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Editore: Best Pub. Co, 1998
ISBN 10: 0941332616ISBN 13: 9780941332613
Libro
Condizione: Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
Editore: Best Publishing Company
Da: Charles Lewis Best Booksellers, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Copia autografata
Octavo, [23cm/9.25inches], full pictorial cloth sans dust jacket, pp. , indexed. Illustrated with b-w halftones &tc. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. . Most seafaring men take pride in their ability to stay on top of the water, but strange as it may seem, Dr. Harris B. Stewart, Jr., an oceanographer in the Division of Tides and Currents wants to get to the bottom of things. He has probably spent more time at the bottom of the sea than most men have sailed on its turbulent surface. Although only in his thirties, Dr. Stewart, born in Auburn, N.Y., the son of a Presbyterian minister, has been successively a military transport pilot, geologist, explorer, oceanographer, and skin diver. Before coming to the Coast Survey he was associated with Geological Diving Consultants, Inc., a San Diego firm that specializes in underwater geological mapping. [Editor's note: Other members of the Diving Consultants were Dr. Henry W. Menard, Dr. Robert Dietz, and Dr. Robert Dill. This group comprised an elite group of ocean explorers.] Dr. Stewart stated offhand that he had taken part in eight or nine hundred dives. He lost track of the number after his 500th dive. Stewart's introduction to skin diving came as a struggling student at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, Calif. While attending one of his first classes in skin diving, Dr. Stewart expressed some concern over the presence of sharks in the Pacific coastal waters, but the instructor assured him that sharks only attack humans in isolated cases. Stewart still has some qualms about the subject since you can't get much more isolated than at the bottom of the ocean. Although Dr. Stewart's duties in the Tides and Currents Division have him deskbound at the present time, he hopes to get back into the water by the end of October when the Survey Ship MARMER sails from Curtis Bay, Maryland to accomplish circulatory surveys along the east coast.As part of his graduate work at Scripps, Dr. Stewart took part in several oceanographic expeditions. In 1951 he made studies of conditions in the Gulf of Alaska and in 1952-53 he was on the research vessel HORIZON in the South Pacific when the discovery of the deepest spot in the southern hemisphere was made. [Editor's note: According to Henry W. Menard in his memoir, The Ocean of Truth, Stewart was tied into a chair for 18 hours during rough weather in the North Pacific Ocean while searching for and finding the western extension of the Mendocino Escarpment. This cruise proved the continuity of the great fracture zones of the Pacific Ocean and was a key discovery on the road to the Theory of Plate Tectonics.] This was 34,884 feet in the Tonga Trench east of the Tonga Islands. Unlike most people who are satisfied with the fact that water is wet, Dr. Stewart usually carries his studies a little further. He wants to know its temperature, salinity, movement, plant and animal life found therein and what is under it. In respect to this last item Stewart has spent hours riding an underwater sled through desert areas (large areas of the ocean floor that consist of rippled sand and few rocks) while collecting geological samples. He remarked that at such times with the water at a chilly 48 degrees you seemed to get the impression that you are being used as frozen bait while trolling for a sea monster. Although Dr. Stewart's aqua lung and rubber suit haven't arrived from the west coast yet, he is busy making plans in order to adapt his diving experience and techniques to the operations of the Survey. In fact, Stewart is so intent on carrying out his underwater ideas in the Survey that someone was heard to crack: "TOP MAN TO GET BOTTOM JOB AT COAST SURVEY."In: "The Buzzard," Vol. 25, No. 17, pp. 1-2. 11 October, 1957. Best Publishing, Flagstaff, AZ, 1997. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. No DJ as issued; Signed/inscribed by author. 220 pp. Hardback. B&W photos, author's photo.
Editore: Best Pub. Co., 1998
ISBN 10: 0941332616ISBN 13: 9780941332613
Da: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Libro
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.15.
Editore: Best Pub. Co, Flagstaff, AZ, 1998
ISBN 10: 0941332616ISBN 13: 9780941332613
Da: Andrew's Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Libro Prima edizione Copia autografata
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Book in color illustrated wraps has minor shelf-wear, tight, bright, and unmarked. Sadly, inexpensively produced book has loose page (165-166) laid in. Signed on title page, and warm inscription in the same hand on flyleaf. Black and white photos. Inscribed by Author(s).
Editore: Best Publishing, Flagstaff, Arizona, 1997
ISBN 10: 0941332616ISBN 13: 9780941332613
Da: John M. Gram, Port Huron, MI, U.S.A.
Libro Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. moderate rubbing to boards, otherwise a clean, square copy, mild usage, octavo, 220 pages, pictorial boards issued without dust jacket.
Editore: Best Pub. Co., 1997
ISBN 10: 0941332616ISBN 13: 9780941332613
Da: Adkins Books, Chattanooga, TN, U.S.A.
Libro
Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket as iss.
Editore: Best Pub Co, Flagstaff, Arizona, U.S.A., 1997
ISBN 10: 0941332616ISBN 13: 9780941332613
Da: Martin Nevers- used & rare books, Oxford, FL, U.S.A.
Membro dell'associazione: FABA
Libro
Glossy Pictorial Hardcover. Condizione: Vg. 220 pages. B/W illustrations scattered through the book. Bottom of second free endpaper has a half inch tear by gutter. Light staining to ffep. Photos of book on request. Signed and Inscribed By Author.
Editore: Best Pub. Co, Flagstaff, Arizona, 1997
ISBN 10: 0941332616ISBN 13: 9780941332613
Da: monobooks, Livingston, NJ, U.S.A.
Libro Prima edizione Copia autografata
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Edition not stated 1997, no previous printings listed, presumed first. Signed by Author on the title page without inscriptions and also inscribed and signed bu Author on ffep to a friend " To Jim Mills- classmate and friend for many years with the author's compliments. Stew 3/19/98" Published by Best Pub. Co. Hardcover in pictorial laminated boards without DJ as issued. Condition as new inside, square tight and bright book, slightest wear at corners, corners not bumped, No markings of any kind, no names no underlinings no highlights no bent pages. Not a reminder. 8vo, XVII + 220 pages illustrated with photographs. Signed by Author(s).