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THE TRIBE OF TIGER; Cats and Their Culture / Elizabeth Marshall Thomas / Illustrated by Jared Taylor Williams
by Thomas, Elizabeth Marshall
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0671799657
- ISBN 13
- 9780671799656
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York London Toronto Sydney Tokyo Singapore: Simon & Schuster, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Fine. Jared Taylor Williams. 8vo, tan quarter cloth with irridescent green spine lettering over beige boards, illustrated with delineations of members of the cat family as chapter headings, archival mylar-protected pictorial green dust jacket (unclipped) with inset photo of a brown & white cat, ginger endpapers, 240 pages. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas (born 1931) is a superb anthropologist and expert on prehistory, paleolithic life, and the !Kung Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert; raised as a latterday Boston Brahmin, she is also a superb Radcliffe-trained scholar, historical novelist, and has great insight into animal behavior. She has also written The Hidden Life of Dogs.<br /> <br /> SUPERIOR CONDITION! Tight, clean, bright and without annotations. Dust jacket is bright, clean, a trifle rubbed, and ever so slightly roughened around its edges. No previous owner or remainder marks.
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- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4292
- Title
- THE TRIBE OF TIGER; Cats and Their Culture / Elizabeth Marshall Thomas / Illustrated by Jared Taylor Williams
- Author
- Thomas, Elizabeth Marshall
- Illustrator
- Jared Taylor Williams
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0671799657
- ISBN 13
- 9780671799656
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York London Toronto Sydney Tokyo Singapore
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- Europe, hunters, reindeer, horses, caves, prehistory, stone age, Cro Magnon, Neanderthals
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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