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Caught in Fading Light: Mountain Lions, Zen Masters, and Wild Nature.
by Thorp, Gary
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0802713971
- ISBN 13
- 9780802713971
- Seller
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
New York: Walker & Co, 2002. 1st ed.. Hardback tall octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), few black & white illustrations, top edge lightly foxed, minor edgewear corners jacket. 187 pp. Describes his search for a mountain lion or cougar in the hills and mountains of Northern California where he lives. In spare, elegant prose, using the traditional form of Japanese writing known as nikki bungaku (literary diary), he writes about his meditations and adventures.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26966
- Title
- Caught in Fading Light: Mountain Lions, Zen Masters, and Wild Nature.
- Author
- Thorp, Gary
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0802713971
- ISBN 13
- 9780802713971
- Publisher
- Walker & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- nature, animals, lions, cougars, eastern religions, zen buddhism, literature, diaries, diary, united states, california, asia, japan
- Bookseller catalogs
- NATURE & ANIMALS;
Terms of Sale
Bookhome Sydney
Parcels posted within Australia by Australia Post. Overseas parcels from Australia posted by Air Mail with full tracking (about 10 to 30 days delivery, but delays in post possible). Expertly wrapped. Genuine guarantee. We request extra postage for heavy books.
About the Seller
Bookhome Sydney
Biblio member since 2004
Annandale, New South Wales
About Bookhome Sydney
Friendly family-owned internet bookshop located in Sydney's inner west. Selling books since 1998 (online since 2000). A broad range of quality secondhand and antiquarian books, particularly Australian history and society (Australiana), psychology, health, animals/pets, environment, science, religion, books for children. Mostly nonfiction.
Glossary
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...