Seashore Ecology (Hulton's Biological Field Studies series)

First edition, first impression. 96pp. Yellow pictorial cloth-covered boards; black titles on front and spine. 8vo. Sun-faded spine and boards; light soiling to boards. Lightly bumped and rubbed spine ends; closed tear at spine head with fraying. Light bumping and rubbing at board edges and corners; paper worn through at lower front corner. Text block edges just starting to fox and tan. Front endpapers just starting to fox and tan; minor pen markings on front free endpaper and rear pastedown. Hinge partially cracked at front. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Numerous black and white diagrams and illustrations in text throughout. From the preface: "There is an increasing appreciation of the educational value of biological field studies and this is being reflected in the growing emphasis on ecology in biological syllabuses. The seashore, more particularly the rocky shore, is one of the best environments in which to make ecological studies at school."