Description

Hardcover sans dust-jacket. 322pp., Illustrated with photographs and map endpapers. First American edition, first printing. A solid, square hardcover copy without dust-jacket. Cloth shows mild wear and mottling from age. Several old staines along top edge of bulked sheets. A nice reading copy of this narrative of a scientific expedition through the western reaches of the Indian Ocean, along with visits to several island chains [Aldabra Islands, the Seychelles the Mauritius] to test the regions viability for commercial fishing. Good