Add this copy of Seven Miles Down: the Story of the Bathyscaph Trieste to cart. $47.00, fair condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Reno rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Reno, NV, UNITED STATES, published by G. P. Putnam's Sons.
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Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. Dust jacket missing. Fourth printing. Cover and binding are worn but intact. A reading copy in fair condition. Boards betray fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Both hinges show cracking, but the binding remains structurally sound. Interior pages with text without any extraneous marks. Sealed in plastic for shipping. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
Add this copy of Seven Miles Down. the Story of the Bathyscaph "Trieste" to cart. $79.00, very good condition, Sold by Tinakori Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Wellington, -, NEW ZEALAND, published 1961 by Heron/Longmans, Green.
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Very Good. Book. 8vo-over 7æ"-9æ" tall. 249 pages, b/w illustrations. Blue imitation leather with gilt decorations on front cover and spine. a few spots of foxing. Published by Heron Books by arrangement with Longmans, Green and Co.
Add this copy of Seven Miles Down. the Story of the Bathyscaph "Trieste" to cart. $87.00, like new condition, Sold by Tinakori Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Wellington, -, NEW ZEALAND, published 1961 by Heron/Longmans, Green.
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Fine. Book. 8vo-over 7æ"-9æ" tall. 249 pages, b/w illustrations. Blue imitation leather with gilt decorations on front cover and spine. Published by Heron Books by arrangement with Longmans, Green and Co.
49 1/2 years ago, Swiss inventor/explorer Jaques Piccard, and a US Navy officer descended 35,000 feet to the deepest point in all the oceans, the Challenger Deep in the Marianas Trench. To this day, they are the only two humans, their craft the Trieste the only vehicle, and their excursion the single journey ever made to those crushing depths. In my childhood, I read about Piccard's exploits in the National Geographic. Recently, writing about the financial crisis had led me to speculate "how low is the lowest?"
