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DOBBS**, HORACE: : JOURNEY INTO DOLPHIN DREAMTIME. [Author SIGNED copy.]

LONDON.JONATHAN CAPE,1992.

ISBN 0224030922.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn.FINE+/FINE+.Donor's neat,blue ink 'Christmas 1998' gift presentation inscrptn towards the foot of half-title page; author's instantly recognisable neat,handwritten,black felt-tip pen ink calligraphic signature+year date: '98 - matching donor's gift inscptn date - to title page.(It appears that the donor has got the author to sign the book,prior to giving it away as a Christmas gift.] Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour photographs of dolphins,illustrated dw/dj with yellow+brown letters; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Head of spine/ backstrip of dw/dj+boards minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread? Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original, plain dark blue cloth boards with bright, crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED+dated signature,1st edn,9-208pp [paginated] includes 18 chapters,10pp underwater dolphin-related colour photographs interspersed throughout the the text and the book,acknowledgements,a bibliography,and information.Plus [unpaginated]; half-title page,author SIGNED title page,contents+ illustrations/ photographs lists/tables,and prose extract (Anthony Daniels). 'Horace Dobbs has it taped when it comes to spreading the word about his favourite healer - the dolphins ...' So begins Anne Page's recent article in the Guardian which investigates the effect of a recording of 'Dolphin Dreamtime',a blend of music and dolphin sounds which releases locked-up emotions and brings relief to those suffering from anxiety and stress. In his new book Dr Dobbs takes his concept of Dolphin Dreamtime a stage further with an evocation of the uplifting effect of dolphins on people around the world.He begins with Aborigines at Ayers Rock in the Australian outback and moves to the coast in Western Australia where dolphins play with children in the shallows and are now coming inshore in large numbers to sport with divers.He tells the extraordinary story of the wild dolphin Freddie,who haunts the Northumbrian coast near Amble,and JoJo,who seems capable of some sort of telepathic communication with humans in the Caribbean.His trail to discover the secret of the dolphin's therapeutic power leads him to Japan,where Professor Nakagawa's practice in the Eastern medical art of chi (or ki) is having miraculous effects. Finally awesome meetings in the sea with migrating Humpback whales,the size of submarines,help him top unlock the mystery. 'Journey into Dolphin Dreamtime' is the culmination of almost twenty years' study of one of the world's most intelligent creatures. Dr Dobbs,a scientist by training,not only shows how dolphins can teach us to banish stress,but also suggests a new approach to one of the world's gravest environmental problems. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

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