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ZOO QUEST TO GUIANA
Written by David Attenborough.
Stock no. 1327665
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1956. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The full story of the highly successful B.B.C. - London Zoo expedition to British Guiana, that went to film in the wild, and bring back alive, "some of the strangest, some of the loveliest, and some of the most horrifying animals in the world". Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and 5 colour. Second impression published in same year/month as first impression. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Spine and rear edge of spine is heavily spotted. Small bookshop label to front pastedown. Text block lightly foxed. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and chipped, scratch and a grubby mark to front panel. Overall a decent copy.

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QUEST IN PARADISE
Written by David Attenborough.
Stock no. 1827664
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1960. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The author's two remarkable expeditions to the South Seas in search of people and their primitive way of life, although it was the lure of seeing birds of paradise in their natural surroundings that drew him tino the heart of primitive New Guinea. Terracotta cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and 5 colour. Light shelf wear to base of spine and light knock to lower edge of front board. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is nice and bright, lightly edge-rubbed, Couple of closed edge-tears (no loss) and a little grubby to rear panel. A very nice copy.

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ZOO QUEST IN PARAGUAY
Written by David Attenborough.
Stock no. 1827661
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The full story of David Attenborough's remarkable experiences on the four-months' journey undertaken to find armadillos. Green boards, gilt title to spine. 42 photographs including 5 in colour. 168 pages. Couple of minor marks to front board. Spine slightly cocked. Text block, endpapers and prelims a little foxed. Top corner cut from front endpaper. Otherwise, contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is creased to front panel, lightly edge-rubbed and a little grubby to rear panel. Overall, a nice copy.

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