Gorillas Mist by Dian Fossey, First Edition (33 results)

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The inspiration for the Academy Award-nominated film, Gorillas in the Mist is the riveting account of Dian Fossey's thirteen years in a remote African rain forest with the greatest of the great apes. Fossey's extraordinary efforts to ensure the future of the rain forest and its remaining mountain gorillas are captured in her own words and in candid photographs of this fascinating endangered species. As only she could, Fossey combined her personal adventure story with groundbreaking scientific reporting in an unforegettable portrait of one of our closest primate relatives. Although Fossey's work ended tragically with her murder, Gorillas in the Mist remains an invaluable testament to one of the longest-running field studies of primates and reveals her undying passion for her subject. Inspiring the award-winning film, Fossey's 13 years experience in the remote African rain forests with the endangered mountain gorillas are accounted in this classic work, which remains an enduring testament to one of the longest field studies of primates. Photos. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First Edition, first printing in price clipped jacket. Clean gray paper-covered boards with illustration on cover of gorilla and her baby. Black cloth spine (a couple of spots of faint fading to rear spine ). No bumping or wear. Binding is tight, pages are clean with clean illustrated endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated with black and white and full color photographs. 326 pages with Index. Dust jacket is clean, price clipped at upper corner of front inside flap, has edge wear, multiple short closed tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($19.95), faded at the spine, bumped and with some scuffs and short tears. Quarter black cloth with grey paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, gift inscription on the half-title, clean otherwise. Fossey's classic work that presents her fifteen-year case study of four gorilla families in the Virunga Mountains.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition; 1st Printing. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 326 pages; Stated First Edition. Mylar Cover on dust jacket. Dust Jacket shows minor wear of usage. Book Tight. Black & White Photographs.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. No markings.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. xviii, 326 pages, 80 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations, maps; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-311) and index. Contents: Preface -- In the mountain meadow of Carl Akeley and George Schaller -- Second beginning: Karisoke Research Centre, Rwanda -- Karisoke field impressions -- Three generations of one gorilla family: group 5 -- Wild orphans bound for captivity: Coco and Pucker -- Animal visitors to the Karisoke Research Centre -- The natural demise of two gorilla families: group 8 and 9 -- Human visitors to the Karisoke Research Centre -- Adjustment to a new silverback leader: group 4 -- Growing family stability: group 4 -- Decimation by poachers: group 4 -- Formation of a new family lends hope: Nunkie's group -- Epilogue -- Appendixes: -- A. Food vegetation types -- B. Birth frequency graph -- C. Rainfall distribution in the Virungas -- D. 1981 census findings N-- E. Common gorilla vocalizations -- F. Autopsy findings -- G. Parasitology research -- Bibliography -- Index -- Maps: Habitats of the mountain gorilla; Gorilla food vegetation zones; Gorilla group ranges -- Family lines. Landmark work by this Bay Area-raised primatologist who was murdered. Describes four gorilla families living in the rain forests of the Virunga mountains of Rwanda during a fifteen-year case study. "Gorillas in the Mist" is a seminal work by American primatologist Dian Fossey, published in 1983. The book is both a memoir and a scientific account of Fossey's extensive field research on mountain gorillas in the Virunga Mountains of Rwanda. Fossey's work was groundbreaking in many respects; she was one of the first researchers to conduct long-term field studies on gorillas, and her observations revolutionized our understanding of these complex, social animals. The book delves into the gorillas' social structure, behavior, and the urgent need for conservation efforts to protect them from poaching and habitat loss. Fossey's narrative is imbued with a deep sense of empathy and respect for the gorillas, and she makes a compelling case for their protection. Her work laid the foundation for ongoing conservation efforts and significantly contributed to changing public perceptions about these often misunderstood creatures. Tragically, Fossey was murdered in Rwanda in 1985, a crime often attributed to her staunch anti-poaching stance, although the case remains unsolved." - Bing ?? Gorilla -- Case studies. Mammals -- Behavior. Gorilla. Animal behavior. Gorilla -- Behavior. Gorilla gorilla Behavior, Animal Mammif?res -- M?urs et comportement. Gorille. Animaux -- M?urs et comportement. Gorilla gorilla (species) Gorilla. Animal behavior. Gorilla -- Behavior. Mammals -- Behavior. Berggorilla Verhalten Case studies. Geographic: Virungavulkane. A fine, very crisp copy in about near fine(-) to very good (++) jacket with mildly sunned spine, minor edge-wear and neat price clip, in archival mylar. First ed, first printing (full number line).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Book condition is good. Hard cover. 1st edition. Published 1983. Ex-library copy with a library stamp on the first fly page and information page, very minor marks on page eight and nine and library sticky taped the dust jacket the front rear and rear of book and will remove as it will dame the the book. Dust jacket is good, a tear in middle bottom front and bottom of Spine area. Book block clean all side. Book boards unsure of condition as the dust jacket is sticky tape rear of of front and back. Text body clean. Overall a great and neat copy. Extra charges for oversea postage as the book weight is over 500grams.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. Ex-library. Library stamps, labels and markings. Dust-jacket in clear plastic cover, taped to boards and endpapers. Hinges broken, with splits to gutters at endpapers.; 192 pages. Black boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 239 x 239mm. Numerous colour photographic illustratiosn by Bob Campbell. With a Foreword by Jane Goodall. Magnificent colour photographs of Dian Fossey at work in Rwanda, and the mountain gorillas. With extracts from Dian Fossey's letters. "In the early hours of December 27, 1985, Diane Fossey was murdered in her cabin by an unknown attacker -- "No One Loved Gorillas More" are the words inscribed on her gravestone. For 18 years, Dian had lived among the mountain gorillas of central Africa, dedicating all her energy to protecting them. Living in basic conditions at Karisoke, the research center she established below the steep ravines of a rain-shrouded volcano in Rwanda, Dian gradually became accepted by the apes she encountered and developed an extraordinary bond with them. Undeterred by the instability of the tribal and political wars raging around her, Dian struggled against poachers, Rwandan officials' opposition, ill health, personal tragedy, and the isolation from the surroundings with indefatigable obstinacy and unstinting determination. She collected a vast amount of data and her work became the world's primary focus for mountain gorilla conservation and research. She raised money to pay for anti-poaching measures, set up the first ranger patrols in Rwanda, and through the pages of "National Geographic" magazine and her book "Gorillas in the Mist," focused international attention on the plight of the great apes. Here, for the first time, Dian's story is told through the letters she wrote to her friends and family, set in context by a compelling narrative. Sometimes scathing, sometimes self-pitying, frequently amusing and always fascinating, these previously unpublished letters provide a unique and intimate portrait and bring to life the rewards and setbacks of Dian's years with the creatures who she called "the greatest of the great apes." These impressive yet shy animals arephotographed by Bob Campbell, who worked closely with Dian and captured many unique and extraordinary images. "No One Loved Gorillas More" is a powerful reminder of what Dian Fossey was fighting for. Her work not only led to a greater understanding of gorillas, but to a worldwide concern for their survival that still resonates 20 years after her death.".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of Dian Fossey's important book on gorillas in Rwanda. First printing with the complete number line. A very good book with rubbing to the spine ands some staining to the rear board. The near fine jacket is not price-clipped and has only minor wear.

Hardback. First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (green boards with gilt titling to the spine) Physically 9½" x 6¼" (1.4 kg); (xviii) 326pp; Index; Bibliography; Includes: Photographs, black-and-white and colour, on individual leaves; Black & white drawings; Maps; Tables; Illustrated lining papers; Frontispiece; Appendices (7); ISBN: 0-3402-8734-9 || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #201059|| Condition: Very Good in Very Good Dust Wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Light edge wear to jacket. Price-clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Collectable - Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. VG-/VG 1st print 1st ed 1983 Hodder hardback, unclipped jacket. Some spotting to page edges due to paper, some patches of spotting to end-papers also, very bright and unfaded green to jacket spine, tight and unmarked. 326 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Animals & Birds; ISBN: 0340287349. ISBN/EAN: 9780340287347. Dewey Code: 599.8846. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 092753.

Hardcover. Condition: Collectable - Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. VG/VG 1st print 1st ed 1983 Hodder hardback, unclipped jacket. Minor lower front corner bump to board with minor waviness to adjacent pages, dulling to pages with age, very bright and unfaded green to jacket spine, tight and unmarked. 326 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Animals & Birds; ISBN: 0340287349. ISBN/EAN: 9780340287347. Dewey Code: 599.8846. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 088906.

A first edition, first printing published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1983. A near fine book (if not better), marred only by some slight bumping to the head and base of the spine. Clean internally, with bright colour and black and white photographs throughout - some spotting to the page edges. In a near fine, unclipped wrapper. The riveting account of Fossey's thirteen years in a remote African rain forest with the great apes.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 1983. 326 pages. First Edition, first printing with full numberline including 1. Book is tight. Binding and hinges are strong and sound. Book's only flaw is a small faint spot on top page edges, and two specks on fore-edge. DJ slightly lesser condition with rubbing along edges, and a couple of tiny chips at folds, and some scuffing to rear. $19.95 price intact on flap. First edition, first printing of Dian Fossey's classic made into the timeless film starring Sigourney Weaver. VG+/VG-.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First UK edition, first impression. Original green cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Slightest hint of very faint spotting to top edge, else fine in a fine dust jacket. A fantastic copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 1983. 326 pages. First Edition, first printing with full numberline including 1. Book is tight. Binding and hinges are strong and sound. One corner gently pushed, barely. Original DJ with flap's upper corner price-clipped. DJ shows rubbing along edges with a couple of tiny chips. Book shows light handling and minor wear. First edition, first printing of Dian Fossey's classic made into the timeless film starring Sigourney Weaver. VG/VG.

8vo., First Edition, with plates and pictorial endpapers; green cloth, gilt back, backstrip faintly sunned else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Bright copy of one of the great animal classics of the twentieth century. The basis of Michael Apted's feature film (1988) starring Sigourney Weaver and Bryan Brown. INCREASINGLY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Fine First Edition, tight and unread, in a very near Fine price-clipped pictorial dust jacket. The intriguing, much loved story of Dian Fossey and her adventures documenting the vanishing breed of mountain gorillas. Basis for the 1988 Michael Apted-directed film starring Sigourney Weaver.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. "Gorillas In The Mist" by Dian Fossey 1983 - Rare Advance Uncorrected Proof Vintage Softcover Book 9" x 5 3/4" 230 Pages The dust jacket is in good minus condition with a few edge tears. The jacket has the proposed cover concept. The rare softcover book is in good to good minus condition free from rips, tears, writing, bends and stains. The book includes a copy of a letter from Houghton Mifflin Company. The softcover wraps are in good minus condition with minor wear. The binding is tight and square.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. ***** This is the true first edition, first printing (with "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" stated on the copyright page). ***** This book is SIGNED by the author (Dian Fossey) on the title page. The author has not inscribed this book to anyone; it is just signed by the author. ***** Signed examples of this title are very rare. ***** Very nice hardcover with dust jacket. There is NO writing, NO bookplates, and NO remainder marks. It is NOT a book club edition and NOT a former library book. The dust jacket is NOT price-clipped ($19.95). CONDITION: The book is in FINE condition, and the dust jacket is in NEAR FINE condition. ***** We include new mylar (clear) dust jacket protectors with all books at no charge. ***** OUR GUARANTEE TO YOU: All books are guaranteed to be as described. We believe that no sale is complete until you are happy. Any book is returnable for a full refund (including postage) if you're not 100% satisfied. All books are packaged very carefully and shipped via USPS Mail with Delivery Confirmation. Thank you! Richard Vick, Modern First Editions (Buying and Selling Modern First Editions since 1982). Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Photos, 9 x 6", cloth backed pict boards, 326pp with index, covers a bit rubbed, extremities a little sunned else a nice copy in an extremity-worn dustjacket. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Photos, 9.25 x 6", cloth backed pict boards, 326pp with index, covers rubbed, extremities bumped and lightly worn, spine with minor light spotting else a good copy in a rubbed, edge-worn/torn/chipped/creased dustjacket with an old paper sticker on front panel. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (with number line starting "1"), INSCRIBED "Best Wishes to Casey" AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, DIAN FOSSEY, AT THE END OF THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

First edition of Fossey's classic work. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated throughout. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "With deepest gratitude to Francesco Nardelli for introducing me to the gorillas of Howletts Dian Fossey Feb 11, 1984." The recipient, Francesco NardelliÂis an ItalianÂnaturalistÂwho has dedicated his life to the protection andÂconservationÂofÂendangered species. He is also the co-founder, with John Aspinall, of theÂSumatran Rhino Project, one of the most important coordinated efforts to save a critically endangered species. In 1980 he moved to England where he became Curator ofÂHowlettsÂandÂPort Lympne Zoo,ÂJohn Aspinallâs Zoos in Kent. There he was curator of several breeding programmes including theÂAfrican elephantÂLoxodonta africana, (first ever bred in UK),Âwestern lowland gorillaÂGorilla g. gorilla,ÂsiamangÂSymphalangus syndactylus,Âred-shanked douc langurÂPygathrix nemaeusÂsurili langursÂPresbytisÂsp.Âclouded leopardÂNeofelis nebulosa, and snow leopardÂUncia uncia. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear, with Nardelli's address stamped to the title page. Jacket design Robert Anthony. Signed first editions are uncommon, association copies are exceptionally rare. One of the most important books ever written about humans connection to the natural world, Gorillas in the Mist is the riveting account of Dian Fossey's thirteen years in a remote African rain forest with the greatest of the great apes. Fossey's efforts to ensure the future of the rain forest and its remaining mountain gorillas are captured in her own words and in candid photographs of this fascinating endangered species. As only she could, Fossey combined her personal adventure story with groundbreaking scientific reporting in an unforgettable portrait of one of our closest primate relatives. Although Fossey's work ended tragically in her murder, Gorillas in the Mist remains an invaluable testament to one of the longest-running field studies of primates and reveals her undying passion for her subject. It was made into the 1988 film directed by Michael Apted and starring Sigourney Weaver as Dian Fossey. It was nominated for five Academy Awards.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed by Dian Fossey on the title page and inscribed to former owners. Near Fine, with lean to spine, in a Near Fine dust jacket with light rubbing and fading to spine, light edge wear with several short tears, and light staining visible at the bottom edge of the rear flap and blank verso of the rear panel. An account of Fossey's research of gorillas at the Karisoke Research Center in Rwanda, which she founded on the cold, dark, extremely muddy slopes on the Virunga Volcanoes. A prominent primatologist and an inspiration to conservationists worldwide, it is thought that her opposition to poaching led to her brutal murder in 1985, two years after the publication of this book. The Karisoke Research Center carries on, to this day. This book served as the basis for the 1988 film of the same name, starring Sigourney Weaver.

8vo Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 326p. First edition with full number line. Includes a handwritten letter in original envelope, addressed to previous owner - written and signed by Dian Fossey. Contents are unmarked with some b/w illustrations and photos. Tightly bound with securely attached hinges. Pictorial grey boards with dark blue cloth spine are pointed with foxing along text-block and on endpapers. Jacket is bright and remains unclipped with faint edge wear. Also comes with a few original newspaper clippings tucked inside about Fossey and her death. Please note, this letter is NOT authenticated but appears to be genuine. The last photo is *solely* a reference picture to compare signatures and demonstrate the resemblance - not apart of this book. Fossey's landmark scientific memoir. The primatologist's famous account of her research and conservation work with the mountain gorillas of Rwanda, published just two years before her murder.