DANGEROUS SEA CREATURES. A COMPLETE GUIDE TO HAZARDOUS MARINE LIFE. By Thomas Helm.

1976 1st edition. Book club issue. 8vo (142 x 215mm). Ppx,278. B/w photographs and illustrations. Smooth blue boards, spine titled in silver-gilt.

In addition to the obvious sharks, killer whales etc, Helm identifies poisonous fish, jelly-fish, sea urchins; how to identify and handle them, and how to treat injuries caused by them. Chapters include:- Drifting, creeping, and waiting; Morays; Teeth, spines, and venom; Sea snakes; Octopus and squid; Rays, devilfish, mantas and sawfish; Killer whales; Red tide. This, to all intents and purposes, appears to be a first edition but is actually a book club printing. It does not carry an ISBN, nor the Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data, the cloth binding is a cheaper material than the standard first edition and it is slightly taller. The content is identical.