Pippa's Challenge
by Joy Adamson
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- used - fair/used - good
- ISBN 10
- 0002621010
- ISBN 13
- 9780002621014
- Seller
-
Oakville, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
This book has been read, some wear covers and dust covers. Some stickers and markings on inner pages as this was former library book. Spine intact, no creases.
"Joy Adamson was an amazing woman. After she and her husband George reintroduced Elsa the lioness back into the wild she took on the challenge of a cheetah. Pippa the cheetah's story began in The Spotted Sphinx and is continued in Pippa's Challenge. You'll cheer at Pippa's accomplishments, cringe at her challenges and in this book root for her and her family." Good Reads
"Joy Adamson (born Friederike Victoria Gessner) was a naturalist, artist, and author best known for her book, Born Free, which describes her experiences raising a lion cub named Elsa. Born Free was printed in several languages, and made into an Academy Award-winning movie of the same name. In 1977, she was awarded the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art. Born to Victor and Traute Gessner in Troppau, Silesia, Austria-Hungary (now Opava, Czech Republic) and was the 2nd of 3 girls. Her father was a wealthy architect. After the divorce of her parents, Joy went to live with her grandmother. In her autobiography The Searching Spirit, Adamson wrote about her grandmother, saying, "It is to her I owe anything that may be good in me."" Good Reads
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ohkwaho Books and Fine Art (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 247-2023
- Title
- Pippa's Challenge
- Author
- Joy Adamson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket and plastic cover
- Book Condition
- used - fair
- Jacket Condition
- used - good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0002621010
- ISBN 13
- 9780002621014
- Publisher
- Collins & Harvill Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1972
- Pages
- 175
- Size
- 24.5 x 17 cm
- Keywords
- Non-Fiction, Animals, Conservation, Cheetahs, Africa
Terms of Sale
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30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Ohkwaho Books and Fine Art
Biblio member since 2023
Oakville, Ontario
About Ohkwaho Books and Fine Art
Welcome to Ohkwaho Books and Fine Art. We are a small family-run, independent book-seller looking to share our passion for the written word with the world. We specialize in historical fiction, non-fiction and children's fiction. Above all we value integrity and transparency and are looking for ways to connect with other bibliophiles. Our resident artist is a proudly Metis youth, working to regain connection with his Metis heritage, and much of his passion for social justice and reconciliation may be envisioned within his art. We offer a wide variety of books for sale, both gently used and new. We are also very thrilled to announce availability of a limited number of prints and original artwork by Baz. In addition, we are always happy to connect with you to discuss commissions and other types of requests. Please reach out and let us know how best we can work with you! We look forward to hearing from you.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....