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Ballard, Robert D & McConnell, Malcolm.
Explorations: My Quest for Adventure and Discovery Under the Sea. [Gift inscribed by the author]
Publisher: Hyperion, New York;
Date of Publication: 1995
Stock Code: 12062
Octavo, pp. [4], 407, [1]. Numerous colour photographic illustration to plates. Rebound in full black morocco with gilt titles to spine; marbled endpapers. Small pale polish mark to upper board otherwise a bright copy, with small tea-stain to text-block edge. Gift inscribed by Ballard to the late Irish politician and paediatrician Dr Ian Adamson. Retired Naval officer and Professor of Oceanography Robert Ballard recalls many of his adventures. Best-known for his discovery of the wrecks of the “Titanic” in 1985 and “Bismarck” in 1989, his expertise in underwater archaeology, diving and marine geology has been influential worldwide. £50.00