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Queen of Sheba: The Story of an African Leopard
by Adamson, Joy
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0002626403
- ISBN 13
- 9780002626408
- Seller
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King River, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Collins & Harvill Press, London, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover (Embossed Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. First impression. Size: Large Octavo. 190 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Spine is a little sunned. Library stamps etc only on endpapers, half-title page.. Endpaper shows scuff marks from removal of library label.. In this book, Joy Adamson details the story of her orphaned leopard cub, Penny, who came to her at a few weeks old, her mother having been shot for stock-raiding. Joy's aim was to rehabilitate a leopard into the wild, as she had previously, with Elsa, the lioness and Pippa, the cheetah. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Animals & Birds; Kenya; 1970s; ISBN: 0002626403. ISBN/EAN: 9780002626408. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 9419. . 9780002626408
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- Bookseller
- Great Southern Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9419
- Title
- Queen of Sheba: The Story of an African Leopard
- Author
- Adamson, Joy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Embossed Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0002626403
- ISBN 13
- 9780002626408
- Publisher
- Collins & Harvill Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- BZDB137 joy adamson, penny, leopard, kenya, Animals & Birds; Kenya; 1970s; ISBN: 0002626403 EAN: 9780002626408 Adamson, Joy Queen of Sheba: The Story of an African Leopard
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