{"product_id":"the-private-life-of-plants-inscribed-by-author","title":"The Private Life of Plants (Inscribed by Author)","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eATTENBOROUGH, David.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Private Life of Plants: A Natural History of Plant Behaviour.\u003c\/em\u003e London: BBC Books, 1995.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eLarge 4to. Illustrated boards. Unclipped pictorial dust jacket. 320 pp., profusely illustrated throughout in colour. 320pp. \u003cstrong\u003eFirst edition. Inscribed by the author on the title page: \"To John.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe decision to make a natural history series about plants presented a fundamental problem: plants do not move. Or rather, they do not move on any timescale accessible to the human eye. \u003cem\u003eThe Private Life of Plants\u003c\/em\u003e solved the problem through time-lapse photography of extraordinary precision, revealing the strategies plants employ for survival — for finding light, for attracting pollinators, for dispersing seeds, for competing with their neighbours — as dramatic and purposeful as anything in the animal kingdom. Attenborough had by 1995 presented six major natural history series, and the accumulated experience showed: the writing here is at its most assured, finding precise language for processes that had never been described for a general audience. The result was a series, and a book, that permanently altered the way a generation of viewers understood what a plant was and what it was doing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eNear fine in unclipped dust jacket. Small amount of foxing to upper edge; otherwise clean and bright throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThis book is currently not on display in store. If you would like more information or to arrange a viewing, please contact: \u003ca class=\"underline underline underline-offset-2 decoration-1 decoration-current\/40 hover:decoration-current focus:decoration-current\" href=\"mailto:rarebooks@harryhartog.com.au\"\u003erarebooks@harryhartog.com.au\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatalogue Number: HH000598\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David Attenborough","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48922738360563,"sku":"1110002991233","price":120.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/1_2c0762e2-7818-41e1-9638-54f5d16a7445.png?v=1778211550","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/the-private-life-of-plants-inscribed-by-author","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}