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During the 1950s, the Sarawak house of Barbara Harrisson and her late husband Tom became a home for orphaned baby orangu-tan who had been found ...Show synopsisDuring the 1950s, the Sarawak house of Barbara Harrisson and her late husband Tom became a home for orphaned baby orangu-tan who had been found helpless in the jungle. Here, she describes her experiences rearing orang-utan in a half-wild state and her attempt to re-educate them to jungle life. The Harrissons decided eventually that their partially domesticated animals would have great difficulty surviving in the wild-- yet keeping full-sized orang-utans in the home was no more practical. This personal account of the joys and trials of raising orang-utan is both informative and delightful reading.Hide synopsis
Description:Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Gift inscription. Trade...Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Gift inscription. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 217 p. Oxford Paperbacks. Audience: General/trade.
Description:Very Good. This book is in very good condition. ***** "During...Very Good. This book is in very good condition. ***** "During the 1950s, the Sarawak house of Barbara Harrisson and her late husband Tom became a home for orphaned baby orangu-tan who had been found helpless in the jungle. Here, she describes her experiences rearing orang-utan in a half-wild state and her attempt to re-educate them to jungle life. The Harrissons decided eventually that their partially domesticated animals would have great difficulty surviving in the wild--yet keeping full-sized orang-utans in the home was no more practical. This personal account of the joys and trials of raising orang-utan is both informative and delightful reading. "
Description:Very good condition used paperback. Harrison and her husband...Very good condition used paperback. Harrison and her husband lived in Sarawak in the 1950s, their house a reception centrer for orphaned orangutans. This book is about an experiment in rearing a baby orangutan. VG condi tion: gently read once, tight and sound.
Description:Fine. Book Story about how a couple living in Sarawak raised...Fine. Book Story about how a couple living in Sarawak raised orphaned orang-utangs. illustrated with B&W photos.
Description:Good in Good dust jacket. Pictorial mylar covered DJ, lightly...Good in Good dust jacket. Pictorial mylar covered DJ, lightly rubbed, text solid. Nature; Ex-Library.
Description:Very Good. 0195888634 1st Paperback Edition (same date on both...Very Good. 0195888634 1st Paperback Edition (same date on both sides of title page), 1st Printing (NAP) 1987 Oxford University Press (Oxford, England) Trade Paperback; this is the 1st appearance in updated edition in paperback, originally published in 1962 by Collins; text clean/UNMARKED; paper tanning w/age; color cover surface rubbing/very mild edge + corner wear; spine strong + uncreased; NOT x-library; No remainder mark; Not book club; 218 pages + 28 informational pgs (12 preliminary, 16 featuring 23 b+w photographs; 1 additional full-page photo of Nigel as frontispiece; most photographs by author; explanatory note; introduction to this edition; "Dear Cousins" by Tom Harrisson (author's late husband); 5 parts ("Orangs in the House, " "Orangs in the Jungle, " "Educating Orangs, " "Orangs at Sea, "+ "Orangs in Zoos")/29 numbered chapters/subsections; a few footnotes within text; "Has the Orang a Future? ' w/Tom Harrisson; 3 appendices ("Dentitions of Orangs + Man (sic)"; "Weight Curves of...Orang babies...+ young Orangs"); index; author(s) biographical info within text + on back cover; no color cover art/design information; from author(s) house becoming a reception center for baby Orang-utan who lost their mothers + found helpless in jungle of Kuching, Sarawak during 1950s to nurturing, training, + finding a home for the growing "most secretive + spectacular of the great apes, " to transporting them by boat to welcoming zoos (otherwise their life-saving domestication habits would bring certain death if returned to jungle), a story of growing, learning, loving, + survival; very good collectible copy of 26-year-old out-of-print British paperback.
Description:Good. No Jacket. Size: 8vo, 19 to 25 cm tall; 224 pages. Couple...Good. No Jacket. Size: 8vo, 19 to 25 cm tall; 224 pages. Couple of stamps in the back. Robust packaging. 1st class post to the UK, Airmail worldwide.
