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Lutterworth, 1963. Hardcover. Good. 1963. Second Impression. 160 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white and colour photographic plates. Pages are bright and clear with light tanning to text block edges. Pen inscription to front pastedown. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear.

British: Pan X327, 1964. Solid with a crease on the spine and a dent on the front cover.. 1st Printing. Paperback. Very Good.

Pan Books Ltd, 1964. Paperback. Good. 1964. No edition remarks. 144 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages are moderately tanned. Mild cracking to gutters, however binding remains firm. Notable stain to reverse of front cover and first page. Previous owner's inscription to reverse of front cover. Small folds to some pages. Paper cover has mild edge wear with mild corner curling. Moderate tanning to spine. Mild scratching and marking to covers.

Pan Books Ltd, 1964. Paperback. Good. 1964. First Edition Thus. 144 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages are clean overall, with moderate tanning throughout. Binding remains firm. Minor creasing to front hinge. Small pencil note to half title page. Paper covers have light edge wear with minor creasing and scuffing. Small green label to bottom edge of spine. Book has a slight forward lean.

Pan Books Ltd, 1966. Paperback. Acceptable. 1966. Second Printing. 144 pages. Illustrated paper covers. Black and white photographic plates. Pan book X327. Minor foxing and moderate tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges, lighter to reverse of covers. Pen inscription to half title page. Binding remains firm. Paper covers have light edge-wear and corner curling with visible tanning and light scuffing overall. Spine has minor rolling and creasing.

Pan Books Ltd, 1966. Paperback. Acceptable. 1966. 2nd Printing. 143 pages. Illustrated paper cover. Contains black and white plates. Clean pages and plates with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Minor water staining to fore edges textblock. Binding remains firm. Paper covers have moderate edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and curling to corners. Visible wear and pen marks to covers.

Pan Books, 1964. Hardcover. Good. 1964. 1964 Reprint. 141 pages. No dust jacket. Green and white pictorial paperback. Contains black and white photographs. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Paper cover is lightly rub worn and thumbed with light shelf wear to edges and corners. Light creases to corners and spine. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Lutterworth, UK, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair Condition/Very Good. Book Size: 8vo Octavo (8 to 9 inches). Item Type: Book. Binding good, spine cocked. Slight foxing front/rear pages. Minor wear to Dust Jacket. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Edges foxed and browned. Bumping to board corners, warping to boards. Jacket protected by plastic wrap which has been taped to the boards..

London: Lutterworth Press, 1961. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. With 42 photographs including 5 in full colour. Getting loosely bound, blue cloth boards. Fading and scuffing on cover and spine. Top corner of half title page is cut away. Creases on the last couple of pages. No jacket, front free end paper missing.

Lutterworth, 1961. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1961. First Edition. 160 pages. Pictorial dust jacket covered in removable plastic wrapper over blue cloth. Black and white photographs. Colour frontispiece. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Minor pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. Clipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears, chipping and creasing.

Lutterworth Press, 1961. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1961. First Published. 160 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white and colour photographic plates throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Clipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Foxing overall.

Lutterworth Press, 1961. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1961. First Edition. 160 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth boards. Gilt lettering. Contains black and white and colour plates. Clean pages and plates with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. Minor tanning to free endpapers due to dust jacket flaps. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Minor wear marks to boards. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Minor wear marks to spine and panels.

Published by Lutterworth Press, 1961. 1st edition.. Hardback. Very Good/Good. Very good condition in an almost very good dustwrapper. The full account of four months David Attenborough spent travelling several thousand miles throughout the island of Madagascar to meet the varied peoples whose origin stems from the Far East rather than from nearby Africa, study their local customs, and film some of the remarkable animals which occur nowhere else in the world. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and 5 colour photos. Light wear to top & tail of spine, very narrow band of browning to horizontal edges of boards. Text block browned. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper has a couple of closed tears repaired with tape, edges-rubbed, rear panel a little grubby. Overall a decent copy.

1964. Pan Books, London. 1964. First edition, thus. Pan paperback. Illustrated with photographs. Bottom corner of title page and contents page creased o/w a very good, clean copy.

Lutterworth Press, Guildford,, [1981]. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs (many full-page) in the text; original blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A companion volume to 'The Zoo Quest Expeditions' (1980), this second Zoo Quest omnibus contains abridged versions of the final three original volumes 'Zoo Quest to Madagascar', 'Quest in Paradise' and 'Quest under Capricorn'.

Lutterworth Press., 1961. 1st. Ed.. pp.160 with colour and b/w. photos. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in vg. plus dw.

London: Lutterworth Press, [1956-63]. First Edition, first printings between 1956-63, with coloured frontispieces and a number of coloured and monochrome plates throughout. All in original cloth with gilt backs. A FINE, clean set in dustwrappers - none are price clipped. The wrappers are all fine (save for volume 1 which only has a little rubbing to extremities). The first volume is a second printing. A fine, fresh set in the original colourful wrappers of Attenborough's earliest books, recording his 'Zoo Quest' animal-foraging expeditions in many different territories. A rare set by one of the leading presenters of all time.

London: Lutterworth Press, [1956-63]. First Edition, first printings between 1956-63, with coloured frontispieces and a number of coloured and monochrome plates throughout. All in original cloth with gilt backs. A very good, clean set in dustwrappers - none are price clipped. The wrappers with some chipping to extremities. The first volume SIGNED by Attenborough without dedication to the title page. A very good, fresh set in the original colourful wrappers of Attenborough's earliest books, recording his 'Zoo Quest' animal-foraging expeditions in many different territories. A rare set by one of the leading presenters of all time.

Lutterworth Press,, [1956-63]. 6 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispieces and very numerous coloured and monochrome plates throughout, neat contemporary inscription on blank preliminary of first volume; original cloth (green/red/green/red/blue/green respectively), gilt backs, a very good, bright, clean set in remarkably bright, clean dustwrapper, the wrappers just a little chipped at extremities. A bright, fresh set in the original colourful wrappers of Attenborough's earliest books, recording his 'Zoo Quest' animal-foraging expeditions in many different territories. Well-illustrated and delightfully written, these early titles display much of the talent and infectious charm that has since made their author a naturalist, broadcaster and presenter of world renown. The series captures well the appeal of his first-ever television series 'Zoo Quest' that ran on the BBC from 1954-1964. It also gave rise, incidentally (in those far-off pre-computer days), to a highly… Read More

London: Lutterworth, 1956. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. A Full Set of the 'Zoo Quest' Series in outstanding, collector's condition lovingly assembled over many years (London: Lutterworth Press [1956-1963] 1956). All First UK Editions, First Printings in Original Publisher's Boards published between 1956 and 1963. Zoo Quest (1956) - a near fine copy in like D/W; Zoo Quest for a Dragon - a near fine copy in like D/W; Zoo Quest in Paraguay (1959) - a fine copy in a near fine (price-clipped) D/W; Quest in Paradise (1960) - a near fine copy in like price-clipped D/W; Zoo Quest to Madagascar (1961) - a very fine copy in like price-clipped D/W; and Quest under Capricorn (1963) - a very fine copy in like D/W. NO INSCRIPTIONS, NO CHIPPING and a PARTICULARLY ATTRACTIVE SET. ALL FIRST PRINTINGS. Rare in such nice condition. Photographs/scans available upon request.