PLANT LIFE OF THE PACIFIC WORLD

NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY, 1945. Hardcover. Fine/Fair. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 295 Pp. THIS UNUSUAL BOOK IS ONE OF A SERIES DESCRIBING THE NATURAL HISTORY AND PEOPLES OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND OF ITS INNUMERABLE ISLANDS, LARGE AND SMALL. THE BASIN OF THIS GREAT OCEAN EXTENDS APPROXIMATELY HALFWAY AROUND THE EARTH. SOME OF THE ISLANDS, INCLUDING MOST OF THE LARGER ONES, THAT LIE IN THIS VAST BODY OF WATER, OWE THEIR ORIGINS TO THE NEARBY CONTINENTS; SUCH ISLANDS WERE IN EARLIER TIMES ACTUALLY A PART OF THEIR NEIGHBORING CONTINENTS. IN OTHER CASES THE ISLANDS AROSE BY POWERFUL GEOLOGIC UPTHRUSTS, INCLUDING VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS, FROM THE VERY BED OF THE OCEAN ITSELF. BECAUSE OF THESE DIFFERENT ORIGINS, THE LIVING THINGS FOUND UPON THE ISLANDS ARE OF INFINITE VARIETY AND INTEREST. THIS HOLDS TRUE NOT ONLY OF THE HUMAN BEINGS AND OTHER MAMMALS, OF THE BIRDS, REPTILES, AND INSECTS DEALT WITH IN OTHER BOOKS OF THIS SERIES, BUT ALSO OF THE PLANT LIFE DESCRIBED IN THIS VOLUME. DESCRIPTION: RED CLOTH HARDBOUND, WHITE STAMPED TITLE ON SPINE COVER/FRONT BOARD, WORLD MAP ILLUSTRATED END PAPERS, COLOUR AND BLACK/WHITE PLATES AND ILLUSTRATIONS, BLACK/WHITE DUST JACKET WITH GREEN TITLE HEADER. DIMENSIONS: 9 1/4" x 6 1/4" x 1 3/4." BOOK CONDITION: FINE. DUST JACKET CONDITION: FAIR; ONLY CUT OUT FRONT COVER SECTION REMAINS.