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ISBN10: 0395282179, ISBN13: 9780395282175, [publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston] Hardcover First Edition ***** This is the true first edition, first printing (with "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" stated on the copyright page). ***** This book is SIGNED by the author (Dian Fossey) on the title page. The author has not inscribed this book to anyone; it is just signed by the author. ***** Signed examples of this title are very rare. ***** Very nice hardcover with dust jacket. There is NO writing, NO bookplates, and NO remainder marks. It is NOT a book club edition and NOT a former library book. The dust jacket is NOT price-clipped ($19.95). CONDITION: The book is in FINE condition, and the dust jacket is in NEAR FINE condition. ***** We include new mylar (clear) dust jacket protectors with all books at no charge. ***** OUR GUARANTEE TO YOU: All books are guaranteed to be as described. We believe that no sale is complete until you are happy. Any book is returnable for a full refund (including postage) if you're not 100% satisfied. All books are packaged very carefully and shipped via USPS Mail with Delivery Confirmation. Thank you! Richard Vick, Modern First Editions (Buying and Selling Modern First Editions since 1982).
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, Date: 1983. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 1983. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company ISBN 0395282179 9780395282175 [US]
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, Date: 1983. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 1983. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company ISBN 0395282179 9780395282175 [US]
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, Date: 1983. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 1983. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company ISBN 0395282179 9780395282175 [US]
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Dian Fossey
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VERY GOOD condition — DUST JACKET: Wear & tear to top and bottom of spine, panels, folds and flaps. Very minor chipping to top and bottom of spine, primarily at the corners. Small closed tear, top of spine. Spine sunned. Minor moisture stain to bottom, reverse. BOARDS: Very good condition. Foot of spine soft w/minor moisture stain, extending to back board. BOOK: Very good condition. Very slight lean to spine. Please inspect photos closely for condition details.Here on offer is a very nice copy of Dian Fossey's groundbreaking book on Mountain primates, Gorillas in the Mist, an exhaustive study of same and the basis for the award-winning film of the same name. This copy is a 1st trade edition, 1st printing of the work published by Houghton Mifflin in Date: 1983. The dust jacket is protected from further wear by a Mylar sleeve.*********************************************************"The inspiration for the Academy Award-nominated film, Gorillas in the Mist is the riveting account of Dian Fossey's thirteen years in a remote African rain forest with the greatest of the great apes.Fossey's extraordinary efforts to ensure the future of the rain forest and its remaining mountain gorillas are captured in her own words and in candid photographs of this fascinating endangered species. As only she could, Fossey combined her personal adventure story with groundbreaking scientific reporting in an unforegettable portrait of one of our closest primate relatives.Although Fossey's work ...
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ISBN10: 0395282179, ISBN13: 9780395282175, [publisher: Houghton Mifflin] Hardcover First Edition VERY GOOD condition DUST JACKET: Wear & tear to top and bottom of spine, panels, folds and flaps. Very minor chipping to top and bottom of spine, primarily at the corners. Small closed tear, top of spine. Spine sunned. Minor moisture stain to bottom, reverse. BOARDS: Very good condition. Foot of spine soft w/minor moisture stain, extending to back board. BOOK: Very good condition. Very slight lean to spine. Please inspect photos closely for condition details. ********************************************************* Here on offer is a very nice copy of Dian Fossey's groundbreaking book on Mountain primates, Gorillas in the Mist, an exhaustive study of same and the basis for the award-winning film of the same name. This copy is a 1st trade edition, 1st printing of the work published by Houghton Mifflin in 1983. The dust jacket is protected from further wear by a Mylar sleeve. ******************************************************* "The inspiration for the Academy Award-nominated film, Gorillas in the Mist is the riveting account of Dian Fossey's thirteen years in a remote African rain forest with the greatest of the great apes. ******* Fossey's extraordinary efforts to ensure the future of the rain forest and its remaining mountain gorillas are captured in her own words and in candid photographs of this fascinating endangered species. As only she ...
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ISBN10: 0395282179, ISBN13: 9780395282175, [publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA] Hardcover Pictorial endpapers, BW & color plates, append, bibl, index, 326pp. DJ rubbed at corners and hinges else very smooth and shiny as new. Binding slightly creased at front pastedown. Interior and foredges clean, bright and unmarked. Bel exemplaire. Full number line (1-10) with "v".
[Chisseaux, France] [Publication Year: 1983]
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boston: houghton mifflin company, Date: 1983. first american review edition, 1983. a remarkable woman's thirteen-year adventure in the remote african rain forests with the greatest of the great apes. contains promotional material including an author photo, publisher's review slip, and publicity department press release. boston: houghton miffin company. isbn: 0395282179. 9 x 6". 326 pages. hardcover. book condition: fine. jacket condition: slight shelfwear. fine. 1983. houghton mifflin company ISBN 0395282179 9780395282175 [US]
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ISBN10: 0395282179, ISBN13: 9780395282175, [publisher: houghton mifflin company, boston, mass.] Hardcover First Edition a remarkable woman's thirteen year adventure in remote african rain forests with the greatest of the great apes.
[Columbia, SC, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1983]
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ISBN10: 0395282179, ISBN13: 9780395282175, [publisher: houghton mifflin company, boston] Hardcover First Edition first american review edition, 1983. a remarkable woman's thirteen-year adventure in the remote african rain forests with the greatest of the great apes. contains promotional material including an author photo, publisher's review slip, and publicity department press release. boston: houghton miffin company. isbn: 0395282179. 9 x 6". 326 pages. hardcover. book condition: fine. jacket condition: slight shelfwear. fine.
[Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1983]
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, Date: 1983. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, xviii, 326 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good minus dustjacket. Green spine with yellow text. Dustjacket has mild edgewear and shelfwear. Boards have mild edgewear. Textblock clean. 1369995. FP New Rockville Stock. 1983. Houghton Mifflin Company ISBN 0395282179 US
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, Date: 1983. First edition. Fine in near fine jacket.. Inscribed first printing of Fossey's landmark scientific memoir. The primatologist's famous account of her research and conservation work with the mountain gorillas of Rwanda, published just two years before her murder. Fossey, initially trained as a biologist, ultimately earned a degree in occupational therapy and made ingenious use of her prior work with (human) clients to gain a measure of trust from suspicious gorilla bands. Her opposition to poaching and destructive wildlife tourism was a major factor in saving mountain gorillas from extinction. A remarkable copy of a remarkable book. 9'' x 6''. Black quarter cloth with tan pictorial boards (gorilla stamped in black). In original unclipped ($19.95) dust jacket. Pictorial endpapers. Frontispiece illustration by Jay H. Matternes. Black and white photographs. xvii, [6], 326 pages. Inscription to title page: "All best wishes to Sue / Dian Fossey". Slightest bumping to corners. Light wear, minor creasing to jacket at head of spine. 1983. Houghton Mifflin Company ISBN 0395282179 US
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, Date: 1983. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, xviii, 326 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good minus dustjacket. Green spine with yellow text. Dustjacket has mild edgewear and shelfwear. Boards have mild edgewear. Textblock clean. 1369995. FP New Rockville Stock. 1983. Houghton Mifflin Company ISBN 0395282179 9780395282175 [US]
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Fossey Dian
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, Date: 1983. First edition. Fine in near fine jacket.. Inscribed first printing of Fossey's landmark scientific memoir. The primatologist's famous account of her research and conservation work with the mountain gorillas of Rwanda, published just two years before her murder. Fossey, initially trained as a biologist, ultimately earned a degree in occupational therapy and made ingenious use of her prior work with (human) clients to gain a measure of trust from suspicious gorilla bands. Her opposition to poaching and destructive wildlife tourism was a major factor in saving mountain gorillas from extinction. A remarkable copy of a remarkable book. 9'' x 6''. Black quarter cloth with tan pictorial boards (gorilla stamped in black). In original unclipped ($19.95) dust jacket. Pictorial endpapers. Frontispiece illustration by Jay H. Matternes. Black and white photographs. xvii, [6], 326 pages. Inscription to title page: "All best wishes to Sue / Dian Fossey". Slightest bumping to corners. Light wear, minor creasing to jacket at head of spine. 1983. Houghton Mifflin Company ISBN 0395282179 9780395282175 [US]
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Fossey's account of her 13-year reign as the 'gorilla lady' recruited by Anthropologist Louis Leakey to study that species of great ape, as Jane Goodall was Leakey's assignee to the chimpanzee. The book was adapted into the film 'Gorillas in the Mist', for which there is no spoiler here. Pretty lavishly illustrated with a section of full page color plates and many more full page black and white photos VG+ condition throughout, late sunning on the DJ spine, price clipped on DJ flap, solid, straight and square with clear archival sleeve. If you want a copy of this book, this is the copy you want. Date: 1983. Houghton Mifflin ISBN 0395282179 9780395282175 [US]
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company ISBN 0395282179 9780395282175 [US]
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Fossey Dian
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Hardcover. 326 pp. plus photos. Houghton Mifflin Co., New York (Date: 1983). Book Club Edition. Book appears to be unread. Clean and unmarked. Very Fine/Very Good. More photos upon request. Shipped in a box within a box, in bubble wrap, and with a tracking number. 1983. Houghton Mifflin ISBN 0395282179 9780395282175 [US]
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Fossey Dian
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Date: 1983. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Houghton Mifflin 1983, On Title Page And With Numberline (1-10) On Copyright Page. Illustrated Dust Jacket, Inside Corner Of Flap Clipped. Typical Library Stamps, Stickers. 326 Clean, Bright, White Tightly Bound Pages. Pages Have B/W Photos Throughout. Endsheets B/W Illustrations Of Gorillas With Their Names. Front End-Sheet Pocket Removed Leaving Mark. Prev. Owner's Name On White End-Sheet. Otherwise Pages Clean And Bright. A Nice Reading Copy. (See Photos) (411-D). 1983. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN 0395282179 9780395282175 [US]
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Houghton Mifflin , Date: 1983. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Good. Larger, sturdy book, black cloth spine, very bright silver lettering on spine, gray boards with an illustration of gorilla mother and baby on front, the faces of 12 gorillas and names inside covers and adjacent end papers,326 pages including appendices with charts, a bibliography and an index, includes five photo sections with one in color. DJ has yellow lettering, blue spine, front of gorilla on front, its back on back. DJ has a light crease to top front, a micronick at spine top and bottom right edges with very slight surface wear, slight surface wear to spine top left and right Near Very Good DJ/Near Very Fine book. 1983. Houghton Mifflin ISBN 0395282179 9780395282175 [US]
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.. Hardcover. Date: 1983. 2nd Printing. 8vo 326pp . Fine in Very Good DJ. B&W Illustrations. DJ spine slightly faded. An important study which ranks with George Schaller's earlier work . 1983. Houghton Mifflin Co. ISBN 0395282179 9780395282175 [US]
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 0000-00-00. First Edition. hardcover. Used: Good. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN 0395282179 9780395282175 [US]
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Date: 1983-08-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1983. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN 0395282179 9780395282175 [US]
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95.00
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Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin, Date: 1983. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Light edge wear to jacket. Price-clipped. . 1983. Houghton Mifflin ISBN 0395282179 9780395282175 [US]
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, Date: 1983. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition, first printing in price clipped jacket. Clean gray paper-covered boards with illustration on cover of gorilla and her baby. Black cloth spine (a couple of spots of faint fading to rear spine ). No bumping or wear. Binding is tight, pages are clean with clean illustrated endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated with black and white and full color photographs. 326 pages with Index. Dust jacket is clean, price clipped at upper corner of front inside flap, has edge wear, multiple short closed tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. . 1983. Houghton Mifflin ISBN 0395282179 9780395282175 [US]
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Houghton Mifflin, Date: 1983. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 1983. Houghton Mifflin ISBN 0395282179 9780395282175 [US]
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44.36
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Date: 1983T. hardcover. Very Good. 1.5000 in x 9.0000 in x 6.4000 in. Dust jacket shows several tears on spine, only one larger than a quarter inch. Full number line. Text is clean and bright. 1983. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN 0395282179 9780395282175 [US]
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New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Date: 1983. Book. Fine Minus. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition, first printing with full number line. Silver board and black buckram spine cover with silver titles. Newish. Binding is tight, tips pointed, boards firm and square and clean and odor free throughout. Art decorated endpapers of various gorillas, unmarked. Index. Jacket has minor frey at tips and spine ends. However, looks triumphant in a shiny mylar dust protector. Shipping box is suitable for wrapping. . 1983. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN 0395282179 9780395282175 [US]
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Houghton Mifflin 1983 Hard cover -1 First Edition, first printing with full number line in very good condition. The pages are clean and crisp, in near like new condition, with no bent corners. Boards are solid with no bumping, and the spine is square and tight. The dust jacket has some wear, with minor nicks and tears at the edges, and is clipped. Otherwise an attractive book with minimal signs of use and no remainder mark. All items guaranteed, and a portion of each sale supports social programs in Los Angeles. Ships from CA.
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Houghton Mifflin 1983 2nd Edition Hardcover Fine in Good jacket Book Larger, sturdy book, black cloth spine, very bright silver lettering on spine, gray boards with an illustration of gorilla mother and baby on front, the faces of 12 gorillas and names inside covers and adjacent end papers, 326 pages including appendices with charts, a bibliography and an index, includes five photo sections with one in color. DJ has yellow lettering, blue spine, front of gorilla on front, its back on back. DJ has a light crease to top front, a micronick at spine top and bottom right edges with very slight surface wear, slight surface wear to spine top left and right Near Very Good DJ/Near Very Fine book.
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105.09
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 1983-08-01 Hardcover New Size: 9x6x1; New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!
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8.77
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Houghton Mifflin 1983 Hardcover Very good Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
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45.94
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Boston, MA Houghton Mifflin 1983 First edition. Hard cover Fine in fine dust jacket. price clipped. Dustjacket is preserved in mylar cover Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 326 p. Audience: General/trade.
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Boston Houghton Mifflin Company 1983 First Edition, First Printing Hardcover Book. Octavo, xviii, 326 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good minus dustjacket. Green spine with yellow text. Dustjacket has mild edgewear and shelfwear. Boards have mild edgewear. Textblock clean. 1369995. FP New Rockville Stock.
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Houghton Mifflin 1983 Hardcover Fair Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
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Houghton Mifflin 1983 Hardcover Fair Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
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Houghton Mifflin 1983 Hardcover Fair Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
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Houghton Mifflin 1983 Hardcover Fair Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
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Houghton Mifflin 1983 Hardcover Fair Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
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Houghton Mifflin 1983 Hardcover Fair Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
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Houghton Mifflin 1983 Hardcover Fair Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
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Houghton Mifflin 1983 Hardcover Good Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
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Websters Bookstore Cafe via Alibris /Alibris
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 1983 hardcover Very good Good jacket First Edition. Dust jacket shows several tears on spine, only one larger than a quarter inch. Full number line. Text is clean and bright.
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Boston, MA Houghton Mifflin 1983 later printing Hard cover Good in good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 326 p. Audience: General/trade.
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ISBN10: 0395282179, ISBN13: 9780395282175, [publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt] Hardcover New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1.5
[North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1983]
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ISBN10: 0395282179, ISBN13: 9780395282175, [publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston] Hardcover First Edition Octavo, xviii, 326 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good minus dustjacket. Green spine with yellow text. Dustjacket has mild edgewear and shelfwear. Boards have mild edgewear. Textblock clean. 1369995. FP New Rockville Stock.
[Rockville, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1983]
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ISBN10: 0395282179, ISBN13: 9780395282175, [publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston] Hardcover First Edition Inscribed first printing of Fossey's landmark scientific memoir. The primatologist's famous account of her research and conservation work with the mountain gorillas of Rwanda, published just two years before her murder. Fossey, initially trained as a biologist, ultimately earned a degree in occupational therapy and made ingenious use of her prior work with (human) clients to gain a measure of trust from suspicious gorilla bands. Her opposition to poaching and destructive wildlife tourism was a major factor in saving mountain gorillas from extinction. A remarkable copy of a remarkable book. 9'' x 6''. Black quarter cloth with tan pictorial boards (gorilla stamped in black). In original unclipped ($19.95) dust jacket. Pictorial endpapers. Frontispiece illustration by Jay H. Matternes. Black and white photographs. xvii, [6], 326 pages. Inscription to title page: "All best wishes to Sue / Dian Fossey". Slightest bumping to corners. Light wear, minor creasing to jacket at head of spine.
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ISBN10: 0395282179, ISBN13: 9780395282175, [publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston] Hardcover First Edition Octavo, xviii, 326 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good minus dustjacket. Green spine with yellow text. Dustjacket has mild edgewear and shelfwear. Boards have mild edgewear. Textblock clean. 1369995. FP New Rockville Stock.
[Rockville, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1983]
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ISBN10: 0395282179, ISBN13: 9780395282175, [publisher: Houghton MifflinCompany, Boston] Hardcover First Edition Binding tight; interior clean; illustrated end pages. Black and gray quarter-bound boards with silver lettering on spine; light bumping and wear to corners. Dust jacket price clipped; preserved in mylar; light chipping along edges, heavier at corners and spine ends; 1" closed tears upper front and back; spine faded. A combination of Dr. Fossey's personal story and her scientific reporting on these greatest of apes. 1st edition, 1st printing per copyright number line. 326pp., including index and appendices.
[Butte, MT, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1983]
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ISBN10: 0395282179, ISBN13: 9780395282175, [publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company] Hardcover Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
[Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1983]
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Better World Books /ZVAB
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ISBN10: 0395282179, ISBN13: 9780395282175, [publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company] Hardcover Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
[Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1983]
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