First edition thus (originally published in 1990 as the third part of Attenborough's Life Trilogy, and here updated and republished). Octavo, pp282, illustrated. Bound in white cloth covered hard boards and in the original publishers un-clipped dust jacket. SIGNED by the author directly to the free endpaper (the white oval he has signed on is part of the printed endpaper and is not a sticker or label). Book and jacket both in Fine condition.