Isbn: 9780679419983 - king leopold's dream: travels in the shadow of the african elephant (19 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: acceptable. This book is a well used but readable copy. This is an ex-library book with stickers and markings. Integrity of the book is still intact with no missing pages. May have notes or highlighting. Cover image on the book may vary from photo. Ships out quickly in a secure plastic mailer.…

Zustand: Very Good. Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Zustand: Very Good. 1st. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Fine. 1st. Used book that is in almost brand-new condition. May contain a remainder mark. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Barbed wire cuts across more than just property, war and politics. This most vicious tool of control has played a critical role in the modern experience, be it territorial expansion or the settlement of local and international conflicts. However, it has other histories: those constructed through image and text in the arts, media and popular culture. These representations - in painting, photography, poetry, personal memoirs, cartoons, novels, advertisements and film - have never before been critically examined. In this book, Alan Krell investigates the place barbed wire holds in the social imagination. Invented in France in 1860, barbed wire was developed independently in the USA, where it was used to control livestock on the Great Plains, both to keep out and keep in. Promoted as the Ideal Fence, barbed wire's menacing qualities were soon made manifest. The epithet, The Devil's Rope, anticipated its transformation into a tool of war in the late 19th and early 20th century. Henceforth, it would become synonymous with repression. Barbed wire's conflicting character makes it an appropriate symbol of modernity, and Krell shows how the use of this symbolism in contemporary art has given barbed wire meanings beyond the historical and political realms. …

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Hardcover in dust jacket, minor wear, fading to dust jacket spine, binding tight and pages bright, a very nice copy.

Hard cover. Zustand: Fine in very good dust jacket. First edition. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 288 p. Audience: General/trade. book is clean and tight, jacket is near fine, not price clipped First Edition.

Hb. Zustand: VG. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: VG-. 1st. 288pp. Light soiling, wear boards, DJ: wear and chipping extremities.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Stated First Edition. Clean hardcover first edition in clean unclipped dust jacket protected in new removable clear mylar cover. Clean cream boards with brown cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean with clean unmarked endpapers. 288 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, one short closed tear at rear spine edge; not price clipped.…

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First Edition. A former Africa correspondent for the (London) Daily Telegraph , Gavron, who has a personal interest in elephants, returned to the continent to talk to scientists, game wardens, rangers, hunters, poachers, ivory smugglers and the keepers of elephant orphanages. He presents a sharply defined account of the conflict between wildlife advocates and the needs of the increasing human population. Gavron discusses "sustainable utilization," pointing out that governments and people alike should underscore economic imperatives to justify the preservation of wilderness. He cites the Kruger National Park in South Africa as a model system: species with destructive feeding habits are strictly controlled, and the park makes a profit from hunting, tourism and culling. Other innovative schemes for wildlife can be found in Zimbabwe, he notes, where some cattle ranchers are finding greater profit in wild animals because of tourism and sport hunting. Readers who follow the elephant story will find Gavron's account even-handed and illuminating.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDVery good slight warp from storage in Very good dust jacket. First Edition.

Hardcover w/DJ. Zustand: Very Good/Good. First Edition. New York, NY: Pantheon Books. Very Good/Good. 1993. First Edition. Hardcover w/DJ. 8vo., 288pp., dust jacket small tears to front top and bottom as well as spine edges, light shelf wear, light rubbing to lead edges, otherwise good; cover very light shelf wear to edges, spine tips lightly bumped, otherwise very good; blind stamp on front free-endpaper, edges of text block very lightly soiled, otherwise pages clean and unmarked. . Not Illustrated (illustrator).…

Hardcover. First Edition. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; The author's travels chronicle the African elephant's struggle for survival in a world where its tusks carry a deadly value, a battle paralleling old Africa's struggle to survive in the age of modern Africa.; 288 pages.

13+288 pages : he travels round south, central & east Africa in a quest to do something to aid the survival of the elephant, meeting hunters, poachers, rangers, scientists, smugglers & elephant foster parents; hardback Fine vg+ dw isbn 0679419985 africa general african elephants elephant poaching elephant rangers african elephants pachyderms.…

Hardback. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. DJ spine a little sunned and a couple of marks to DJ front panel. 288 pages. On the trail of the African Elephant, Jeremy Gavron has woven an extraordinary tale that is at once an adventure, a philosophical inquiry, and a haunting , evocative portrait of Africa. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.…

Hard Cover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. xiii, 288pp. Or boards in jacket. Minor edge wear to jacket. Review copy with review slip loosely inserted. The elephant's fight to survive is also a powerful metaphor for the broader battle of the old Africa to survive in the modern Africa of Coca Cola, automatic weapons and dictators with Swiss bank accounts. Size: 8vo.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 288 pages. 8.75x6.00x1.25 inches. In Stock.