First Penguin printing. Paperback, in stiff card covers. 156pp wit two sections of black and white plate illustrations. 12mo. Covers a little worn gently rubbed at edges in place with indentations and mild crease over one corners. Pages tanned, mild corner bump affecting first few leaves, else internally neat, clean and tight.
Originally published in 1953 with the sub-title A Story of Undersea Discovery and Adventure, by the First Men to Swim at Record Depths with the Freedom of Fish, Silent World recounts Cousteau's earliest days of scuba diving, using an aqua lung which allowed for the first time untethered, deep water diving; later chapters concern diving to shipwrecks. The book was the basis for the 1956 academy award winning documentary film of the same name.
