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Samba and The Monkey Mind & The Monkey Puzzle
by Leonard Williams; John Gribbin; Jeremy Cherfas
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: The Bodley Head, 1965-1982. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 9" by 5.5". None. Two first edition works on natural history and the human relationship with monkeys and apes. Two volumes. This set includes: Samba and the Monkey Mind, 1965. First edition. With sixty-three photographs on plates. An affectionate study on a family of woolly monkeys. Written by Leonard Williams. The Monkey Puzzle: A Family Tree, 1982. First edition. Illustrated with sixteen plates and many in-text figures. A biological mapping of the route from monkey to modern man. Written by John Gribbin, a British scientific writer and astrophysicist, and Jeremy Cherfas, a British biologist. Both texts were previously held in the library of Desmond Morris, an English zoologist, ethologist, and surrealist painter known as a popular author of human sociobiology. In the original cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrappers are very smart with light shelf wear only. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Near Fine
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 868T31
- Title
- Samba and The Monkey Mind & The Monkey Puzzle
- Author
- Leonard Williams; John Gribbin; Jeremy Cherfas
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Bodley Head
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1965-1982
- Size
- 9" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- Samba Monkey Mind Puzzle Monkey Cherfas Williams
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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