3x HB 1st: THE HUMAN RACE + BOTANIC MAN + LIFE ON EARTH

3 hardback first edition books

all in good condition, with dustcovers

details as outlined below:

 

1.  THE HUMAN RACE: the book of the television series

by Terence Dixon and Martin Lucas

introduction by Desmond Morris

First edition published by Thames-Methuen London Ltd, 1982

Hardback with paper dustcover, 19.5 x 25.5 cm, 256 pages

With black & white and colour photographs throughout.

ISBN 0-423-00430-1

The dustcover is unclipped, complete and in a generally very good state with nothing worse than minor shelfwear to the edges and a few small surface marks.

The hardback cover underneath has been very well protected, with no more than minor handling wear to the exposed edges.

The binding is perfectly sound with no loose pages.

The inside of the book is unmarked and the contents remain in very good condition throughout.

Cover notes

"Homo sapiens is an animal. But no other animal tells jokes, or gets married, or builds cathedrals and football stadiums, or elects presidents, or flies to the Moon. We humans are unique. This uniqueness is the subject of The Human Race, which investigates the triumphant intricacy of language, art and humour, examines the heightened ecstasies of love and religion, and looks at humanity's dangerous achievements: war, pollution and social distress.

Based on the research and images collected for the major television series of the same name, the book features widely differing societies from five continents, and combines fresh, vivid and often unfamiliar examples to put the astonishing range of human behaviour into world-wide perspective."

 

2.  BOTANIC MAN: a journey through evolution with David Bellamy

based on the Thames Television series

First edition published by The Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd, 1978

Hardback with paper dustcover, 22 x 30.5 cm, 208 pages on quality paper

With numerous colour photographs and illustrations throughout.

ISBN 0-600-31457-X

The dustcover is in a very good state with nothing worse than minor scuffing along  the edges. The inside flap has been neatly price clipped.

The hardback cover underneath has been very well protected and shows no more than slight shelfwear along the edges.

The binding is perfectly sound with no loose pages.

On the title page there is a neatly handwriten dedication: " To my Jim, with all my love, Joyce."

Otherwise the inside of the book is unmarked and the contents remain in very good to excellent condition throughout.

Cover notes:

"... In his highly entertaining and informative text, illustrated in colour throughout with superb photographs and specially commissioned artwork, David Bellamy takes us on a journey round the world to recreate the major steps in the incredible story of evolution. We visit spectacular locations ranging from the ice cap to the equator, the top of the Andes to the Peruvian Trench and at each place David's unique style draws us into a magic world where the beauty and intricacy of the products of evolution can be admired and understood. and, armed with an understanding of the living world and its evolution, Botanic Man can assess his present and future roles."

 

3.  LIFE ON EARTH: a natural history

by David Attenborough

First published by William Collins Sons & Co Ltd, 1979

This reprint of the first edition dated September 1979

Hardback with paper dustcover, 18 x 25.5 cm, 319 pages on quality semi-gloss paper

With high quality colour photographs throughout.

ISBN 0-00-219091-5

The dustcover has been neatly price clipped on the inside flap but otherwise it is complete and in a generally very good state with nothing worse than slight shelfwear to the edges and a few small surface marks.

The hardback cover underneath has been very well protected, with corners still sharp and no more than minor bumping to the top and bottom of the spine.

The binding is perfectly sound with no loose pages.

The inside of the book is unmarked and the contents remain in very good to excellent condition throughout.

Cover notes

"This book, like the BBC television series on which it is based, is an attempt to give us a history of nature rather than a conventional natural history, and it is told as much as possible in terms of animals and plants alive today. The result is a pageant of life - a re-enactment of 3,500 million years of history with a cast of characters drawn from the whole range of life on earth today.

... This book is a permanent record of one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken by British television as well as a standard introduction to the study of nature."

 

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