East of the Mountains of the Moon: Chimpanzee Society in the African Rain Forest

Pp. xv, (1), 315; 3 maps, 1 multi-page graph. Publisher’s original dark gray cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, lg 8vo. This documents the life of chimpanzees living on the Kibale tropical forest of Uganda. It is thought-provoking vision of the social life of man’s nearest genetic relative; with it comes an incisive, touching perspective on what it means to be human. Small signature of former owner on the front endpaper with almost no signs of use.