The Emperor's Embrace: Reflections on Animal Families and Fatherhood
by Masson, Jeffrey Moussaieff
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0671020838
- ISBN 13
- 9780671020835
- Seller
-
Newport, Washington, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
USA: Pocket Books/Simon & Schuster, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First Edition Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Fine Condition. Publisher's papers laid in. Bright, clean, unmarked, tight & solid book. The author introduces us to the 'world's best dads' . He takes the reader to such places as the Antarctica where the Emperor Penguin fathers incubate their eggs by carrying them around on their feet for two months; he talks about wolves and why they make good fathers and dogs don't; he also talks about the beaver, sea horse, and marmoset as father. Masson shows how the experience of fatherhood-for animals as well as humans-is a profound experience. 253 pages with index. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Pocket Books/Simon & Schuster, New York, 1999.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013769
- Title
- The Emperor's Embrace: Reflections on Animal Families and Fatherhood
- Author
- Masson, Jeffrey Moussaieff
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0671020838
- ISBN 13
- 9780671020835
- Publisher
- Pocket Books/Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1999
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- ANIMALS ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR NATURE NATURAL HISTORY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Animals, General;
- X weight
- 0 oz
Terms of Sale
The Parnassus BookShop
Shipment 5 days a week upon receipt of payment. If buyer wishes to return a book, buyer must notify us within 5 days of receipt of the item and return the item within 14 days of the date they notify us of the return. Refund will be made within 3 days of the receipt of the returned item.
About the Seller
The Parnassus BookShop
Biblio member since 2007
Newport, Washington
About The Parnassus BookShop
About The Parnassus BookShop: We love and cherish books, inside and out! The Parnassus BookShop is the online bookshop with the goal of providing you with just the book you want, in the best possible condition, with friendly, helpful service and professional, efficient handling of your book purchases. We specialize in history, literature, classics and modern classic fiction and non-fiction; mystery/British mystery; with a wide variety of general fiction, politics and government, nature/natural history, science, psychology, social sciences, the arts, music, children's books, etc. Please see our catalogs.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...