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50 Years At Gombe: A Tribute To Five Decades Of Wildlife Research, Education, And Conservation - 1st Edition/1st Printing

Jane Goodall

Binding: Leather
Book Condition: Fine
Edition: First Edition; First Printing; Signed by Author
Size: 4to
Publisher: New York: Easton Press and Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2010.
ISBN: 1584798785

Price: $840.00

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The first printing of a first collector's edition in fine condition. This copy is signed on a special publisher’s signature page and contains a certificate of authenticity;

Beautiful collector’s edition commemorating the five decades Jane Goodall has dedicated to researching our closest relatives in the animal kingdom, wild chimpanzees, in an effort to better understand humans; B&W Color Photos; 144 pages.

Author Bio

Goodall, Jane

Jane Goodall

Jane Goodall is the world’s foremost expert in chimpanzees. Born April 3, 1934, she spent 45 years studying wild chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania. In addition to being honored as Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, she was named a United Nations Messenger of Peace in 2002.

She has received many awards including the French Legion of Honor, the Medal of Tanzania, the Kyoto Prize, and the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement.

She was also the founder of the Alligator Society at age eleven, among the criteria for qualification was: "You have to be able to recognize 10 birds, 10 dogs, 10 trees and 5 butterflies OR moths"

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