Collins, 1971, Hardcover, Book Condition: Very Good, Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good, First

224 pp., list of illustrations, acknowledgements, appendices. Text illustrated with coloured photographs. Green boards with gilt writing on the spine. Photographic dustwrapper, showing a Great Barrier Reef Island, black and white writing on the front cover and on the spine. The Great Barrier Reef off Queensland coast is a natural wonder of the world. In this book Patricia Clare shows "the system in all its variety and beauty - and to demonstrate how industrial exploitation and nature in itself present an ever-increasing threat to its existence.". Slight rubbing at the top and bottom of the spine section of the dustjacket, otherwise no damage to describe. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Natural History & Resources; Natural History -- Australia; Local History -- Queensland; ISBN: 0002117940. ISBN/EAN: 9780002117944. Inventory No: 0235050.