Reef by Jeremy Stafford Deitsch (1991)

 Offered for sale here is a hardbound book entitled "Reef: A Safari Through The Coral World" by Jeremy Stafford Deitsch.

The book is in very good condition.  Interior is perfect; there is a small (3/4") tear in the dust jacket.

  As with other books by this man, there are photographs in this work to make even the most seasoned underwater photographer go "Wow!" Furthermore, not only does this particular author know his subject, he also has that rare ability to make any point - no matter how technical that point may be!, easy for the layman to understand.

"Reef - A Safari through the Coral World " is a hard back book in which the author describes every aspect of the Coral Reef. Commencing with a "Natural History of the Reef," we are skilfully taken on "A Journey through the Coral World during which time we will have sampled just about everything a coral reef has to offer. Add to this the author's own outstanding photography and some diagrams of the highest standard and we have - in this one book, as complete a picture of the Coral Reef as I have ever seen.

I particularly liked the way in which they have approached one of the Appendices at the end which is entitled "A Diver's Guide to Coral Reef Fish." No they have not tried to include a picture of every single species. Instead they have provided the reader with an outline of each family of fishes. In this way, any diver who has seen some species with which he is not familiar will be able to look up the general outline of that fish - thus narrowing the search for formal identification.

Altogether another excellent book from Jeremy Stafford-Deitsch.

NM