Dust jacket: Wear to ends of spine with old paper repairs to reverse. Rubbing and chipping to edge. Light staining to top of rear cover. Price clipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Good Plus. Book: First printing. Green buckram binding. Very slight rubbing to ends of spine and corners. Light foxing to page edges and first and last few pages. Occasional patches of light foxing to text, a little heavier to page 113. Signed by David Attenborough to the title page, without dedication. Attenborough's first book, issued to accompany his BBC television series that aired in 1955. Overall book condition is Very Good Minus. Size: 6 x 8.75 inches (15.5 x 22.5 cm).