Publicado por Blandford Press, London, United Kingdom, 1995
ISBN 10: 0713724951 ISBN 13: 9780713724950
Librería: J. and S. Daft, Lichfield, Reino Unido
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine Price Clipped. 1st. pp.191.
Publicado por Blandford. London. 1995, 1995
ISBN 10: 0713724951 ISBN 13: 9780713724950
Librería: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, Reino Unido
Miembro de asociación: PBFA
Original o primera edición
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 1995). 1995 1st edition. 8vo (159 x 239mm). Pp191. Colour photographs, maps, brief bibliography. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. Stains to boards else good-plus copy. Sticker ghost to otherwise presentable dust-wrapper. This is an interesting account of the biology and habits of bears and the giant panda which includes a quantity of anthropolgical material on man's relationship with bears over the centuries. "This eighteenth book in the 'Of the World' series portrays bears and the panda as more than just an interesting group of animals. Although they are fascinating in many respects of their biology, they are also symbolic of the natural world, both in their own right and in the way that we humans treat them. The authors present a picture which encompasses science, natural history and another deeper, almost spiritual, aspect of bears. What emerges is an engrossing story of their lives and deaths." Chapters include: Spirits of the wilderness; Classification, form and function; Evolution of bears; Food, feeding and energetics; Behaviour; Conservation. .