{"product_id":"old-fourlegs-the-story-of-the-coelacanth-by-j-l-b-smith","title":"OLD FOURLEGS: The Story of the Coelacanth by J.L.B. Smith","description":"\u003cp\u003eOLD FOURLEGS: The Story of the Coelacanth\u003cbr\u003eby J.L.B. Smith\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003cbr\u003eFormat: small cloth board hardcover\u003cbr\u003ePublished: Longmans Green 1957, 1st edition\u003cbr\u003eSize (mm): 145 w x 220 h x 25 d\u003cbr\u003ePages: 260\u003cbr\u003eSKU: A5\/2606\/U337\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eABOUT\u003cbr\u003eA landmark book detailing the sensational 1938 discovery of a living coelacanth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book captures the moment Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer found a strange blue fish on a trawler, which Smith identified as a coelacanth—a creature believed to have died out 66 million years ago. It details Smith's exhausting search across the western Indian Ocean, distributing thousands of reward leaflets to track down where the fish actually lived.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe story concludes with the frantic acquisition of a second specimen in the Comoros, a mission that required convincing the South African Prime Minister to authorize a military aircraft before the fish decayed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIllustrated with monochrome images and fine line drawings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCONDITION\u003cbr\u003eExcellent with wear on covers and pages edges, faint marks on end papers, pages clean, binding tight. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIMAGES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNo dust jacket—first image for illustrative purposes only.\u003c\/strong\u003e All others are of the actual item and depict all need to know detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eREMARKS\u003cbr\u003eScarce locally.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unicorn Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55452838887716,"sku":"A5\/2606\/U337","price":79.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1013\/1901\/6740\/files\/3917860277079345856.jpg?v=1790713330","url":"https:\/\/unicornbooks.co.nz\/products\/old-fourlegs-the-story-of-the-coelacanth-by-j-l-b-smith","provider":"Unicorn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}