Living Planet: The web of life on Earth - signed by the author

David Attenborough

ISBN 10: 0008477825 / ISBN 13: 9780008477820

Published by William Collins, 2021

About this Item

1st UK edition 1st printing and signed by the author directly to the specifically designed ffep without inscription. Book is as new. Dust jacket has a cut/tear about 3" long at the edge of the front cover and spine assumed during printing or in transit. Edges of text block clean and bright to all edges. Unread and unopened. Not price clipped. Covered in clear acetate for protection.Signed by the author sticker to front cover. Still a very collectable directly signed first edition. Thanks for looking and please check out my other books and signed books on Abe.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Living Planet: The web of life on Earth - signed by the author
• Publisher: William Collins
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0008477825
• ISBN 13: 9780008477820
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

The Sunday Times Bestseller

A new, fully updated narrative edition of David Attenborough’s seminal biography of our world, The Living Planet.

Nowhere on our planet is devoid of life. Plants and animals thrive or survive within every extreme of climate and habitat that it offers. Single species, and often whole communities adapt to make the most of ice cap and tundra, forest and plain, desert, ocean and volcano. These adaptations can be truly extraordinary: fish that walk or lay eggs on leaves in mid-air; snakes that fly; flightless birds that graze like deer; and bears that grow hair on the soles of their feet.
In The Living Planet, David Attenborough’s searching eye, unfailing curiosity and infectious enthusiasm explain and illuminate the intricate lives of the these colonies, from the lonely heights of the Himalayas to the wild creatures that have established themselves in the most recent of environments, the city. By the end of this book it is difficult to say which is the more astonishing – the ingenuity with which individual species contrive a living, or the complexity of their interdependence on each other and on the habitations provided by our planet.
In this new edition, the author, with the help of zoologist Matthew Cobb, has added all the most up-to-date discoveries of ecology and biology, as well as a full-colour 64-page photography section. He also addresses the urgent issues facing our living planet: climate change, pollution and mass extinction of species.

About the Author

David Attenborough is one of the world’s leading naturalists and broadcasters. His distinguished career spans more than fifty years, and his multi-award winning films and series have been broadcast around the world.