Author: HICKSON, SYDNEY J.
Title: The Fauna of the Deep Sea (Modern Science Series)
Description: London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd, 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. 169 pages. Index. Twenty-three black and white illustrations. Tissue protected frontispiece illustration of a stomias boa. Chapters include: A Short History of the Investigations; The Physical Conditions of the Abyss; The Relations of the Abysmal Zone and the Origin of its Fauna; The Characters of the Deep-Sea Fauna; The Protozoa, Coelentera, and Echinoderma of the Deep Sea; The vermes and Mollusca of the Deep Sea; The Arthropoda of the Deep Sea; The Fish of the Deep Sea. Gilt lettering upon backstrip remains clearly legible. Binding tight. Somewhat above-average wear and soiling to dark green boards. Slight lean to spine. A sound vintage copy.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; The Fauna of the Deep Sea (Modern Science Series) History of the Investigations; The Physical Conditions of the Abyss; The Relations of the Abysmal Zone and the Origin of its Fauna; The Characters of the Deep-Sea Fauna; The Protozoa, Coelentera, and Echin. Good .

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