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ATTENBOROUGH**, DAVID: : Life Stories. [Author SIGNED copy. **]

LONDON.COLLINS,2009.

ISBN 9780007338832.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,illustrated,1st edn. FINE+/FINE+. No owner inscrptn but author's immediately recognisable,neat,blue ink, handwritten signature - without dedication - to title page and a price-clip to dw/dj.Rear inner flap of dw/dj top corner with an accidental small diagonal corner crease.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy laminated,subject/author portrait colour photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj with pale blue+white lettering to front and spine,rear panel with numerous colour natural wild life photographs; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread apart from my collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain dark green cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain pale green endpapers.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED, illustrated 1st edn,10-224pp [paginated] includes author Foreword,20 chapters,profusely illustrated with b/w+colour illustrations reproductions and colour photographs - some from his own personal library and collection, Acknowledgements/illus lists/credits; plus [unpaginated] half-title with colour illustration reproduction (Paradise Birds) illustrated frntis to its verso,author SIGNED title page,and a Contents list/table. Teaching as it should be: an outstanding observer of the world around us,sharing his fascination and excitement.Now in his 80s (then 2009),Sir David has never stopped widening his interests.Mineral,fossil,vegetable,human and other animals - he keeps his eyes open and discusses what he sees and thinks,with not only charm and intelligence but something rarer - directness.He knows how to speak to people. So in 2009 BBC4 suggested to him a series of very short - 10-minute - weekly radio talks,a new medium for this master of television,on any subjects he cared to choose.These relaxed but concentrated, 'bite-sized' broadcasts are predictably a triumph,on Friday evenings and Sunday mornings. But radio is impermanent,has a faithful but smaller audience than television,and above all is not visual.So this book not only offers the complete texts of the first five months of the Life Stories radio talks,but has given David Attenborough the chance to illustrate them.To this he has brought his personal selection of pictures old and new,and his commentary on each - from creatures perfectly preserved in amber millions of years ago to singing gibbons of today, mermaids and salamanders,dragons and Charles Darwin,great collections and bird artists of the past.For any reader with curiosity and a lively mind,here is rich entertainment - full of surprises and unexpected pleasures. Please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can now,in some cases cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,illustrated,1st edn.
Author SIGNED - without dedication.

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