The Bafut Beagles
1954 (First Edition, Second Impression).
Rupert Hart-Davis
, London, England
Perhaps the main book that led to Gerald Durrell's fame as an author writing about his adventures in the Cameroons (the 'Beagles' referring to a group of mongrel dogs the used for hunting the rare animals the sought). Still a very nice copy though this is the second printing. Apparently this is Durrell's second book and the first to be illustrated by Ralph Thompson."It was Hart-Davis who bought author and artist together in a partnership that lasted for more than a decade"
$275.00
Specifications
| Author | Durrell, Gerald |
| Illustrator | Illustrated by Ralph Thompson |
| Publisher | Rupert Hart-Davis |
| Place Published | London, England |
| Year Published | 1954 (First Edition, Second Impression) |
| Date of First Edition or Edition Notes |
1954 |
| Size | 8vo - Octavo, 152mm x 229mm |
| Chapters | XII |
| Pages | 232pp |
Condition Report
| Cover | Blue cloth hardcover with silver title original the sound spine that has minor bumping at both ends but is otherwise pristine plus and appropriate worn non price-clipped (15s) illustrated grey dust wrapper with tanning of verse and chipping at all edges with a prior owner's attempted repair with staining cellotape to top and bottom of spine verse and now also with a removable clear archival covering for protection. |
| Overall | Internally the otherwise clean endpapers have tan-stained strips to both free endpapers and the book is devoid of foxing original any warping though the top blue edge has faded now, however it still remains in a very good state overall, (the faulty but scarce dust wrapper not withstanding). |