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by Mary Field, J V Durden, F P Smith.
| Pelican paperback in Good condition. Foxing on cover and first page. Crease across bottom right corner front cover.
First published by Penguin 1941 - this is a second reprint 1955.
144 pages, with 32 pages of black and white photos.
11.1cm x 18.1cm x 1cm.
Weight: 150gms.
Cover price: 2/6
Very fully illustrated with plates, this book is based on those films which reveal new secrets of plant and animal life.
Agnes Mary Field OBE (Born 1896 Wimbledon - Died 23rd December 1968, Worthing)
J. Valentine Durden (Born 1910, Stowe)
Frank Percy Smith (12th January 1880, London–24th March 1945, London as a result of bombing in WWII (65)).
Many people who are not interested in biological text-books have had their interest excited by the glimpses of strange forms of animal and plant life on earth and in the sea provided by 'Secrets of Life' and other nature films.
This book is an attempt to explain and describe more fully than film caption and comments can do, something of the life of the fascinating creatures about which films have been made. The examples chosen are all taken from the invertebrates - animals without backbones - who form the vast majority of living species. A large section of photographs - essential in a book of this kind - illustrates the text, which has been kept free from technicalities.
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Publisher: Penguin Books
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Issue No.: A85 - reprint
1955
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