By Gerald Durrell
London   Rupert Hart-Davis; Collins; Heinemann/Octopus
9" by 6" 235; 221; 812, [4]pp
A pleasing trio of works by British naturalist Gerald Durrell, including his popular autobiography 'My Family and Other Animals'.
By Gerald Durrell

1961-1981 The Whispering Land; Catch Me a Colobus; My Family and Other Animals

London   Rupert Hart-Davis; Collins; Heinemann/Octopus
9" by 6" 235; 221; 812, [4]pp
A pleasing trio of works by British naturalist Gerald Durrell, including his popular autobiography 'My Family and Other Animals'.
£225.00
: 2kgs / : 971Y53

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First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

Comprising the first editions of 'The Whispering Land' and 'Catch Me a Colobus', and an anthology of seven of Durrell's works, including 'My Family and Other Animals'. 

All complete with the original unclipped dust wrappers.

Gerald Durrell was a British naturalist, writer, zookeeper, conservationist and television presenter who, as well as his expeditions and work with animals, is perhaps best-known for his autobiographical book 'My Family and Other Animals', which describes his time living in Corfu as a child with his widowed mother and siblings from 1935-1939. 

This set includes a 1981 anthology of Durrell's works, including 'My Family', together with six other books recounting his expeditions such as 'The Bafut Beagles', 'The Drunken Forest' and 'Encounters with Animals'. 

'The Whispering Land' (1961) and 'Catch Me a Colobus' (1972) make up the other two volumes in this set, being an account of 8 months travelling in Argentina during the late 1950s, and describing an expedition to Sierra Leone to catch colobus monkeys for Durrell's zoo in Jersey, respectively.

Condition

In the original cloth bindings. With the original unclipped dust wrappers. Externally, excellent, with shelf wear only. Dust wrappers are very smart, with only mild shelf wear to 'My Family' and 'Catch Me a Colobus'. With heavier edge wear and handling marks to 'Whispering Land'. With a chip to the spine tail and a few smaller chips to the spine tail and edges. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages.

Very Good Indeed

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