Author: Beebe, William
Title: The Arcturus Adventure: An Account of the New York Zoological Society's First Oceanographic Expedition (Signed)
Description: New York / London, G.P. Putnam's Sons / New York Zoological Society, 1926. Signed and numbered. Hardcover. textured marbled boards w/ quarter vellum spine w/ gilt printed leather title plate. book xix, 439 pgs w/ bw & color tissue-guarded plates. top edge gilt. Light foxing and tanning to pastedowns and flyleafs. Remains tightly bound. Pages bright. Some plates have tanning. Color plates remain vibrant. This copy 23 of 50 signed by the author. A nice, bright copy. Scarce copy of this edition. Good+ (edge-wear to covers; rubbing to corners. vellum scuffed; speckled foxing. spine tanned. spine top spongy; textblock slightly detached, textblock & pgs firm. speckled foxing to textblock edges; remnants to pg edges.) .

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