Author: Yonge, C. M. et al.
Title: British Museum (Natural History). Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-29. Scientific Reports. Volume I. Preliminary account of the expedition and physiological researches ("The Leader's Party").
Description: London, The British Museum (Natural History), 1930-1940. 13 parts in one. 4to (30.3 x 23.1 cm). 391 pp.; 100 text figures, 32 plates. Contemporary blue buckram with gilt title on the spine. = The complete first volume (of six). Definitely one of the rarest volumes of this series. This volume contains 13 papers, dealing with, for instance, the biology of reef-building corals, the physiology of corals, and organisms which destroy coral rocks (e.g., various boring molluscs). Well-illustrated. Number on spine foot; perforated stamp in the lower margin of the title leaf with cancellation stamp on verso. Otherwise a very good, clean copy.

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