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Matthew Fontaine Maury Scientist of Sea by Frances Williams w Family Provenance

Frances Williams

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Rutgers University Press, 1963. Illustrated hardcover with dust jacket of Matthew Fontaine Maury, Scientist of the Sea by Frances Leigh Williams.

This book has family provenance being gifted by one descendant of its subject Matthew Fontaine Maury to another. An inscription inside the front cover dated May 1967 reads:

"To Anne Fontaine Johnson
With love
From
Aunt Rush
Thought you should have this as you are the one in your generation to carry the Fontaine name forward in our branch of the family."

Acceptable condition. Dust jacket has lots of wear with folds, spotting, and chipping. Spotting to the right edge of the page block. Covers are slightly bowed/bent. Acceptable reading copy with interesting family provenance.