Matthiessen, Peter - Blue Meridian - SIGNED

The search for the great white shark. " In 1969 and 1970 Peter Gimbel led a crew of professional divers on a world-ranging expedition to find and film underwater the great white shark. this was a feat never before accomplished, in part because the beast is rarely seen, in part because it is the most dangerous of all underwater creatures. Peter Matthiessen was asked to write the story of this search, and to serve as a spare hand, both on the surface and below. At intervals over a period of seventeen months he accompanied Gimbel's crew-from the Caribbean to the whaling grounds off Durban, to various islands in the Indian Ocean, to Ceylon, and finally to eventual success off the bleak coast of South Australia. In these pages he records the awesome experience of swimming in open water among hundreds of sharks at once, the beauties of strange seas and landscapes, and the camaraderie, tension, humour and frustrations that develop when people continually risking their lives dwell in close proximity day after day." 24 colour photo illustrations. A SIGNED UK first edition, first impression. Uncommon SIGNED.

Wrapper : The wrapper on this copy is very bright, is unfaded, and is complete. It is unclipped. Looks very sharp.

Book : The book is square and very tight. There are no previous ownership inscriptions. The boards are clean and unfaded, the corners sharp. The pages and closed page edges are clean and bright. The binding is tight - no cracked hinges. No remainder marks. Th

Publisher: Harvill, 1995

Condition: Fine. Wrapper: Fine