The Company of Animals by McKie, Ronald - 1965

Harcourt, Brace & World. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. Stamped on inside & page edges. In protective mylar cover. (Zoology, Malaysia)

New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1966. Hardcover with price clipped dust jacket, xi + 271 pages, plus black-and-white photographs and endpaper maps; very gently used ex-library copy with not a trace of shelf wear, tape residue on both covers, large rubber stamp on half title page, cataloguing details in ink on copyright page, card pocket secured to last blank page, but tight in binding, text pages very clean and unmarked; DJ in original removable mylar protector; I took it out for a look see: the bright yellow front panel is sun faded to white on the spine which also has the ghost of the library spine label, there is a knife-cut to the front panel from top, several other tiny tears, and looks better out of the mylar, but I'll leave that for you to decide. See also our listings for William Bridges' Gathering of Animals: An Unconventional History of the New York Zoological Society, and for Victor Scheffer's Adventures of a Zoologist, as well as for Peter… Read More

Australia,: Angus & RObertson. Very Good. Hardcover. 1975. 225 pages. tidy copy .

London: Readers Book Club No date. Green cloth, gilt lettering to spine. 239pp. B/w photos. Light foxing. A sound, clean copy.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1965. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The story of Jim Hislop and the animals of Malaya. Inscription to ep and a small amount of foxing. The jacket has some light edge wear.

New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1966. First American edition. Hardcover. Good/good. This is the story of Jim Hislop, the last European Chief Game Warden of Malaya. He knew the jungle both as a conservator of nature and wildlife and as a killer of men and women. His jungle skills were used by the British Government firstly in undermining the Japanese during World War II and then challenging the Communists in the Malayan 'Emergency' where the jungle provided the insurgents with many a safe haven. The book also recalls the thrills and dangers of the Malayan jungle in the mid 20th century.Good Hardback in a Good Dust Jacket 271 pages with a few maps and black and white plates. Weight: 0.7 kg Post free within Malaysia This is an ex-library book with labels on the front cover, spine and a rear end paper and stamps on the text block. The binding is tight, text clear and there is mild tanning throughout.

New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1966. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. This is the story of Jim Hislop, the last European Chief Game Warden of Malaya. He knew the jungle both as a conservator of nature and wildlife and as a killer of men and women. His jungle skills were used by the British Government firstly in undermining the Japanese during World War II and then challenging the Communists in the Malayan 'Emergency' where the jungle provided the insurgents with many a safe haven. The book also recalls the thrills and dangers of the Malayan jungle in the mid 20th century. Very Good Hardback in a Very Good Dust Jacket 271 pages with a few maps and black and white plates. Weight: 0.7 kg Post free within Malaysia The dust jacket has minor rubbing in places. The binding is tight, text clear and there is minimal tanning throughout.