{"product_id":"zoo-quest-series","title":"[Zoo Quest Series]","description":"\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eATTENBOROUGH, David. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[Zoo Quest Series]; Comprising Zoo Quest to Guyana, Zoo Quest for a Dragon, Zoo Quest in Paraguay, Quest in Paradise, Zoo Quest to Madagascar and Quest Under Capricorn. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLondon: Lutterworth Press, 1956-1963.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003e8vo., 6 vols; publisher’s cloth in green, red and blue; all in the original unclipped dust jackets with full-colour photographs; each volume with colour frontis photograph and additionally illustrated in black and white, with maps, some additional colour photographs in the later volumes; a lovely uptogether set, with a few condition points of note; some rubbing and chipping to the dust jackets along spine and edges; with some very unobtrusive internal tape repair to foot of vol 1; gutter slightly cracked in vols 1 and 2, but holding firm; previous ownership in ink now crossed out to vol 2, mostly hidden beneath flap of jacket; lightly frayed to the edge of final few pages; a couple of spines lightly sunned; foyles bookseller sticker hidden beneath front flap of vol 5; very slight spotting to the upper edge; \u003cstrong\u003escarce\u003c\/strong\u003e as a complete set thus. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst editions of all six volumes.\u003c\/strong\u003e A complete set of Attenborough’s first books, published over the course of seven years. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003eZoo Quest was a multi-part nature documentary which aired on the BBC between 1954 and 1963, and was the first major programme to feature David Attenborough, fully establishing him as a nature documentary presenter. In each, he paired with a member of staff from London Zoo, traveling to a foreign country to capture an animal for the collection (accepted practice for the time). Attenborough wrote an accompanying book for each expedition aside from the first, totalling 6 volumes, and 7 episodes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003eThe series was highly successful, with Zoo Quest for a Dragon being the first footage to capture a Komodo Dragon. In order, the books cover the author’s expeditions to Guiana, Indonesia, Paraguay, New Guinea and Islands of the South Seas (Tonga and Fiji), Madagascar and Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003eA lovely set.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fold the Corner Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55917401899332,"sku":"SQ2167729","price":1250.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/8711\/0212\/files\/unnamed_284_29_021f3a4f-fa95-4fc3-bb28-7bdf3a71a3a4.webp?v=1762864030","url":"https:\/\/foldthecornerbooks.co.uk\/products\/zoo-quest-series","provider":"Fold the Corner Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}