Volume VII – Parts 1-6 – Complete Set — 9 volumes

Cambridge University Press, 1933, First Edition. Large 4to (31.6cm x 24cm). 406 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 covers. 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.
• Fossil Foraminifera from the Burdwood Bank and Their Geological Significance. 1-16pp., diagrams in text, 1 map By W.A. Macfadyen, M.C., M.A., Ph.D., F.G.S.
• Faecal Pellets from Marine Deposits, 17-26pp. 1 diagram in text. By Hilary D. Moore, B.Sc.
• Foraminifera Part II. South Geogia. 27-138pp. 7 full-page plates with titled tissue guards. By Arthur Earland, F.R.M.S.
• On Vertical Circulation in the Ocean Due to the Action of the Wind with Application to Conditions within the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. 139-170pp. several full page charts and charts in text. By H.U. Sverdrup
• A General Account of the Hydrology of the South Atlantic Ocean. 171-238pp. several charts and maps in text –some full page, 3 fold out plates. Appendix: The Winds of the Atlantic Ocean South of 40º South. By G.E.R. Deacon. B.Sc.
• Whaling in the Dominion of New Zealand. 239-252pp. 1 map, 3 full-page plates with titled tissue guards. By F.D. Ommanney, A.R.C.S.,.B.Sc.
• Isopod Crustacea. Part I. The Family Serolidae. 253-362pp. numerous diagrams and images in text,1 full page plate with titled tissue guard. By Edith M. Sheppard, M.Sc.
• Some Aspects of Respiration in Blue and Fin Whales. 363-406pp., numerous charts in text, VII Tables, 1 full page plate with titled tissue guard. By Alec H. Laurie, M.A.

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