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Beginning at the age of 26, when he was rejected from a job at the BBC, this fascinating, poignant, and oftentimes humorous work offers a glimpse into the mind of one of the best-loved broadcasters of our time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003eIncreasingly scarce signed. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fold the Corner Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55917395575108,"sku":"SQ4210452","price":250.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/8711\/0212\/files\/unnamed_288_29_1e6cc89a-d580-47e9-b386-8a07ffe453c7.webp?v=1762864008"},{"product_id":"life-series-8-volumes","title":"Life Series [8 volumes]","description":"\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eATTENBOROUGH, David \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLife Series [8 volumes, comprising] Life on Earth, The Living Planet, The Trials of Life, The Private Life of Plants, The Life of Birds, Life of Mammals, Life in the Undergrowth [and] Life in Cold Blood \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLondon: Collins, 1979 - 2008\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e8vo, 8 vols; varying coloured linson boards, all lettered in gilt to spine; together in the pictorial dustwrappers; near-fine copies all, all proliferated with full-colour photographs throughout, minimal edge wear, creasing to the dustwrappers and slight bruising to the spine tips in one or two volumes; Vol III with jacket clipped and one small closed tear to the upper panel; Vol V also clipped, with a neat ownership inscription in silver to the ffep; otherwise a bright, clean and wonderful set. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eFirst editions, \u003cstrong\u003eall signed or inscribed by Sir David Attenborough\u003c\/strong\u003e to the half or full title pages. The books comprise: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLife on Earth:\u003c\/strong\u003e A fascinating exposition of all things which walk, crawl, swim, fly and slide on the earth. The television series, which was first transmitted on 16 January 1979, featured state-of the art video technology, and the animals captured included a Darwin’s frog, a mole-rat, and some of the first ever footage of a coelacanth, an ancient species of fish whose ancestors date back more than 410 million years. The series also famously featured Attenborough’s encounter with a group of mountain gorillas - something he later referred to as \"one of the most exciting encounters of my life\". The famous cover image of the book shows a Panamanian red-eyed tree frog taken by the author himself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Living Planet. A Portrait of the Earth:\u003c\/strong\u003e Featuring a photograph by Bruce Coleman to the upper panel, and by Andrew Neal to the lower, the latter showing Attenborough with a leatherback turtle. Based on the television series of the same name, Attenborough explores plant and animal life from the lofty heights of the Himalayas to the urban living of city-dwelling creatures, impacted by human development. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Trials of Life: \u003c\/strong\u003ethe dust-jacket showing a killer whale and sea-lion cubs to the upper panel, and a photograph of the author to the lower. Released in conjunction with the BBC series of the same name, \u003cem\u003eThe Trials of Life\u003c\/em\u003e explores animal behaviour in greater depth, with each chapter corresponding to each episode of the same title, including ‘Hunting and Escaping’, ‘Courting’ and ‘Continuing the Line’.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Private Life of Plants. A Natural History of Plant Behaviour: \u003c\/strong\u003ewith wrapper showing photographs by Martin Cheek and Michael Pitts. “Plants can see” Attenborough begins boldly in his exposition on the hidden world of vegetative life. A fascinating insight into “anything that grows on soil or rock or water, in open country or the smallest garden, [which] suddenly seems quite different: less gentle altogether, in restless motion night and day, locked in the endless competition necessary for survival”\u003cem\u003e (Jacket)\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Life of Birds: \u003c\/strong\u003ewith photograph of a toucan to the upper panel, and the author to the lower. Attenborough explores the lives of some of the 9000 species of birds found on our planet, from fledglings leaving the nest for the first time, to hunting, mating, and raising young. The series took three years to film, and during this time he and the crew traveled to 42 countries. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLife of Mammals: \u003c\/strong\u003ethe front cover shows a tiger padding through snow, and the author is pictured to the lower panel, grinning beside three bemused-looking meerkats. \u003cem\u003eLife of Mammals \u003c\/em\u003ewas first transmitted on UK television on 20 November 2002. The crew endured many hardships during the filming of the series, with flesh-eating maggots and venomous snakes to contend with. The book was released less than one month later. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLife in the Undergrowth: \u003c\/strong\u003efeaturing a praying mantis to the upper panel, and a photograph of the author with a scorpion to the lower. Published in the same year as the five-part documentary of the same name, \u003cem\u003eLife in the Undergrowth\u003c\/em\u003e was the seventh of Attenborough’s specialised surveys concerning life on earth. This particular book focuses on the evolution and habits of invertebrates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e[and]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLife in Cold Blood: \u003c\/strong\u003ewith photographic dust jacket showing a Chameleon to the upper panel, and the author with a monitor lizard to the lower. An extensive natural history of Amphibians and Reptiles, \u003cem\u003eLife in Cold Blood\u003c\/em\u003e is the last of Attenborough’s specialised surveys. The author and broadcaster celebrated his 80th birthday while filming giant tortoises in the Galapagos for this series, featured here in Chapter 2. 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Accompanied by a personal selection of photographs, the work was followed two years later by \u003cem\u003eNew Life Stories, \u003c\/em\u003ein which which Sir David considers the astonishing behaviour of birds, insects, and other animals which have impacted his life, including Cicadas, Chameleons, and the famous Elsa the lioness.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘What would you like to be,’ \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003epeople sometimes ask,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘if you came back to earth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eas an animal?’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe answer I give depends, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI suppose, on the company.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eA clean and attractive set. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fold the Corner Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55917395738948,"sku":"SQ2822592","price":325.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/8711\/0212\/files\/unnamed_286_29.webp?v=1762864009"},{"product_id":"the-first-eden-the-mediterranean-world-and-man","title":"The First Eden. 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