Menagerie Manor / with illustrations by Ralph Thompson

Durrell, Gerald. Menagerie Manor / with illustrations by Ralph Thompson. First edition, flat signed by the author to half-title. London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1964. Hardback, VG, in GOOD, unclipped dustjacket with shelfwear and small nicks to the edges, a little loss to top if the spine, and some marks and stains on the back. Red cloth with silver lettering to spine. Book opens on to half-title so ffep may be missing, but there is no visible evidence of this. Illustrated title page. 176pp., b/w illustrations. Contents clean and bright. Light foxing to edges of the text block. The book is a collection of pen portraits of some of the creatures of Gerald Durrell's Zoo - and some of the lessons Durrell learned about making real and sustaining his childhood ambition of having his own zoo. It officially opened on March 26, 1959. The Manor of the title is Les Augrès Manor in Trinity, Jersey. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. We do not use AI and all images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing.…