Last Survivors: The Natural History of 48 Animals in Danger of Extinction by Noel Simon [FIRST EDITION] 1970 • World Publishing

Last Survivors: The Natural History of 48 Animals in Danger of Extinction by Noel Simon and Paul Géroudet and Illustrated by Helmut Diller and Paul Barruel

FIRST EDITION [1970] WORLD PUBLISHING COMPANY

Printed in Switzerland.  Large art coffee-table book. 

Hardcover with dust jacket in excellent condition.  Like new with minor trace wear and price cut from front panel.  

Many animals of the world are in danger of extinction; their loss will mean a spiritual, economic, and aesthetic impoverishment to mankind. Among them are some of the most fascinating (and often the most beautiful) animals known to man.
Last Survivors tells the story of 48 such animals and birds from all over the world, not only through its remarkably clear, easy-to-understand, scientifically accurate text, but also through some of the most magnificent full-color animal drawings ever made. Painted by Helmut Diller (mammals) and Paul Barruel (birds), the illustrations are a unique combination of precise scientific detail and artistic inspiration. No animal drawings are better; few, if any, are as good. The book tells, in effect, 48 tragic stories;
but they are also stories which treat all major aspects of each animal-how it lives, what its habits are, where it is still to be found, and why it is disappearing.