The Galathea Deep Sea Expedition, 1950-1952: described by members of the expedition.
London: George Allen and Unwin, 1956. Octavo, illustrations, folding map, worn dustwrapper. More
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The sea: ideas and observations on progress in the study of the seas [volumes one to five only].
New York: Wiley-Interscience, 1962-1971. Quarto, text illustrations, folding maps, very good set in dustwrappers. Volume 1: Physical Oceanography. Volume 2: The composition of sea-water. Comparative and descriptive oceanography. Volume 3: The earth beneath the sea. History. Volume 4: New concepts of sea floor evolution [two volumes]. More
The Hadal Zone: life in the deepest oceans.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white photographs, text illustrations. The hadal zone represents one of the last great frontiers in marine science, accounting for 45% of the total ocean depth range. Despite very little research effort since the 1950s, the last ten years has seen a...... More
Introduction to ocean remote sensing.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (2014. second edition). Octavo, laminated boards, photographs, illustrations, maps. Fully updated to include significant advances in satellite oceanography and results from new satellite missions, the second edition of this popular textbook introduces students to how remote sensing works, how to understand observations from Earth-observing systems, and..... More
The ocean basins and margins, volume 7A: The Pacific Ocean (part one).
New York: Plenum Press, 1985. Octavo, text illustrations, folding map and chart, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The ocean basins and margins, volume 7B: The Pacific Ocean (part two).
New York: Plenum Press, 1988. Octavo, text illustrations, dustwrapper. More
Deep: freediving, renegade science, and what the ocean tells us about ourselves.
New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2014. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs. While on assignment in Greece, journalist James Nestor witnessed something seemingly miraculous: a man diving 300 feet below the ocean's surface on a single breath of air and returning four minutes later, unharmed and smiling. This man was a freediver, and..... More
Deep ocean.
London: Natural History Museum, 2000. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, other illustrations. Part of the Life Series, Natural History Museum. Compelling insight into this little known world. Fascinating descriptions of life in this hostile environment. More
Deep ocean.
Washington DC: Smithsonian Books, 2000. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, illustrations, maps. WAS $25. Richly illustrated with nearly 100 photographs, this informative book tells how oceanography developed as a science and summarizes what is known about the organisms that live in the deep ocean. Describing underwater mountains and plains as well..... More
The Seas: our knowledge of life in the sea and how it is gained.
London: Frederick Warne, (1928. first edition). Duodecimo, photographs, very good copy. More
The edge of an unfamiliar world: a history of oceanography.
New York: E P Dutton, 1973. Octavo, , fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Big Pacific: an incredible journey of exploration and revelation.
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2017. Oblong format, dustwrapper, colour photographs, maps. The Pacific Ocean has been the focus of our fascination for as long as we have lived beside and on it. It covers one-third of Earth's surface, greater than all of the planet's landmasses combined. It contains half of the..... More
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