The Overloaded Ark

Name: The Overloaded Ark
Author: Gerald M. Durrell

Gerald M. Durrell

Language: English

Published by Viking Press, New York, 1953

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First edition of Gerald Durrell’s debut book, The Overloaded Ark, which chronicles a six-month collecting trip, from December 1947 to August 1948, to the West African colony of British Cameroon – now Cameroon and Nigeria – that Durrell made with aviculturist and ornithologist John Yealland. Published by the Viking Press in 1953 with illustrations by Sabine Baur. Cloth-bound hardcover with dust jacket. No ISBN number as this was published previous to 1960. Library of Congress Catalog number is 53-8618. This was a library book so it does have the library card pocket on the inside page—not checked out since 1983! In very good condition; although the dust jacket was protected it does have a little yellowing commensurate with the age of this book. The only marking on the inner pages is a library stamp on the bottom corner of one page, pictured.

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Title: The Overloaded Ark
Author: Gerald M. Durrell
Publisher: Viking Press, New York
Publication year: 1953
Condition: Very good
Dust jacket: Very Good
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Illustrator: Sabine Baur
Edition: 1st Edition
Item weight: 20 ounces
Dimensions: 6 inches width by 8 inches height by 1 inch depth
Seller catalogs: Nonfiction

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