The Living Planet: A Portrait of the Earth.

ATTENBOROUGH, David.

Item Number: 137125

London: Williams Collins Sons & Co., Ltd, 1984.

First edition, second printing of Attenborough’s popular book, based on his pioneering BBC television series. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated with full-page color photographs. Signed by David Attenborough on the half-tile page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

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 life on planet Earth - from the lonely heights of the Himalayas to the wild creatures which have established themselves in the most recent of environments, the city. As in the author's previous book, Life on Earth, which unfolded the story of evolution, a profusion of superb photographs illustrates the principal facets of the earth's surface and their inhabitants.