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Coming of Age With Elephants: A Memoir
by Poole, Joyce
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0786860952
- ISBN 13
- 9780786860951
- Seller
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Menifee, California, United States
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About This Item
Hyperion, 1996. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. 1996 Hyperion (New York), 6 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches tall hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, orange paper-covered boards over orange cloth spine, gilt lettering to spine, illustrated with black-and-white photographs, index, xi, 288 pp. Nicely signed by the author on the title page. Otherwise, a fine copy in a like dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. ~SP30~ [2.0P] In this delightful autobiography, Poole, an animal behaviorist who has devoted her life to the study of the African elephant describes her intense experiences in the field and explains her pioneering work in elephant communication.
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- Bookseller
- Flamingo Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SP30-0432-13555
- Title
- Coming of Age With Elephants: A Memoir
- Author
- Poole, Joyce
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0786860952
- ISBN 13
- 9780786860951
- Publisher
- Hyperion
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1996
- Size
- 6x1x9
- X weight
- 22 oz
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