The Depths of the Sea
por Thomson, C. Wyville
- Usado
- Capa dura
- first
- Condição
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- Livreiro
-
Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
Formas de pagamento
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London: Macmillan and Co. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1873. First Edition. Hardcover. Owner's signature. Rebacked with most of original cloth spine laid down. Lacking half-title. Gutters strengthened with cloth tape. 1/8" to cloth at tail corner of rear board. 1 1/2" corner missing to front free endpaper. Text block in very good condition. ; xx, [4], 527, 61 pages + plates + maps. In-text illustrations. Blue cloth boards with gilt illustration on spine and front board. Top page edges gilt. "With the publishers compliments" blind-stamped on title page. Title continues: "An account of the general results of the dredging cruises of H.M.SS. 'Porcupine' and 'Lightning' during the summers of 1868, 1869, and 1870, under the scientific direction of Dr. Carpentier, F.R.S., J. Gwym Jeffreys, F.R.S., And Dr. Wyville Thomson, F.R.S." Contents include: Introduction; The Cruise of the 'Lightning'; The Cruise of the 'Porcupine'; The Cruises of the 'Porcupine' (continued); Deep-Sea Sounding; Deep-Sea Dredging; Deep-Sea Temperatures; The Gulf-Stream; The Deep Sea Fauna; The Continuity of the Chalk.; 8vo .
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Detalhes
- Livreiro
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 5590
- Título
- The Depths of the Sea
- Autor
- Thomson, C. Wyville
- Formato/Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edição
- First Edition
- Editorial
- Macmillan and Co
- Local de publicação
- London
- Data de publicação
- 1873
Termos da venda
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Sobre o Vendedor
Renaissance Books
Membro de Biblio desde 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
Sobre Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Gilt
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- Good+
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- First Edition
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- Rebacked
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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