beebe william john tee van (7 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. Softcover; 1970 reprint of the 1960 Publication; this is NOT ex-library; owner's blind stamp on title page; light scuffing of covers; very light dampstain on fore-edge of several pages of the "Catalogue of Dover Books" at the end of the text (does not include of the pages of the actual publication); o/w contents in very good condition. Book.

Zustand: gut. 24 cm, unaufgeschnitten, Besitzstempel und -vermerk, gebräunt. Sprache: Englisch.

Paperback. Zustand: Collectible-Very Good.

Zustand: gut. Taf., 25 cm, sekundärer Pappeinband fleckig, Besitzvermerke, Ecke geknickt, Büroklammerspur, gebräunt. Sprache: Englisch.

first edition).Small octavo,337 pp.,photographs, text illustrations, owner's stamps, publisher's cloth.

A Very Good Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. Photographs by John Tee-Van (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Foxing on blank preliminaries. Corners lightly bumped. Hinges firm but with minor tearing. 4to; 10.5 inches tall; xxi, 443 p. [65] p. of plates some color: maps; 27 cm. Notes. Previous owner's name on the front paste-down. First Edition - First Printing. "Published under the auspices of the New York Zoological Society." Includes index. Bibliography: p. 436-438. Appendix A - Text Identifications, Appendix B - Bibliography of the More Important Publications Relating to the Galapagos Archipelago, Index. Naturalist and explorer William Beebe followed in Darwin's footsteps. Published after Beebe's 1923 expedition. Illustrated with 24 Colored Illustrations by Isabel Cooper and 83 photographs by John Tee-Van.

Hardcover. John Tee-Van (illustrator). First Edition. Sixth printing bound by the Harcourt Bindery in 3/4 blue morocco leather (6-1/4" x 9-1/4") with gilt rules, gilt-decorated and lettered spine with four raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Illustrated mostly from photographs by John Tee-Van. William Beebe (1877-1962) was a naturalist, oceanographer, ornithologist, and an executive of the New York Zoological Society. With Otis Barton, he was the first to use the bathysphere, a deep-sea diving device, using it to set a dive record of 3,028 feet in 1934 that was not broken until 1949. Beebe wrote over 800 articles and 24 books on natural history. Minor rubbing to edges. About Fine.