Signed On Animals Susan Orlean 1st Ed Specially Bound by Publisher Hardcover DJ
Language: English
Published by Simon & Schuster, United States, 2021
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A signed first edition of "On Animals" by the acclaimed New Yorker staff writer and bestselling author Susan Orlean. This collectible copy features a signature page specially bound into the volume by the publisher, Avid Reader Press. In this celebrated collection of essays, Orlean explores the complex and often surprising relationships between humans and the animal kingdom, from household pets to wild tigers and working donkeys. Key Features: • Author: Susan Orlean (Author of The Orchid Thief and The Library Book) • Publisher: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, New York • Publication Date: October 12, 2021 • Edition: Stated First Avid Reader hardcover edition; First Printing • Signature: Authentic signature on a special publisher's tipped-in leaf • Illustrations: Features charming black-and-white animal sketches by Carly Loman • Format: Hardcover with original dust jacketOverall Condition: Near Fine to As New • Interior: The book appears unread. All 256 pages are clean and crisp, with a tight, square binding and solid hinges. • Markings: Aside from the author's signature, there is no scribbling, underlining, or other markings. • Integrity: There are no tears, folds, or dog-eared corners. • Dust Jacket: (Assuming standard high grade for an unread book) Includes the original unclipped dust jacket ($28.00 retail), which is bright and clean with minimal shelf wear. …
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- Title
- Signed On Animals Susan Orlean 1st Ed Specially Bound by Publisher Hardcover DJ
- Author
- Susan Orlean
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster, United States
- Publication year
- 2021
- Condition
- As new
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1982181532
- ISBN 13
- 9781982181536
- Item weight
- 48 ounces
“Magnificent.” —The New York Times * “Beguiling, observant, and howlingly funny.” —San Francisco Chronicle * “Spectacular.” —Star Tribune (Minneapolis) * “Full of astonishments.” —The Boston Globe
Susan Orlean—the beloved New Yorker staff writer hailed as “a national treasure” by The Washington Post and the author of the New York Times bestseller The Library Book—gathers a lifetime of musings, meditations, and in-depth profiles about animals.
“How we interact with animals has preoccupied philosophers, poets, and naturalists for ages,” writes Susan Orlean. Since the age of six, when Orlean wrote and illustrated a book called Herbert the Near-Sighted Pigeon, she’s been drawn to stories about how we live with animals, and how they abide by us. Now, in On Animals, she examines animal-human relationships through the compelling tales she has written over the course of her celebrated career.
These stories consider a range of creatures—the household pets we dote on, the animals we raise to end up as meat on our plates, the creatures who could eat us for dinner, the various tamed and untamed animals we share our planet with who are central to human life. In her own backyard, Orlean discovers the delights of keeping chickens. In a different backyard, in New Jersey, she meets a woman who has twenty-three pet tigers—something none of her neighbors knew about until one of the tigers escapes. In Iceland, the world’s most famous whale resists the efforts to set him free; in Morocco, the world’s hardest-working donkeys find respite at a special clinic. We meet a show dog and a lost dog and a pigeon who knows exactly how to get home.
Equal parts delightful and profound, enriched by Orlean’s stylish prose and precise research, these essays on animals celebrate the meaningful cross-species connections that grace our collective existence.
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