Animal Revolution: Changing Attitudes towards Speciesism [SIGNED]

Richard D. Ryder / [Richard Adams]

ISBN 10: 0631152393 / ISBN 13: 9780631152392

Published by Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1989

About this Item

Dust jacket: Slight fading to spine and rear cover, light shelf wear. Unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good Minus. Book: Black cloth binding. Bumping to corners, foxing to page edges, clean text throughout. From the private library of Richard Adams, author of Watership Down, with his bookplate to front pastedown endpaper. Following the publication of his hugely successful debut novel in 1972, Adams became very active in the evolving animal rights movement. He was in contact with several members of the Oxford Group, campaigned in Canada against the hunting of baby seals, and ultimately served as president of the RSPCA in 1982. Ryder was an early member of the Oxford Group who, in 1970, coined the term speciesism. He served as president of the RSPCA from 1977-1979. Included with the book is a hand written letter from Ryder to Adams. Written on headed paper, folded with a game score written to reverse (presumably by Adams - Dad vs Dog). Excellent association copy. Overall book condition is Very Good Minus. Size: 6.25 x 9.25 inches (16 x 24 cm).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Animal Revolution: Changing Attitudes towards Speciesism [SIGNED]
• Publisher: Basil Blackwell, Oxford
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0631152393
• ISBN 13: 9780631152392
• Binding: Hardback. Printed pages: 385
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Very Good Minus
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed Copies & Rarities
  • Natural History

About this title

Synopsis

This is not another catalog of cruelty to animals, but an historical survey of the relationship between human and non-human, covering the major campaigns for reform and reviewing the shifts in attitude from the earliest times to the present day. The book places special focus on the rapid proliferation of concern for animal rights since 1969. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

About the Author

Dr. Richard D. Ryder Dr. Richard D. Ryder is a psychologist,ethicist, historian and political campaigner. He is also a past chairman of the RSPCA. His other books include Victims of Science: The Use of Animals in Research, The Political Animal: The Conquest of Speciesism and Animal Welfare and the Environment. As Me