The Private Life of the Rabbit: An Account of the Life History and Social Behavior of the Wild Rabbit
Language: English
Published by MacMillan Company, New York, NY, 1974
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
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Very Good+ in a Very Good DJ: The Book shows a REMAINDER dot at the top of the text block and the binding leans ever so slightly while remaining secure; the text is clean. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome reading copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing the noted minor imperfections. Remains attractive. The DJ shows a faint wrinkle at the top edge of the front panel; light wear to the extremities overall; mild rubbing to the panels; the price ($8.95) is intact. NOT a Book-Club or Ex-Library. 8vo (8.65 x 5.4 x 0.85 inches). Index. Eight-page section of duotone photographs and line drawings scattered through the text. Introduction by Richard Adams. Language: English. Weight: 10.7 ounces. Hardcover with DJ. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 152 pages.
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- Title
- The Private Life of the Rabbit: An Account of the Life History and Social Behavior of the Wild Rabbit
- Author
- R. M. Lockley
- Publisher
- MacMillan Company, New York, NY
- Publication year
- 1974
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 002573900X
- ISBN 13
- 9780025739000
- Edition
- First Edition Thus; Second Printing.
Lockley built an artificial warren with glass sides and several tracts of natural habitat-an open plain, a woodlot, a lushly vegetated savannah were enclosed and arranged for maximum ease of observation with minimum interference. This controlled rabbit colony was observed every day and night in every season and in all kinds of weather.
In Lockley's account, rabbits emerge with characteristics and personalities of their own. The nicknames he gives them (Weary Willie, Timid Timothy, Bold Benjamin, for example) in no way lessen the objective and scientific accuracy of his findings. In fact, this touch of individuality reinforces the observation that rabbits are creatures with interests, wills, and preferences of their own. Female conservatism, scent setting or 'chinning' by dominant males, the ability of the female to absorb her fertilized embryo, the stress of subordinate status...and more, are revealed here.
CONTENTS: Intro by Richard Adams * the Mind of the Rabbit * The Coney Garth * The Nucleus * The Dynasty in Plain * The Kings of Wood * Over-populated World * Hard Times * The Idyll in Savanna * Life Underground * Reingestion * Population and Birth Control * Myxomatosis * The Rabbit Wild and Free
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