SMITHS' SEA FISHES by SMITH, MARGARET M and Heemstra, Phillip C. (Eds) - 1995

Dj has closed tear 28mm; a few v v shallow scratches on front & rear, one shallow scratch 60mm long on front. Book had stamped name of prev owner 30x5mm on both front & rear endpaper, now painted over. Decorated eps, 1047 pp incl Indices, Glossary, Bibliography, References, Fin Formula Key; plus 144 colour plates to illustrate over 1500 species of the 2 150 species described in 270 families, with b&w sketches and keys throughout. (There were only 104 col plates in the 1st Edn). This latest 3rd impression, 1995, of the 1st edition 1988 by Southern Publ contains 11 pp of additions and corrections and should therefore have been a new edition and has caused a monumental work to become gigantic. (Roughly twice the size of the First edition.) Rare. Please expect mega extra postage. Reference.