The Bafut Beagles
by Gerald M. Durrell; Illustrated Byralph Thompson
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
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About This Item
E-185: Viking. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 0. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. The Viking Press, New York. 1954. 238 pgs. Illustrated with Black and White Plates. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. In 1949, Gerald Durrell embarks with fellow zoologist Kenneth Smith on an expedition to collect rare animals in the British Cameroons in West Central Africa. There, he meets the Nero-like local ruler, the Fon of Bafut, who likes a man who can hold his liquorwill Durrell be able to get on his good side? In this unique memoir, set off on a journey with the famed British naturalists group of hunters and his pack of motley hunting dogs as they encounter an array of exotic creatures, including flying mice, booming squirrels, a frog with a mysterious coat of hair, and teacup-size monkeys; and witness the joys and problems of collecting, keeping, and transporting wild animals from Africa to England. Particularly notable was his depiction of a native ruler, the Fon of Bafut, who proved so popular that Durrell visited him again in A Zoo in My Luggage. The Fon, although not named, was Achirimbi II. EB .
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- Last Exit Books (US)
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- Title
- The Bafut Beagles
- Author
- Gerald M. Durrell; Illustrated Byralph Thompson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- E-185
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