The Territorial Imperative; A Personal Inquiry into the Animal Origins of Property and Nations
New York: Atheneum, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], vii-xii, [4], 3-390, [8] pp. Bound in brown cloth with the author's name stamped in gold on the front board, gold lettering and red horizontal decorative bars on the spine; brown topstain. Red endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $6.95 on the front jacket flap. With in-text drawings by the author's wife Berdine Ardrey. The second and best-known book in the author's Nature of Man series. Ardrey's book was the cause of considerable controversy in the social sciences in the late 1960s and early 1970s and was also a popular success, inspiring a great deal of interest in anthropology and the study of human origins amongst the general public. An attractive copy of this influential and widely-read book. Near Fine / Very Good. Item #000012572
A gift inscription on the free front endpaper; jacket has traces of wear and a few small chips.
Price: $50.00