Nonsuch Land Of Water.
£20.00
Publisher
Putnams.
Place
London and New York
Date
1932
Synopsis
By william beebe director of the department of tropical research of the new york zoological society. with 55 illustrations. published under the auspices of the new york zoological society.
Item Description
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. 8vo. 8.75 x 6 inches. xv + [i] + 245 pp.. Bound in original green cloth, gilt. Deckled edges. A little wear to extremities and browning of edges, but otherwise a very good clean copy. Illustrated by colour frontispiece and by 42 pages of black and white plates. A study of the natural history of Nonsuch Island, Bermuda, especially its marine life and of the birds, crustaceans and molluscs. William Beebe (1877-1962) was a US naturalist, ornithologist and marine biologist, who was an early user of the bathysphere for his dives off Nonsuch, 1930-34. He was a pioneer in the field of ecology and conservation science.
[Stock No. 27839]
