Charlotte Truepenny — Dear Monkey

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1963. First edition. Cloth. A true story about a Vervet monkey which was adopted on an African farm, from the library of zoologist Desmond Morris. The first edition of this uncommon work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. The bookplate of Desmond Morris to the front paste down. An account of the true story of a Vervet monkey adopted by two sisters on an African farm, illustrated with photographs and drawings by the author Charlotte Truepenny. From the library of Desmond Morris, a zoologist best known for his 1967 sociobiological work "The Naked Ape". Alongside achieving great acclaim as a zoologist, Morris was also known for being an ethnologist and surrealist painter, and for popular television programmes, including "Zoo Time". In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, cloth is in excellent condition except for a small patch of sunning to the head of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Dust wrapper is chipped to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities of the front of the wrap. The spine of the dust wrapper is slightly sunned but otherwise the dust wrapper remains bright. Near Fine . Ill.: Wayne and Palmer; Charlotte Trupenny. Near Fine/Very Good.