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The Human Zoo
by Desmond Morris
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
The Literary Guild, 1969. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1969. First Edition. 256 pages. Red dust jacket over light brown cloth. Mild tanning to pages with heavier tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Mild tanning to text block edges. Boards have mild rubbing and visible bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and book is forward leaning. Unclipped jacket with visible edge wear and rubbing. Heavier sunning to spine and visible tearing to corners, edges and spine ends.
Synopsis
Morris looks closely at the human species under the stresses and pressures of urban living.This study concerns the city dweller. Morris finds remarkable similarities with captive zoo animals and looks closely at the aggressive, sexual and parental behaviour of the human species under the stresses and pressures of urban living.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1655113617IEV
- Title
- The Human Zoo
- Author
- Desmond Morris
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Literary Guild
- Date Published
- 1969
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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