Baboon Mothers and Infants

Pp. xiv, 242; 65 black-and-white photos and graphs, genealogy diagrams and graphs in the appendices.  Publisher’s original orange cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, pictorial dust jacket, lg 8vo.  This is the hardcover first edition of this classic work in primatology.  In Baboon Mothers and Infants, the author applies her uniquely sophisticated techniques to the mother-infant relationship, its demography and ecology, within the natural setting.  Signature of former owner on the front endpaper dated June 1981.  No other ownership marks and few signs of use.