Borne on the Wind; the Extraordinary World of Insects in Flight

Text and photographs: Stephen Dalton

Editor: John Kings

Publisher: Chatto & Windus, London 1975; hard cover with dust jacket, 230 x 280, 160 pages; SBN 0701121300

Condition: G; message to previous owner inside front cover; d/jacket fair, with some folds and tears; book and d/jacket protected with clear cello covers; binding tight, with no other marks.

...Many books have been graced with fine illustrations, but there has never been one like Borne on the Wind. Stephen Dalton's photographs are in a class of their own:they have to be seen to be believed. Imagine trying to photograph a ladybird at the moment of take-off, or a grasshopper in mid-air, or a fly landing upside down on a ceiling. ...Stephen Dalton has photographed (all these, and many more) in flight with precision and beauty that are breathtaking.

In addition to the photographs, the book contains a descriptive text and detailed captions about the insects themselves. There is also a fascinating section on the aerodynamics of insect flight and an explanation of the author's special photographic process...

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