New York, New York, U.S.A.: Henry Holt & Co, 1981. 308 pages. The true account of Lawrence and his wife becoming keepers of a wild menagerie on their 350 acre farm in Ontario. Dust jacket has some egde rubbing, a few short tears to edges. Not price clipped. Looks good in new plastic cover. Pale green paper on boards binding with bittersweet coloured cloth spine has bumps to top corners. No former owner's name. Text is lovely, clean, tight, unmarked.. HC and DJ. Good/Good-.

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Bookseller: Ghost River Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 201630
Title: The Zoo That Never Was
Author: Lawrence, R.D
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: Good-
ISBN 10: 0030568110
ISBN 13: 9780030568114
Publisher: Henry Holt & Co
Place of Publication: New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1981

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Price Clipped: When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Bumps: Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...