Book Details
Title: A Fragile Paradise; Nature and Man in the Pacific
Author: Andrew Mitchell
Illustrator: N/A
Publisher: Collins
Year: 1989
Impression/Edition: N/A
Cover: Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Pages: 256
Dimensions:
Weight:
ISBN: 0 00 217942 3
Battle Scars:
Overall good condition.
Outside:
The dust jacket is intact. There is some shelf wear to edges/ends/corners, with rubbing, minor creasing to edges. Minor scuffing.
The hardcover is intact with shelf wear (rubbing) to edges, ends and corners as pictured. The embossing on the spine is intact and legible.
The page margins (seen when book is closed) are clean.
Inside:
The binding is firm and intact.
Inside the front and back covers is clean.
The pages are clean and intact. There is one name inscribed in ink on the front-end page.
Don't forget to check the photos below for a visual and make sure you are happy prior to purchase. Happy to answer questions if there is information missing.
Book Content:
Blurb -
"The Pacific Islands are most people's idea of Paradise, with their shining, coral-fringed lagoons, friendly peoples and rare, brilliantly coloured birds, fish and plants. 'A Fragile Paradise' is the story of Andrew Mitchell's journey through the islands, following in the footsteps of the myriad species - including man - which have walked, swum, sailed, flown or drifted to colonize them.
He embarks on precarious canoe journeys through the Solomons in search of the graves of the head-hunters; visits the megapode of birds Simbo which lay their eggs in hot volcanic soil; enters the magical underwater world of a shipwreck turned reef off the coast of Gizo; explores the effects of evolution in isolated Hawaii, where daisies have grown into shrubs and caterpillars have turned carnivorous. He travels from Nauru, where seabirds have left a deposit of pure phosphate, making the islanders the richest people in the world, to Easter Island, where a distant civilisation destroyed itself by plundering the landscape and failing to observe the laws of nature.
No other book has painted such a broad history of the Pacific, past and present. 'A Fragile Paradise' is a celebration of the beauty and fascination of the islands with their unique collection of flora and fauna. It sheds new light on the impact of migrations by the Polynesians, Micronesians and Melanesians who now inhabit them. And it takes a clear - sighted look at the dangers that face this most beautiful an vulnerable region of the world."
Book Details
Title: A Fragile Paradise; Nature and Man in the Pacific
Author: Andrew Mitchell
Illustrator: N/A
Publisher: Collins
Year: 1989
Impression/Edition: N/A
Cover: Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Pages: 256
Dimensions:
Weight:
ISBN: 0 00 217942 3
Battle Scars:
Overall good condition.
Outside:
The dust jacket is intact. There is some shelf wear to edges/ends/corners, with rubbing, minor creasing to edges. Minor scuffing.
The hardcover is intact with shelf wear (rubbing) to edges, ends and corners as pictured. The embossing on the spine is intact and legible.
The page margins (seen when book is closed) are clean.
Inside:
The binding is firm and intact.
Inside the front and back covers is clean.
The pages are clean and intact. There is one name inscribed in ink on the front-end page.
Don't forget to check the photos below for a visual and make sure you are happy prior to purchase. Happy to answer questions if there is information missing.
Book Content:
Blurb -
"The Pacific Islands are most people's idea of Paradise, with their shining, coral-fringed lagoons, friendly peoples and rare, brilliantly coloured birds, fish and plants. 'A Fragile Paradise' is the story of Andrew Mitchell's journey through the islands, following in the footsteps of the myriad species - including man - which have walked, swum, sailed, flown or drifted to colonize them.
He embarks on precarious canoe journeys through the Solomons in search of the graves of the head-hunters; visits the megapode of birds Simbo which lay their eggs in hot volcanic soil; enters the magical underwater world of a shipwreck turned reef off the coast of Gizo; explores the effects of evolution in isolated Hawaii, where daisies have grown into shrubs and caterpillars have turned carnivorous. He travels from Nauru, where seabirds have left a deposit of pure phosphate, making the islanders the richest people in the world, to Easter Island, where a distant civilisation destroyed itself by plundering the landscape and failing to observe the laws of nature.
No other book has painted such a broad history of the Pacific, past and present. 'A Fragile Paradise' is a celebration of the beauty and fascination of the islands with their unique collection of flora and fauna. It sheds new light on the impact of migrations by the Polynesians, Micronesians and Melanesians who now inhabit them. And it takes a clear - sighted look at the dangers that face this most beautiful an vulnerable region of the world."
