My Family and Other Animals
by Gerald Durrell
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good ++/Very Good++
- Seller
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Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
UK: Rupert Hart Davis, 1956. First Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 1956. Un-common book. Book is very good++ and very bright. Spine tips pushed. Contents good. Inscription to endpaper. The very bright wrapper is very good++ with odd nicks to edges. Price clipped. A lovely example. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 18245
Synopsis
My Family and Other Animals is an autobiographical work by naturalist Gerald Durrell, telling of the part of his childhood he spent on the Greek island of Corfu between 1935 and 1939. It describes the life of the Durrell Family on the island in a humorous manner, and also richly discusses the fauna of the island. It is the first and most famous of Durrell's Corfu trilogy, together with Birds, Beasts, and Relatives, and The Garden of the Gods.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lasting Words Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 027834
- Title
- My Family and Other Animals
- Author
- Gerald Durrell
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good ++
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good++
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition 1st Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Rupert Hart Davis
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 1956
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Lasting Words Ltd
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Northampton, Northamptonshire
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