Beasts in my belfry: The Corfu Trilogy #2
by Durrell, Gerald Malcolm
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0002111780
- ISBN 13
- 9780002111782
- Seller
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Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
First edition. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Pages clean with B&W illustrations throughout. Hardcover. with Dust Jacket and mylar protective cover, no names or marks inside. B&W Illustrations. Dust Jacket unclipped.
The Corfu Trilogy #2
Part coming-of-age autobiography and part nature guide, Gerald Durrell's dazzling sequel to My Family and Other Animals is based on his boyhood on Corfu, from 1933 to 1939. Originally published in 1969 but long out of print, Birds, Beasts and Relativesis filled with charming observations, amusing anecdotes, boyhood memories, and childlike wonder. Durrell's account of his early years as a keeper at Whipsnade Zoo are filled with the usual assortment of animal characters, including Albert the lion, Durrel's first charge, who had the habit of hiding behind bushes and leaping out at unsuspecting old ladies.
The Corfu Trilogy #2
Part coming-of-age autobiography and part nature guide, Gerald Durrell's dazzling sequel to My Family and Other Animals is based on his boyhood on Corfu, from 1933 to 1939. Originally published in 1969 but long out of print, Birds, Beasts and Relativesis filled with charming observations, amusing anecdotes, boyhood memories, and childlike wonder. Durrell's account of his early years as a keeper at Whipsnade Zoo are filled with the usual assortment of animal characters, including Albert the lion, Durrel's first charge, who had the habit of hiding behind bushes and leaping out at unsuspecting old ladies.
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- Bookseller
- Lansdowne Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 157
- Title
- Beasts in my belfry
- Author
- Durrell, Gerald Malcolm
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0002111780
- ISBN 13
- 9780002111782
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1973
- Pages
- 191pp.
- Size
- 5 1/2" X 8 1/2";
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural Sciences; Travel; First Edition; Fiction; Autobiography; collectible;
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