Three Singles to Adventure (Ulverscroft Large Print)

Durrel, Gerald

ISBN 10: 0854561900 / ISBN 13: 9780854561902

Published by Thorpe, UK, 1973

An ex-library copy in good condition, some internal stamps but otherwise just some minor thumbing and rippling around the outer page edges. Dust jacket is complete, with some small nicks at the corners repaired with conservation tape, also some creasing around the edges. Buy with confidence and support a genuine Independent Bricks & Mortar Real Bookshop and keep the High Street an interesting place to shop. We are Maynard & Bradley CAMBO & PBFA (now lapsed) members here in Leicester City Centre. Size: 155 x 230 mm. 308 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Britain/UK; 1970s; ISBN: 0854561900. ISBN/EAN: 9780854561902. Inventory No: 31756. Seller Inventory # 31756

Synopsis:

'Three singles to Adventure, please,' I said, trying to look as nonchalant as possible. 'Yes, sir,' said the clerk. 'First or second class?' In 1950, Gerald Durrell travelled to British Guiana (now called Guyana) to bring back fauna native to that corner of South America. He takes a riverboat up the Essequibo through lush tropical forests and treks across a landscape teeming with life and a riot of colours: from the crimson-breasted military starlings to the copper-toned howler monkeys. He gets into a sticky situation with an angry two-toed sloth and learns how (or how not) to lasso a galloping anteater. There is one thing to be said for collecting animals: it can never be described as dull.

Review: `A renegade who was right... He was truly a man before his time' -- Sir David Attenborough

`You can't deny that there are some species that now exist because of him'
-- Craig Bennett, Friends of the Earth

Bibliographic Details

Title: Three Singles to Adventure (Ulverscroft ...
Publisher: Thorpe, UK
Publication Date: 1973
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Good
Edition: 1973 Large Print.