504 pp, illust. throughout b &w & col., some pages sl. creased, d/w has sl. creasing to back & top edge. Otherwise as new. The culmination of the life's work of one of New Zealand's most respected scientists, this book is about the animal and plant communities that exist where the margins of islands and continents slope into the sea. New Zealand shores are systematically described but the book also ranges over the whole Pacific. Large book, may be extra shipping cost.