The Arcturus Adventure: An Account of the New York Zoological Society's First Oceanographic Expedition
by Beebe, William / with Ruth Rose
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good + +/No Jacket
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons/The Knickerbocker Press, 1926. Book. Very Good + +. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Large Thick Octavo. Large Thick 8vo. xix (i), 439 (1) pp. Ruth Rose authored & co-authored several chapters of the book. With 77 illustrations from colored plates, photographs and maps. Log of the Arcturus, Appendix A & B, Index. Published under the Auspices of the Zoological Society: 1926. Pristine, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 6.75" x 9.5". Black cloth with rubbed gilt lettering to front board and spine, gilt top text block, and illustrated end papers. Spine letters barely legible. .
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- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9617
- Title
- The Arcturus Adventure: An Account of the New York Zoological Society's First Oceanographic Expedition
- Author
- Beebe, William / with Ruth Rose
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good + +
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons/The Knickerbocker Press
- Place of Publication
- New York and London
- Date Published
- 1926
- Size
- Large Thick Octavo
- Keywords
- SCIENCE ZOOLOGY OCEANOGRAPHIC EXPEDITIONS THE STEAM YACHT ARCTURUS
- Bookseller catalogs
- SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY;
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- Octavo
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- Gilt
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
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- Cloth
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- G
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