ATTENBOROUGH, David
Complete Life Series [8 volumes]
Complete Life Series [8 volumes]
London: Collins and British Broadcasting Corporation, 1979-2008
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ATTENBOROUGH, David. Life Series [8 volumes]. Including: Life on Earth, The Living Planet, The Trials of Life, The Private Life of Plants, The Life of Birds, The Life of Mammals, Life in the Undergrowth [and] Life in Cold Blood. London: Collins, 1979 - 2008
8vo, 8 vols; varying coloured linson boards, all lettered in gilt to spine; together in the pictorial dustwrappers.
First editions, first printings, with the exception of Life on Earth which is a September reprint from the same year of publication.
Together with a personal letter, dated 22 September 1990, written and signed by the author: "Dear Paul Swift, Thank you for your letter. Here is the autograph you asked for. With best wishes, David Attenborough". The letter is hand-written on the letterhead of David Attenborough, Productions, Ltd. Twice-folded with a few further shallow creases.
A lovely set, all with many full-colour photographs throughout. The books comprise:
- Life on Earth (1979): very good copy, binding with a slight lean but secure, pages clean and uninscribed, with spine tips lightly crushed, mild foxing to edges; in the price-clipped jacket, a tad creased and rubbed to extremities, mildly sunned to spine.
- The Living Planet (1984): very good copy, binding square and secure, pages clean and uninscribed, with spine tips crushed; in the unclipped jacket (£12 net), a tad creased and rubbed to extremities, small 1/2 cm closed tear to rear panel.
- The Trials of Life (1990): very good copy, binding square and secure, pages clean and uninscribed, with spine tips and corners lightly crushed; in the unclipped jacket (£16.95 net), a tad creased and nibbled to extremities.
- The Private Life of Plants (1995): good copy, binding square and secure, pages clean with only a birthday inscription in pen to FFEP, with spine tips and extremities bumped; in the unclipped jacket (£17.99 net), a tad creased and worn to extremities.
- The Life of Birds (1998): very good copy, binding square and secure, pages clean and uninscribed, with spine tips lightly bumped; in the unclipped jacket (£18.99 net), a tad creased to extremities.
- The Life of Mammals (2002): good-only, ex-library copy, binding with a slight lean but secure, with usual library stamps to FFEP, title page and rear paste-down, pages otherwise clean with just a few thumbmarks throughout, with spine tips lightly bumped and some tape marks left behind on the upper cover; in the unclipped jacket (£19.99 net), a tad creased to extremities.
- Life in the Undergrowth (2005): very good copy, binding square and secure, pages clean and uninscribed, with spine tips and corners lightly bumped; in the unclipped jacket (£20.00 net), a tad creased to extremities and with a little wear to front joint.
- Life in Cold Blood (2008): very good copy, binding square and secure, pages clean and uninscribed, with spine tips lightly crushed; in the unclipped jacket (£20.00 net), a tad creased to extremities.
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