So Small a World

224pp, several black and white photographic plates. Blue cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on plae blue spine label. Bumped spine ends and front corners. Text block edges tanning. Gift presentation on front free endpaper. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has some shelf wear, light chipping to top edge, mirrors book damage, price clipped. 8vo. The distinguished naturalist looks back on forty-five years of travel and exploration in five continents and puts his case for the preservation of wildlife and the world’s natural ecology. Foreword by the late Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.