The Story of Elsa
by Joy Adamson
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Pantheon Books/Harcourt,Brace, and World, Inc. , 1966 Pantheon Books/Harcourt,Brace, and World, Inc. New York. 1966. Hardcover. BOMC Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; small puncture on front bord at gutter; light wear to head, tail, and tips from shelving. DJ: Very Good; light chipping to cover at tips, head, and tail; bumping to rear panel top. Rust colored cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on spine. Maps as endpapers. Coinciding with the release of the movie Born Free, Joy Adamson condensed into one volume the Story of Elsa, previously published in three volumes: Born Free, Living Free, Forever Free. A touching and moving story of a human being's association with an animal, but it gives a vivid and lovely picture of Africa. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000539
- Title
- The Story of Elsa
- Author
- Joy Adamson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books/Harcourt,Brace, and World, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1966
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- ELSA, LION BEHAVIOR, lion CUBS, BORN FREE, JOY ADAMSON, SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK, Africa, George Adamson, Jespah, Gopa, Little Elsa, lioness Elsa, animals, animal behavior, Africa, Lion hunting, Living Free, Forever Free.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Animal Stories; African Matters;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- BOMC
- Book-of-the-Month Club These are popular books republished and sold at a discounted price by one of these many clubs, the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...