Three Cruises of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Steamer Blake in the Gulf of Mexico, in the Caribbean Sea, and along the Atlantic Coast of the United States from 1877-1880
Author:
AGASSIZ, ALEXANDER
Title:
Three Cruises of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Steamer Blake in the Gulf of Mexico, in the Caribbean Sea, and along the Atlantic Coast of the United States from 1877-1880
Subtitle:
Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard Vol. XIV & VOL.XV
Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin & Co 1888
Description:
Two-volume set, ex library, imperial octavo, black heavy card boards, handwritten title labels to green cloth spines, xxii + 314pp (vol.1), 220pp (vol.2), illus + folding maps, VG- (heavy scuffing & fraying to boards, board edges & corners, some damage to spine sides incl. 6cm closed tear to vol.2 lower spine side, moderate browning to page edges & to eps, moderate library markings). Main detracting feature is condition of boards. Contents much better.
Keywords:
Alexander United States SS Blake coastal geodetic survey zoology science Gulf of Mexico Caribbean marine biology