Voyage of the Challenger: Atlantic; a Preliminary Account of the General Results of the Exploring Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger During the Year 1873 and the Early Part of the Year 1876
by Thomson, C. Wyville
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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Moab, Utah, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1878. Ex library edition. Hardcover. Good/None. Voyage of the Challenger: Atlantic; a Preliminary Account of the General Results of the Exploring Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger During the Year 1873 and the Early Part of the Year 1876, C. Wyville Thomson, Harper and Brothers Publishers, New York, 1878, in Two Volumes, Vol I: xx, 391pp., Vol II: xiii, 340 pp., 9 x 6¼ inches.
Green boards with gilt titling to spine and gilt pictorial to cover. Both volumes: covers and spine scuffed and stained. Shelf wear to head and foot of spine, also to bottom edge, corners worn to boards, top text edge soiled, library sticker to inside front cover with library stamp, boards slightly separating at hinge. Ex-library edition. Good condition.
"The 1870s voyage of HMS Challenger lasted 1,000 days and covered more than 68,000 nautical miles. Many consider it to be the first true oceanographic expedition because it yielded a wealth of information about the marine environment.
Green boards with gilt titling to spine and gilt pictorial to cover. Both volumes: covers and spine scuffed and stained. Shelf wear to head and foot of spine, also to bottom edge, corners worn to boards, top text edge soiled, library sticker to inside front cover with library stamp, boards slightly separating at hinge. Ex-library edition. Good condition.
"The 1870s voyage of HMS Challenger lasted 1,000 days and covered more than 68,000 nautical miles. Many consider it to be the first true oceanographic expedition because it yielded a wealth of information about the marine environment.
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- Seller
- Stellar Books & Ephemera, ABAA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 812
- Title
- Voyage of the Challenger
- Author
- Thomson, C. Wyville
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Ex library edition
- Publisher
- Harper and Brothers Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1878
- Keywords
- HMS Challenger, Wyville Thomson
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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