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Bates, David R., 1916-, ed. The earth and its atmosphere. New York: Basic Books, 1957, stated First Printing, 324pp., worn dust-jacket torn and chipped around edges, cover price $6.00, very good lightly used blue cloth, some foxing on top foredge. Dust-jacket design by Paul Bacon. CONTENTS: The international geophysical year / S. Chapman -- Origin, age, and possible ultimate fate of the Earth / Gerard P. Kuiper -- The deep interior / K.E. Bullen -- The crust / J. Tuzo Wilson -- The oceans / G.E.R. Deacon -- Geomagnetic field / E.H. Vestine -- Composition and structure of the atmosphere / D.R. Bates -- Climate / E.T. Eady -- The general circulation of the atmosphere and oceans / E.T. Eady -- Ice ages / E.J. Opik -- Meteorology / B.J. Mason -- The ionosphere / J.A. Ratcliffe -- The airglow / D.R. Bates -- Aurorae and magnetic storms / V.C.A. Ferraro -- Meteors / A.C.B. Lovell -- Cosmic radiation / J.G. Wilson -- Genesis of life / J.B.S. Haldane.