Elephants arrive at Half-Past Five
by Ilka Chase
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: WH Allen, 1964. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8.5" by 5.5". Norton Brown. A bright first edition of this photo-safari through East Africa by Ilka Chase and Dr Norton Brown. The first edition of this work. By Ilka Chase, American actress, radio host, and novelist, and her husband Norton Brown. A fascinating travelogue from New York through Treetops, Amboseli, Zanzibar, Uganda, Ethiopia, Egypt, &c. With notes on the beautiful African animals as well as tips for the travellers and a bibliography.Photographs by Norton Brown. Complete with unclipped dust wrapper. From the library of Desmond Morris, a zoologist best known for his 1967 sociobiological work "The Naked Ape". Alongside achieving great acclaim as a zoologist, Morris was also known for being an ethnologist and surrealist painter, and for popular television programmes, including "Zoo Time". In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely. Desmond Morris bookplate to front pastedown. Dust wrapper excellent with only minor staining mark affecting internal only. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 864A35
- Title
- Elephants arrive at Half-Past Five
- Author
- Ilka Chase
- Illustrator
- Norton Brown
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- WH Allen
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1964
- Size
- 8.5" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- africa safari first editions illustrated safari
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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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