The Overloaded Ark

London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1959. Fourth Impression. This is an account of an expedition the author made to the British Cameroons, West Africa, to capture live specimens of the unique fauna. Green cloth, blue text on spine. 238pp. includes Index. B/w Drawings. 1 or 2 tiny spots to top and fore edges of compressed pages. Small signature to… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber Ltd, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 220x150x30mm. BAUR, SABINE. 220x150x30mm+441g . . 500g Postage Incorrect see below for 1kg . . Faber and Faber Ltd. London. 1953. First Edition. 2nd Printing. . Hard boards with original dust jacket. Illustrations by Sabine Baur. This is Gerald Durrells first book about his collecting trip to… Read more about this item

London: Readers Union/ Faber & Faber, 1955. Edition Not Stated . Hardcover. Very Good-/No Jacket. Slight spine tilt.

Faber & Faber, UK, 1959. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Sabine Baur. Fourth printing. Size: 8vo Octavo (8 to 9 inches). Binding tight, spine slightly cocked. Slight foxing front/rear pages. Minor marks and wear to Dust Jacket. Gift inscription plus signature of owner, reasonably neat.. Edges moderately browned/ foxed. Illustrator: Sabine Baur.. … Read more about this item

Faber & Faber, 1953. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1953. This Edition. 238 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Ex Libris plate to front pastedown. Pages are bright and clear with light foxing and tanning to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Binding is subtly loose but pages remain firmly attached. Book is slightly… Read more about this item

LONDON: READERS UNION / FABER AND FABER, 1955. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. SABINE BAUR. Boards rubbed and lightly marked, spine sunned and darkened, fore edge foxed. Clean throughout. Very good.

Penguin Books, 1961. Paperback. Acceptable. 1961. Reprint. 236 pages. Pictorial paper cover. Contains black and white illustrations. Neat, clean, with heavy tanning and foxing to pages and text block edges. Occasional thumbing throughout and water marks. Paper cover has heavy edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Large tears and chipping, with heavy tanning and marking overall. Book… Read more about this item

Penguin, 1962. Paperback. Good. 1962. 235 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Faber & Faber, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. boards are chipped and knocked. foxing. ownership inscription. internally, book is clean and pleasant. sound binding. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

London: Book Society. 238 pages, illustrated by Sabine Baur, bookplate on inside cover, dusty and rubbed jacket. . Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint.. 1953.

George Allen & Unwin, 1958. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1958. Reprinted. 120 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Minor loss to page 30. Scuffing to pastedowns. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with… Read more about this item

Penguin, 1962. Paperback. Acceptable. 1962. No Edition Remarks. 236 pages. Pink and white paper cover with black and white illustrations throughout. Heavy tanning to pages with slight dog-eared pages throughout and major tanning to text block edges. Front hinge is cracked. Covers have visible rubbing and sunning with moderate corner bending. Major sunning to spine.

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1960. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Sabine Baur. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Faber & Faber, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/Fair. jacket is worn, creased and chipped. boards are also worn and a bit damaged on the edges. foxing and markings throughout. sound binding. fair copy.[SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

London: Readers Union Faber & Faber, 1955. Book Club Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Baur, Sabine. Mostly clean, faded green cloth boards, faint scuff marks, silver titles on sunned spine. Corners and spine ends bumped but all intact. Cut edges unmarked, top edges red tinted. Clean endpapers… Read more about this item

Ballantine, 1953. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: Faber & Faber, [1953]. 238pp. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in blue, pictorial dustwrapper. A trifle cocked, slight surface loss to head of spine and lower board, dustwrapper rubbed, spine panel chipped and sunned. Endpapers lightly browned. Presentation copy, inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP: 'With all best wishes / from / Gerald Durrell / 1953'. The first… Read more about this item

readers union. Hardcover. B003UM125C Readers Union/Faber and Faber Book Club edition 1955 hardcover, illustrated. Very Good+. One corner bumped, otherwise fine. In a Very Good dust jacket. No tears but the spine panel is sunned. A chronicle of the author's six month collecting trip to the great rain forests of the Cameroons, West Africa. . Very Good.

Faber & Faber, 1959. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1959. 238 pages. Green pictorial dust jacket over green cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly… Read more about this item

NY: Stokes. VG-/good only (see notes). 1927. 1st. hardcover. 8vo . 429pp . Some wear head and heel spine, lettering quite faded, bkplate partly gone down e. p. DJ fragile, toned, w/ couple small holes .