You are bidding on an early edition hard-back copy of In the Shadow of Man which will be specially personalized for you by Jane Goodall.

First published in 1971, In the Shadow of Man is a best-selling classic; written by Jane with photographs by her late husband, Hugo van Lawick. It is one of the most enthralling stories of animal behavior ever written!

The book is a narrative overview of Jane's world-renowned field study of chimpanzees in Tanzania covering her first decade (1960 - 1970) of research at Gombe National Park. Among many other observations, Jane describes in detail the major discovery of chimpanzee tool use, previously considered an exclusive skill of man, and the complicated social hierarchy of chimp society.