Tender Killers
- Hardcover
- New York: The Vendome Press, 1985
New York: The Vendome Press, 1985. English-language edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Oblong quarto [27 cm x 35 cm] Brown paper over boards. 70 illustrations in color. The boards are just a trifle concave and the text block is very slightly wavy. There is a former owner's bookplate on the front pastedown. In the dust jacket, with general light rubbing and surface scratching, and moderate creasing to the edges. May require extra postage due to weight. From the dust jacket-
"Four species- the lion, the cheetah, the hyena and the gnu- are among the superstars of Africa. They also bear out two totally contradictory patterns of behaviour that are the heart of the animal kingdom: violence and tenderness.
"An extraordinary French photographer, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, spent three years in the bush studying the behaviour patterns of these four fascinating species, and patiently caught some of the most astonishing and unusual scenes ever to be seen on film. Not everything here is pretty; survival is a matter of life and death. But the slaughter permits the survivors to flourish; it slows down disease, limits over-population and maintains the fragile equilibrium of nature.
"Four species- the lion, the cheetah, the hyena and the gnu- are among the superstars of Africa. They also bear out two totally contradictory patterns of behaviour that are the heart of the animal kingdom: violence and tenderness.
"An extraordinary French photographer, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, spent three years in the bush studying the behaviour patterns of these four fascinating species, and patiently caught some of the most astonishing and unusual scenes ever to be seen on film. Not everything here is pretty; survival is a matter of life and death. But the slaughter permits the survivors to flourish; it slows down disease, limits over-population and maintains the fragile equilibrium of nature.