A Prickly Affair. My Life with Hedgehogs. First Printing. Inscribed by the Author.

Warwick, Hugh

ISBN 10: 184614065X / ISBN 13: 9781846140655

Published by Allen Lane/Penguin Books, London, 2008

About this Item

London. Allen Lane/Penguin. 2008. First Edition/First Printing (1 printed under first published 2008 to copyright page). Hard Cover. Beige boards with gilt titles to the spine. Small line vignettes on many pages. Inscribed warmly by the author on the title page. The book is tight and firmly bound with straight spine. No previous ownership inscriptions or remainder marks. The boards are clean and unfaded, the corners and spine ends sharp. The pages and closed page edges are white and on good quality stock. The dust jacket is crisp and complete and unclipped at £14.99. The colours are bright, fresh and unfaded, corners and spine ends are sharp.

The hedgehog may be small, but it attracts strong feelings. This is the story of one man's quest to understand our deep-rooted affection for these universally known, little-understood animals. Hugh's journey finally leads him to understand that our passion for hedgehogs is indelibly linked to our sense of our countryside, our childhood, and ourselves.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Prickly Affair. My Life with Hedgehogs. First Printing. Inscribed by the Author.
• Publisher: Allen Lane/Penguin Books, London
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 184614065X
• ISBN 13: 9781846140655
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Dimensions: 3W x 14H x 19D centimeters 3 centimeters width by 14 centimeters height by 19 centimeters depth
• Weight: 414 grams
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Hugh Warwick is gek op egels. Stapelgek! En hij is niet de enige. Egels blijken ware hartendieven te zijn. Met de kenmerkend Britse humor beschrijft Warwick zijn gedrevenheid voor egels en belevenissen met hen. En dat zijn er nogal wat. Nachtenlang zoekt hij naar die �schattige� bolletjes, onderneemt hij levensgevaarlijke tochten, maakt hij oncomfortabele vliegreizen, heeft hij aantrekkelijke ontmoetingen met bijzondere egelliefhebbers en geniet hij van de prachtige Engelse en Schotse natuur. Hij reist zelfs half China door, op zoek naar een egel die zijn naam draagt. Volgens Warwick gaan egels de wereld redden. Met hun grappige uiterlijk en hun aantrekkingskracht zorgen zij ervoor dat mensen de natuur opnieuw gaan waarderen en beschermen. Warwick vertaalde zijn gedrevenheid in dit hartverwarmende boekje. Zijn dagelijkse observaties, wetenschappelijke feitjes en welhaast filosofische bespiegelingen werken aanstekelijk. Hugh Warwick is een Britse ecoloog die jarenlang onderzoek deed aan egels. Tegenwoordig werkt hij als schrijver, journalist en televisiemaker. Hij houdt een weblog bij over egels en houdt regelmatig lezingen.

About the Author

Hugh Warwick has been a hedgehog obsessive for over twenty years, ever since an expedition to the Orkney Islands in the 1986. From radio-tracking hogs in Devon, to working with HogWatch to track the current numbers of hedgehogs in the British Isles, Hugh was also involved in the research which was instrumental in halting the hedgehog cull in the Uists. He makes numerous appearances to talk about hedgehogs, and the British Hedgehog Preservation Society have now made him a trustee and a life-time member in recognition of his contribution. He also talks regularly to the WI, where he asks for payment in cake ... coffee and walnut if possible.