David Nichols et al., The Oxford Book of Invertebrates, 1971, HC, Good, First Edition

Nichols, David, John Cooke, & Derek Whiteley. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1971.

English, First Edition, Good, HC, 4to, 7 ⅛” x 9 ¾,” 218 pp.

ISBN: 019910008X

Blue woven cloth over boards, navy stamped titling to front and spine, in publisher’s light teal dust jacket with full-color illustration to front, black text to front, spine, and inside flaps. Mild edgewear, mild soiling to top edge and back cover near top and bottom, minor bumping to head and foot of spine, mild age toning, very minor mark at back endpaper, otherwise clean throughout, tighty bound, and excellent. In a Good dust jacket now protected in a Mylar sleeve. Mild edgewear, mild age toning, minor soiling to front near top edge and back near bottom edge, mild sunning to top edges, minor markings to back and spine, otherwise good. 218 pp. Replete with 96 full-color illustrations. Illustrations by Derek Whiteley and text by David Nichols and John A. L. Cooke. Part of a four volume series of Great Britain’s animal biodiversity (from the dust jacket). A thorough guide to invertebrates, including “protozoa, sponges, coelenterates, worms, molluscs, echinoderms, and arthropods” (from the title page). Each invertebrate is depicted in a full-color illustration with other members of its order accompanied by descriptive text of its appearance, dwelling, and unique characteristics. From the dust jacket: “This book is arranged according to the classificatory scheme provided at the end, and within each major invertebrate group or phylum the pages are arranged according to habitat. In the case of some minor phyla members of several phyla are included on the same page.”