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THREE CRUISES OF THE UNITED STATES COAST AND GEODESIC SURVEY STEAMER "BLAKE" IN THE GULF OF MEXICO, IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA, AND ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST OF THE UNITED STATES FROM 1877 TO 1880
by AGASSIZ, ALEXANDER
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Moderate Corner and Edge Wear/No Dust Jackets
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1888. TWO VOLUMES uniformly bound. Previous owner's name top of front free endpapers, both volumes. Frontispiece illustration of the "Blake" in Volume 1. Both volumes replete with text illustrations, full-page maps and diagrams, some in color, several fold-out. Map is present in rear pocket of Volume 2. The author (1835-1910) was the premier American thalassographer (oceanographer) of the 19th century. He was the son of the famed naturalist Louis Agassiz. During the voyage of the "Blake", he collected hundreds of deep sea and coral reef specimens. 314-220pp.. First Edition. Dark Blue Cloth. Moderate Corner and Edge Wear/No Dust Jackets. Royal Octavo.
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- Bookseller
- Glenn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015541
- Title
- THREE CRUISES OF THE UNITED STATES COAST AND GEODESIC SURVEY STEAMER "BLAKE" IN THE GULF OF MEXICO, IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA, AND ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST OF THE UNITED STATES FROM 1877 TO 1880
- Author
- AGASSIZ, ALEXANDER
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Moderate Corner and Edge Wear
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jackets
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston and New York
- Date Published
- 1888
- Size
- Royal Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Exploration, Voyages, Thalassography
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Glenn Books
Biblio member since 2005
Prairie Village, Kansas
About Glenn Books
We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.
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