Land of A Thousand Atolls, by Irenaus Eibl-Eibesfeldt

Land of A Thousand Atolls, A study of marine life in the Maldive and Nicobar Islands
Irenaus Eibl-Eibesfeldt

Paperback in cellophane wrap. Spine faded and colour bleed on front cover along lower edge of spine. Pages turned up at right edge. Inside front cover inscribed, ‘Bill Sheehan, Office[?] M, RAF Coleherne’ (crossed out) and ‘Ley Kenyon’

Contents include:
Animal behaviour on the sea floor
Tube-eels
Gardens of stone
Barber’s Shop of the reef
How fish live
Why are fishes so brightly coloured?
We feed the sharks
Anemone fish
Some marvels of shore and lagoon
Story of an octopus
Nature conservation underwater

195 pages
B&W illustrations
160 mm x 218 mm (approx. 6.3 in x 8.5 in)
1965, MacGibbon and Kee, London