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New York: Random House, 1957. First/First. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Another of those mixed state first editions, with 'First Printing' on the copyright page and the uncorrected error on p. 327, bound in burgundy-brown cloth with black text and green accent lines, and with a priced but undated DJ ($3.95, ads on rear flap). Top edge dyed Gatorade green. Considerations are as follows, in ascending order: General effects of age and light use incl. subtle toning to the jacket, heavier but still decent on the spine. Light-to-moderate edge wear including 1/8" and smaller chips at spine corners. Asmall tea-like stain, actually probably linseed oil or another such wood/furniture protector, on rear lower right corner, 1 1/8" X 3/4"; and another (or really, probably the same one), 3/8" X 1/4" at bottom left corner of front jacket flap. A short, whimsical animation of this event is furnished on the lower right page corners, which if flipped show this transparent,… Read More

1st Edition hardcover (McGraw-Hill, 1969), the scarce standard reference, correct with no dust jacket, charcoal gray cloth binding with gilt lettering, in the correct but uncommon format of 7 1/4" high by 10" wide.
This copy's binding is solid and undamaged, with clean edges all around and very moderate wear on the corners, but with age more visible in a uniform fading of the gilt lettering. Prior owner's name and contact details are written on free endpaper. Pages are otherwise unmarked, smooth and fresh with mild age toning, and with corners sharp and unfolded. Not a remaindered or ex-library copy.

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.

Solid, tight and square hard cover in chestnut brown buckram with red-gold gilding on the spine. No significant markings in or out except for a few lines underlined on page 263, seemingly by someone into Karl Jung in the 1970s -- a time when Jung's star was at an apex and popular paperback editions of his books filled the shelves, streets and open spaces of the whole entire world.

Tucked into the very back of this copy is one of those little Brentano's stickers, attesting to a story arc that began with that famous New York bookseller. Some people collect those stickers; here's one. The edges and corners of the front boards and spine are mildly bumped. The front board had a small light spot. The recto ffep and its verso counterpart at the back of the book have that blush of foxing you see a lot on books from the late 19th century, and sometimes on ones from the early 20th C. prior to WWI. This book, like many from Kegan Paul of its period, has a distinctly Victorian vibe.