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As fascinating and delightful as “Born Free”

-the adventures of an English animal collector in Africa

 

By: Gerald M. Durrell

Illustrated by: Sabine Baur

 

Copyright: 1953; assumed first printing of this paperback version

 Published By: Ballantine Books (#F 621)

 

This Soft Cover Vintage book (212 pages) is in Very Good interior and exterior condition.  Pages are lightly age-toned, as pictured.  Book is illustrated with drawings.

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This is one of a number of books I got from a serious collector.  They were all bagged and most are in near pristine condition.  I took them out of their plastic collector’s bags in order to provide great photographs of the awesome quality of these books.

 Extremely collectible in very good vintage condition!

 

About Book:

The debut book by British naturalist Gerald Durrell. It is the chronicle of a six months collecting trip to the West African colony of British Cameroon - now Cameroon - (Dec 1947 - Aug 1948) - that Durrell made with the highly regarded aviculturist and ornithologist John Yealland.

Their reasons for going on the trip were twofold: "to collect and bring back alive some of the fascinating animals, birds, and reptiles that inhabit the region," and secondly, for both men to realise a long cherished dream to see Africa.

 

Its combination of comic exaggeration and environmental accuracy, portrayed in Durrell's light, clever prose, made it a great success. It launched Durrell's career as a writer of both non-fiction and fiction, which in turn financed his work as a zookeeper and conservationist.

Fantastic Vintage gift for the animal fan or book collector in your life!!!!!

 

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