2000 Fathoms Down (Penguin Books 1329)

Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1958. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. List of plates, list of text figures, the metric system, translator's note, foreword by Jacques-Yves Cousteau, introduction by Philippe Tailliez, authors' note. The text is illustrated with black and white line drawings, and, between pages 96 and 97 there are 16 pages of black-and-white photography. Playing paperback binding with black and orange coloured titles to the front panel and black coloured titles to the back strip. Translated from the French by Michael Bullock. In 1953 the two authors, both of the French Navy, descended to a depth of 4050 m of the Sea of Japan. They tell the tale of trialling and finally building a bathyscope and of descending to depths of the sea never before (at the time of diving) possible, and what they found their. Creasing of the book corners with rubbing of the book edges and panels. Sunning of the back strip with some marks to the front panel and coffee cup brings to the rear panel. Browning and a little foxing of the text block edges and pages. first edition by this publisher. Size: 12 mo (standard paperback). [13], 14 -base bar 233, [7 – of which for a further titles from publishing house] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Exploration; Ships & the Sea. Inventory No: 0289936. .