Animals by Cooper Jilly, First Edition (10 results)

2000 Cooper, Jilly ANIMALS IN WAR Corgi Books, c2000 first printing 222pp, index, bibliography, photographs 8vo A few small corner creases, else fine trade paperback with uncreased spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Pre-publication Review Edition.

Soft Cover. 1st. pp.168.The " glaze " on the very corner of front cover is sl. puckered else near fine.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Softcover light crease on back coverPigeons carrying vital messages to and from the beleagured city during the Siege of Paris; horses and mules struggling through miles of fetid mud to bring ammunition to the front in the Great War; dogs sniffing out mines for the British invasion force in the Second World War - countless brave animals have played their part in the long, cruel history of war. Some have won medals for gallantry - like G.I. Joe, the American pigeon who saved 100 British lives in Italy, and Rob, the black and white mongrel who made over twenty parachute jumps with the SAS. Too many others have died abandoned, in agony and alone, after serving their country with distinction. Jilly Cooper has here written a tribute to the role of animals in wartime. It is a tragic and horrifying story - yet it has its lighter moments too: a hilarious game of musical chairs played on camels during the Desert Campaign; and the budgie who remarked, when carried from a bombed-out East End tenement, "This is my night out". Re-published to coincide with the launch of The Animals in War Memorial Fund, this is a vivid and unforgettable record of man's inhumanity to animals, but also an astonishing story of courage, intelligence, devotion and resilience. Illustrated with B/W photos.We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.).

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Clean and firmly bound with light handling wear.

Pictorial Card Covers. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 168pp. Profusely illus. Size: 4to.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. slight wear cover edges, some library marks, otherwise book clean and tight. DJ: slight edge wear Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex Library.

First edition in publisher's original laminated card wrap covers. 8vo 8½'' x 7¼'' 168 pp. Monochrome illustrations throughout. In very near Fine condition with tiny crease to the top front corner, no dust wrapper as published. Member of the P.B.F.A. MILITARY (Armed Warfare).

1st edition stiff wrappers Near Fine Quarto 168pp., b/w pls., text ills., bibliog., index, Well-illustrated account. Fascinating book.

Pp. 168, numerous text illustrations, bibliography, index; sq. demy 8vo; dust wrapper, edges lightly worn, closed tear from bottom edge along front flap fold, some foxing and browning; some foxing, mainly to endpapers and edges of leaves; Heinemann, London, 1983. First edition. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his Militaria book label on upper pastedown. A broad perspective of the involvement of animals in military activities.