Half Mile Down, by W Beebe

Half Mile Down
William Beebe

William Beebe was an American naturalist, ornithologist, marine biologist, entomologist, explorer, and author who conducted numerous expeditions for the New York Zoological Society in his Bathysphere.

A concise account of diving history, helmet diving, and the bathysphere dives.

Hardback. No dust jacket. Front cover debossed with an image of a fish and bathysphere. Good condition. Slight rubbing to bottom of spine. Booksellers sticker on lower front endpaper.

344 Pages
Black and white photographs and 8 colour plates
160 mm x 240 mm (6.25 in x 9.5 in)
1934, Harcourt Brace and Co, New York. 2nd printing.