BURTON, ROBERT - Nature's Night Life

Poole, Dorset, England: Distributed By Sterling Pub,1982, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. 0713711116; Very minor edge wear on the clean, sound binding. Contents are almost as new, with no writing or other entries on the text. Very minor wear on the clean, complete DJ. This is a large book and may require extra postage for Priority or International.; FIRST PRINTING of the FIRST EDITION, Published by Blandford Press, 1982. 7-3/4" x 9-3/4". 160pp. Black boards, bright gold spine lettering. NATURE. "This book covers all parts of the animal kingdom, from the insects, spiders, and fishes to the wide-eyed bushbabies, owls possums and bats. It is not, however, a catalogue of nocturnal animals, but a fascinating discussion of night life in the wild, illustrated by specific examples from all over the world. This book is illustrated throughout with 63 beautiful full colour photographs, supplemented with 57 black and white photographs and additional line drawings. As a result of modern tracking techniqjes, a picture is now beginning to emerge of night life, the unseen half of nature, and this serves to emphasize that the division of animal activity into the two categoris of diurnal and nocturnal is an oversimplification. Yet it is also apparent that some animals are principally active at night. We surmise that animals which are active by night are adapted to cope with the problems of nocturnal activity. " ... Index.. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket .