Discovery Reports
Volume XV – Parts 1-4 – Complete Set in five volumes
Cambridge University Press, 1937, First Edition. Large 4to (31.6cm x 24cm). 284 pp., 15 full page plates. Publisher’s sea foam green wraps. All reports loosely inserted in Publisher’s dark green cloth boards, bright gilt letter with Discovery icon on front board – same on spine. Boards in Very Good Condition, individual reports also in Near Fine Condition with prior owner’s signature and date on front cover. These reports were to be bound in the publisher’s boards, but they were never bound in. All reports are in near fine condition with original covers and spines. The publisher’s hard covers now serve as an open folio casing the complete set of reports.
Contents:
• Title Page and List of Contents. [vi] pp.
• The Hydrology of the Southern Ocean. 1-124pp., 43 fold out maps and charts, 1 full page color map, numerous full page maps in text, charts in text – all in excellent condition. By G.E.R. Deacon, B.Sc.
• Note on the Dynamics of the Southern Ocean. 125-152pp., Full page maps and Tables, Erratum bound in at rear. By G.E.R. Deacon, B.Sc.
• New Species of Marine Mollusca from New Zealand. 153-222pp., 10 color full page plates with titled tissue guards. By A.W.B. Powell
• The Age of Female Blue Whales and the Effect of Whaling on the Stock. 223-284pp., numerous charts and tables in text with several being full page. By Alec H. Laurie, M.A.
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