Deep New Zealand: Blue Water, Black Abyss [signed] [first edition]

"New Zealand lays claim to one of the largest deep-ocean territories in the world. . .In Deep New Zealand we encounter creatures so alien in appearance that they might have been spawned in the mind of a science-fiction writer. . .Deep New Zealand examines the entire spectrum of oceanic life, from microscopic plankton to the great whales, and also devotes chapters to marine geology, ecology and exploitation. Engagingly written and beautifully illustrated, this book takes the reader on a fascinating journey to the often-forgotten 'other nine-tenths of New Zealand'.