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THE RAREST OF THE RARE. Vanishing Animals, Timeless Worlds
by Ackerman, Diane
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- A near fine copy in a very good plus dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0679403469
- ISBN 13
- 9780679403463
- Seller
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Bainbridge Island, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. A near fine copy in a very good plus dust jacket. Ackerman journeys in search of monarch butterflies and short-tailed albatrosses, monk seals and golden lion tamarin monkeys: the world's rarest creatures and their vanishing habitats. She delivers a rapturous celebration of other species that is also a warning to our own. Traveling from the Amazon rain forest to a forbidding island off the coast of Japan, enduring everything from broken ribs to a beating by an irate seal, Ackerman reveals her subjects in all their splendid particularity. She shows us how they feed, mate, and migrate. She eavesdrops on their class and courtship dances. She pays tribute to the men and women hwo have deoted their lives to saving them. 184 pages with index.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ed Smith Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15179
- Title
- THE RAREST OF THE RARE. Vanishing Animals, Timeless Worlds
- Author
- Ackerman, Diane
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - A near fine copy in a very good plus dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0679403469
- ISBN 13
- 9780679403463
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- rare animals, endangered species, endangered ecosystems, Monarch butterfly, Migration
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Ed Smith Books
Biblio member since 2009
Bainbridge Island, Washington
About Ed Smith Books
Ed Smith Books specializes in better condition modern literary first editions, signed books, photographic monographs, screen and theater related material and pop culture. We offer appraisals for books and photographs. We are located a short ferry ride from downtown Seattle, WA on Bainbridge Island. Since 1985 (ABAA since 1995). Two authors we specialize in are Charles Bukowski and Hunter S Thompson. Open by appointment.
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