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The sea around us / Rachel L. Carson ; drawings by Katherine L. Howe.
LIBRA - Rare GC21 .C3 1954 Adams copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Oceanography.
- Ocean.
- Marine resources.
- Marine ecology.
- Penn Provenance:
- Adams, Mark B. (former owner) (autograph) (Adams copy)
- Physical Description:
- 169 pages, 7 unnumbered pages : illustrations, maps ; 18 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New American Library, 1954, ©1951.
- Contents:
- The gray beginnings
- The pattern of the surface
- The changing year
- The sunless sea
- Hidden lands
- The long snowfall
- The birth of an island
- The shape of ancient seas
- Wind and water
- Wind, sun, and the spinning of the earth
- The moving tides
- The global thermostat
- Wealth from the salt seas
- The encircling sea.
- Notes:
- "This Mentor edition contains a number of minor editorial revisions by the author"--Title page verso.
- "First printing, January, 1954. Second printing, February. 1954 "--Title page verso.
- "This book is a reprint of the original hard cover edition, published by the Oxford University Press"--Preliminary page.
- Maps on inside front and back covers.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [167]-169) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center copy gifted by Dr. Mark B. Adams in 2018.
- OCLC:
- 7301316
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