THE OCEANS, THEIR PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY, AND GENERAL BIOLOGY

New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1946. Second Printing.  Hardcover, no jacket. x+1087pp. Seven fold-out maps.  Good condition. Boards are worn with grime and spine darkening. Interior is pretty clean, with owner name penned to ffep, a torn corner of introductory page, pen checkmarks to chapter list, and pencilled underlining on some pages of the first chapter.  Fold out maps are fine.  Square and securely bound. Written with assistance from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, this comprehensive volume is intended to be an aid to the beginner and specialist alike.   (cfm)