Virunga The Passion of Dian Fossey
by Mowat, Farley
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0771066775
- ISBN 13
- 9780771066771
- Seller
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Vars, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
McClelland & Stewart. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. 0771066775 . Green hardcovers with green cloth spine covering and bold gilt titles to the spine. Very Good++, a tightly bound copy with a bright , unmarked text. Maps of the 'Parc National Des Volcans', Rwanda and the 'Karisoke Research Centre" on the end papers. Light spine end wear. The DJ is Very Good, glossy with light cover edgewear. " On December 28, 1985 after eighteen years of research in the dripping rain forests of the Virunga volcanoes in central Africa, Dian Fossey was brutally murdered. Though not quite fifty-four years old, she had lived a life as remarkable and rewarding as that of any woman of our time." ; Color Photographs; 9.30 X 6.40 X 1.50 inches; 380 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bytown Bookery (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14210
- Title
- Virunga The Passion of Dian Fossey
- Author
- Mowat, Farley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0771066775
- ISBN 13
- 9780771066771
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- 0771066775, Zoologists, Rwanda
- Bookseller catalogs
- Animals; Biography;
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