DURRELL, Gerald.
The Overloaded Ark.
New York: Simon & Schuster , 1953.
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First Edition of Gerald Durrell's The Overloaded Ark; Signed by Him
First edition of Durrell's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Gerald Durrell on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Bill English. Uncommon signed.
The Overloaded Ark is the chronicle of a six-month collecting trip, from December 1947 to August 1948, to the West African colony of British Cameroon – now Cameroon – that Durrell made with aviculturist and ornithologist John Yealland.
Their reasons for going on the trip were twofold: "to collect and bring back alive some of the fascinating animals, birds, and reptiles that inhabit the region", and secondly, for both men to realize a long cherished dream to see Africa.
The Overloaded Ark.
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