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A Dark Place in the Jungle: Science, Orangutans, and Human Nature
by Spalding, Linda
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine /Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1565122267
- ISBN 13
- 9781565122260
- Seller
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St. Charles, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A.: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 A book that shows us no paradise is safe from the machinations of man, & no one is immune to temptation. Author follows orangutan researcher Birute' Galdikas trial to Borneo & discovers the unholy mix of Scientists, government workers, tourists, loggers, descendants of Dayak headhunters, Javenese goldminers, & half-tame orangutans vying for control of the jungle. Fine in fine unclipped jacket (sliced 2" on right lower corner), mapped frontis, Prelude, Epilogue, Acknowledgments, 269 crisp, clean & solid pp. Excellent Personal/Ref. cpy . Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. 1999.
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- Bookseller
- Julie's Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 031279
- Title
- A Dark Place in the Jungle: Science, Orangutans, and Human Nature
- Author
- Spalding, Linda
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Stated First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1565122267
- ISBN 13
- 9781565122260
- Publisher
- Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
- Place of Publication
- Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- ORANGUTAN-BEHAVIOR-RESEARCH-BORNEO-SPALDING, LINDA-JOURNEYS-BORENO-GALDIKAS, BIRUTE MARIJA FILOMENA-BORNEO-DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL Nonfiction, Travel & Description
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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