- Golden Bats and Pink Pigeons: A Journey to the Flora and Fauna of a Unique Island
- Author
- Durrell, Gerald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly worn.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0671243721
- ISBN 13
- 9780671243722
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- 0671243721, Mauritius
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
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Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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