Alexander Agassiz
Three Cruises of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Steamer "Blake
Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Company; The Riverside Press, 1888. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Alexander Agassiz's full account of his experiences aboard the steamer Blake, profusely illustrated throughout. The first edition.Complete in two volumes.A detailed and full account of the author's experiences taking part in three dredging expeditions in the steamer Blake of the Coast Survey between 1877 and 1880. The expeditions took place in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, and along the Atlantic Coast of the United States. Volume I is illustrated with eight colour folding maps, two folding plates, three folding maps, one folding map to the pocket to the rear, twenty-two plates, and in-text illustrations.Volume II is illustrated with forty-six plates.By Alexander Agassiz, an American scientist and engineer.Collated, complete. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spines and to the extremities, with a couple of small tears to the head of the spines. A few small marks and light rubbing to the cloth. Paper residue to the rear board of Volume I. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with scattered spots to the first and last few pages. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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