Author: LARSEN, EGON
Title: Men Under the Sea
Description: London, Phoenix House. 1955, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gilt title on red cloth boards which have a faded spine else clean. Internally there is a small contemporary name and date to front endpaper, light foxing to closed edges else clean and unmarked. 27 plates including coloured frontispiece and 21 line drawings. A fascinating work on underwater exploration from history to the present with the author's ideas for the future. From 17th century diving bells to an experimental thermal power station in Abidjan in the Ivory coast. NOT EX LIB B2B. Good/No Jacket.

Keywords: Diving, Sea, Underwater Exploration


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