Menagerie Manor
by Gerald Durrell
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Looe, Cornwall, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Synopsis
Menagerie Manor is sure to delight fans of Durrells beloved classic My Family and Other Animals and other accounts of his lifelong fascination with members of the animal kingdom. With his unfailing charm, Durrell tells the story of how he finally fulfilled his childhood dream of founding his own private zoo, the Manor of Les Augres, on the English Channel island of Jersey. With the help of an enduring wife, a selfless staff, and a reluctant bank manager, the zoo grows, and readers are treated to a colorful parade of the zoos unusual animal inhabitants.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bosco Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 039946
- Title
- Menagerie Manor
- Author
- Gerald Durrell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Rupert Hart-Davis
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1964
- Size
- 5"x 8"
- Keywords
- Animals, Jersey, Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust, Wildlife Preservation, Zoos
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Firsts; Natural History;
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