EDGE OF THE SEA. By Russell Sackett and the editors of Time-Life books.

# (1983) 1987 4th European English language printing. 4to (233 x 283mm). Pp176. Colour photographs throughout, b/w photographs, maps, bibliography, teal end-papers. Black boards, photograph to upper board, spine and upper board titled in white and red.

# Part of the Time-Life Planet Earth series. An overview of coastal areas around the world, with excellent photographs. Chapters include: Fragile front lines of defense; Armies of sand on the march; A fecund realm; The role of the wetlands; The struggle to stop the sea. Includes essays titled: A continent's variegated coastline (Australia); Ramparts of rock; Life between the tides; Marvels of Las Marismas.