Almost Human: a Journey Into the World of Baboons by Shirley Strum ISBN 13: 9780394547244

Random House, 1987-10-12. Hardcover. Good. 9x6x1.

Random House, 1987-10-12. Hardcover. Good. 9x6x1.

Random House Publishing Group, 1987. Hardcover. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Random House, 1987-10-12. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Random House Publishing Group. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Very Good. pages look new

Random House Publishing Group. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Random House Publishing Group. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Random House, 1987. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Color Photographs.

Random House, 1987. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Photographs.

Random House, 1987-10-12. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, first printing, full number line. Minimal reading and shelf wear, name inside.. Unconditional money back guarantee.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Random House, Incorporated, 1987. Ex-Library. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Cover, interior and dust jacket (protected by mylar) show only slight wear; normal library markings.. Hard Cover. Good/Good.

N,Y.: Random House. Very Good/Very Good. 1987. First Edition. Hard Cover. 6 1/2 X 9 1/2 0-394-54724-1 HC/DJ slight rub wear on crns. and jacket, otherwise pgs. clean, tight, white, appears never read. Drawings by Deborah Ross. Study of Dr. Shirley C. Strum of baboon behavior. She describes them as individuals with its own desires and goals. Almost Human follows Strum as she evolves from a naive grad. student to a seasoned field worker and veteran of modern Africa. .

New York: Random House, 1987. A First Edition present on the copyright page .Stain inside bottom & top near crease of title page. . DJ slightly worn, wrinkles, creases, inside stained/ The Dust-Jacket's original price is still present. Pages are clean, tight and bright with b/w illustrations & color photos. Good readable copy. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair.

Random House. 0394547241 First Edition is stated on the copyright page with the full number sequence of 1-10 present. The dust jacket's original price is still present. Pages are clean, tight and bright. . Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1987.

New York: Random House. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 0394547241 .

Stated First Edition. Tight binding; clean, unmarked pages. Previous owner's blind stamp embossed on Title Page. No other markings. Minimal surface and edge wear to the dust jacket.

Random House, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x1. Vividly written and filled with fascinating insights, Almost Human chronicles thirty years of Shirley Strum's fieldwork with a troop of olive baboons nicknamed the Pumphouse Gang. From the first paragraph, the reader is drawn along with Strum into the world of the baboons, learning about the tragedies and triumphs of their daily lives-and of her own voyage of courageous scientific discovery. In the same way that Jane Goodall's pioneering study of chimpanzees revealed their likeness to humans, Strum's work shows how, contrary to the popular image and the scientific evidence of the time, the more distantly related baboons are just as socially savvy. Almost Human includes her groundbreaking discovery that social finesse, rather than male dominance and aggression, plays a crucial role in baboon society, and Strum relates the drama of a daring translocation experiment with the Pumphouse Gang that ultimately ensured… Read More

Random House, 1987. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Almost Human is a very good hardcover First Edition, clean and unmarked except for previous bookseller's inventory information on the front fly leaf, dust jacket has modest edgewear; "Behavior" is a good hardcover also with previous seler's inventory information and previous owner's ink stamp on front fly leaf, no jacket.

Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Random House Inc, 1987. 294pp. Index, Biblio. Owner's name FEP, wear boards, fading interior, DJ: wear extremities, rubbing, soiling.. Hb. VG-/G.