The Living Planet

A Portrait of the Earth

by David Attenborough

William Collins Sons & Co., 1984, ISBN 0002191393, colour photographic plates, hardcover, dustjacket

Very Good Condition, minor edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, no inscriptions, dustjacket shows minor edge and shelf wear with a little rubbing and chipping (see photographs)

“Nowhere on our planer is devoid of life.  Plants, animals and man thrive or survive within the extremes of climate and almost infinite variety of domicile which it offers.  Single species, and often whole communities, adapt to make the most of icecap and tundra, forest and plain, desert, ocean and volcano.  The adaptations are sometimes extraordinary: fish which walk or lay eggs on leaves in midair; snakes that fly; flightless birds that graze like deer; and bears which grow hair on the soles of their feet.
In The Living Planet, based on his BBC television series, David Attenborough’s searching eye, unfailing curiosity and infectious enthusiasm, explain and illuminate the intricate lives of these colonies – from the lonely heights of the Himalayas to the wild creatures which have established themselves in the most recent of environments, the city.”

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