Richard H Backus (29 results)

Condition: very_good. Gently read. May have name of previous ownership, or ex-library edition. Binding tight; spine straight and smooth, with no creasing; covers clean and crisp. Minimal signs of handling or shelving. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships USPS Media Mail.…

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. pp. 20-40, Maps, Illus, Extracted from orig vol, begins with title page, trimmed & stapled, thus is like a pamphlet, VG.

hardcover. Condition: near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good(+). First. Foreword by N. B. Marshall. Illustrated. 256 pages, 8vo, cloth, d.w. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, (1970). First American edition. A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. No Edition Noted. Blue cloth binding with lighter blue print on spine. Spine is sunned. Blind stamp sillhouette of shark on front cover. Top third of back cover is sun faded. Light blue and dark blue pictoral end papers. Front end papers are upside down. sound and unmarked. 256 pages including index. Illustrated (illustrator).…

1984, Natural History, Fish, Nick Lyons Books, Schocken Books, 256 p., good + paper.

Condition: Good. Original blue cloth, silver lettered spine, dust jacket, decorated endpapers, numerous b/w illustrations (including photographs), 8vo.; Edges dust jacket worn; place, date and name/address sticker on half title.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: BUONO. Milano, Mursia Ed. cm.16x23,5, pp.218, 60 figg.bn.nt.e tavv.a col.ft. brossura con cop.fig.a col.con bandelle. (dedica a penna alla sguardia ant.). Collana Biblioteca del Mare,82. Mondo Sottomarino,4. Traduz.di S.Carletti e C.Florio.

Condition: gut. S. 140-157, Abb., 24 cm, Ecke leicht geknickt, Einband leicht fleckig. Sprache: Englisch.

Condition: New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 1987). 1987 1st edition. Oblong folio (395 x 347mm). Ppx,593. Colour and b/w illustrations, maps and charts, folding chart in pocket at rear. Light blue cloth, upper board and spine titled in white, blind-stamped cod motif to upper board. A fine unread copy. The threat of oil exploration and the extension of the United States and Canada's fishery limits to 200 miles in the 1970s led to fisheries and jurisdiction disputes over these productive fishing grounds. These prompted the publication of this massive review of the natural science of the bank. Geology, oceanography, ecology and fisheries in great depth. . …

Condition: Buono (Good). Volume in ottime condizioni. Copertina con alette. Con 60 illustrazioni a colori e in bianco e nero. Mursia. Milano. 1989. Pagg. 224. Book.

Condition: New.

paperback. Condition: Good. Brossura editoriale con bandelle di pp. 218+indice, con 52 tavole in bianco e nero, in buono stato. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE. Book.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New. In English.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. Italian language. 8.11x6.06x0.87 inches. In Stock.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Condition: very good. Cambridge : MIT Press, c1987. Orig. cloth binding. x,593 pp. Oblong. 35x39 cm. With 176 colored maps & 1 large loose colored map in rear pocket, and num. illustrations. Large interdisciplinary ecological study of Georges Bank, a ecosystem on the continental shelf 100 miles off the coast of New England and Nova Scotia. Condition : very good copy. ISBN 9780262022231. Keywords : .…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts and London, England, 1987. Richard Haven Backus (1922-2012) was a prominent biological oceanographer at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. His college years were interrupted by WWII during which he became a B-24 navigator (1st Lieutenant) in the 8th Army Air Force based in England during the intense air campaign over Germany. After an emergency landing in Switzerland, Dick escaped internment to fly again in the Pacific/Japan theater in the Military Air Transport Command. While completing his doctorate accepted a position in 1952 at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) where he worked his entire career. An outstanding achievement during his career was the organization and editing of this multidisciplinary book "Georges Bank" published in 1987 by MIT Press. The depth and clarity of the book's 57 articles and 8 nontechnical introductions will make it useful for anyone involved in oceanographic or ocean policy studies. Sections cover all aspects of this huge marine ecosystem - geology, weather and climate, physical oceanography, chemistry, phytoplankton, primary production, zoology and secondary production, the fisheries, and conflicting uses. Georges Bank is the first major project of the Coastal Research Center of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The book Includes 176 six-color maps, 54 four-color illustrations - 392 charts, graphs, and drawings. This massive book has 593 pages that measure 340mm X 385mm and it weighs over 5 kilograms. The book is bound in light blue cloth, with white lettering and a blind embossed codfish and it is in fine condition. There is a large folded Bathymetric Chart of Georges Bank and Vicinity in a pouch inside the back cover. This is a very scarce, and important book on the critically important Georges Bank that is situated between Maine and Nova Scotia. Additional postage will be required on this book.…

1st edition dust jacket Fine octavo. 256pp., b/w pls., bibliog., index.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Andre Deutsch. London. 1970. 256 pages. First edition, first printing. Binding and hinges are strong and sound. Blue denim-like cloth is bright and clean. Bright blue illustrated endpapers with different shark species. Faint bookseller stamp on front pastedown underneath DJ flap. Previous owner's name stamped on rear endpaper and along top page edges. Original price-clipped DJ is fine. Book has some light erasable pencil underlining in text. With all flaws noted, book is still about near fine. A tight attractive copy in a fine DJ.…

Paperback. Condition: New.