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1874 The Depths of the Sea: An Account of the General Results of the Dredging Cruises of H.M.SS. 'Porcupine' and 'Lightning'
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Description
Colour Plates, Early Edition, Folding Maps, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding
The second edition of this uncommon work, first published the year prior.
An exciting account of the dredging cruises on the H.M.SS. 'Porcupine' and 'Lightning', which took place during the summers of 1868, 1869, and 1870. An immensely detailed work on these dredging missions.
Illustrated with seven folding colour maps, one folding colour plate, and many in-text woodcuts.
Collated, complete.
Sixty-five pages of publisher's adverts to the rear, dated October 1873.
Former owner's stamp to half title.
The work of C. Wyville Thomson, the chief scientists of the Challenger expedition.
Condition
In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Back strip age toned, with boards bright. Hinges strained, but firmly held. Stamp to half title. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with the odd light handling mark. Instances of minor worming, most apparent to tail of fore edge of pages 461 to start of publisher's catalogue. Further minor worming to gutter towards the start of the work.
Very Good
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