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Title: International Indian Ocean Expedition. Collected reprints I-VIII, Index. [Complete].
Description: Paris, Unesco, 1965-1972; Hamburg, Deutsches Hydrographisches Institut, 1972. Eight parts and Index in nine. 4to (27.0 x 21.0 cm) pp. [I(1965): xvi, 915; II(1966): ix, 672; III(1966): ix, 984; IV(1967): x, 867; V(1968): ix, 834; VI(1969): ix, 1,389; VII(1971): x, 1,275; VIII(1972): x, 833; Index(1972): 116]; numerous text figures, tables, and maps. Uniform original printed wrappers. = Rare complete set of one of the main sources of information on the oceanography, zoology (mainly fish, but also crustaceans, molluscs, etc.), botany, geography, economical resources, etc., etc. of the Indian Ocean, including the Persian Gulf, Bay of Bengal, and south to Madagascar and Kerguelen. The subjects are grouped under the following chapters: Marine Biology, Marine Chemistry, Physical oceanography and marine meteorology, marine geology and geophysics, Cruise and general reports, and Papers presented by title only. A massive set. Rarely found complete. The index is in size and wrapper layout identical, but published in Hamburg. Printed compliments card of the Unesco loosely inserted. Numbers or label on spines foot, small stamp on half-titles; otherwise a very good set. The last volumes and index are rare.

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