Coral reef animals of the Indo-Pacific.
Monterey: Sea Challengers, 1996. Quarto, colour photographs, signature, softcover. Describes about 1,000 species of invertebrates and tunicates found in the central and western Pacific and Indian Oceans. More
Monterey: Sea Challengers, 1996. Quarto, colour photographs, signature, softcover. Describes about 1,000 species of invertebrates and tunicates found in the central and western Pacific and Indian Oceans. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1978. Octavo, paperback, colour plates, other illustrations. More
New York: Random House, 1975. Octavo, photographs, signature, dustwrapper. More
London: Poyser, (1989. reprint). Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Berkeley: University of California, 2003. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, colour maps, text illustrations. WAS $120. Seagrasses, a group of about sixty species of underwater marine flowering plants, grow in the shallow marine and estuary environments of all the world's continents except Antarctica. This is the first authoritative and comprehensive global..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. Octavo, dustwrapper, The Western world has had an enduring love affair with dolphins since the early 1960s, with fanciful claims of their 'healing powers' and 'super intelligence'. Myths and pseudoscience abound on the subject. Justin Gregg weighs up the claims made about dolphin intelligence and..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. Octavo, softcover. How intelligent are dolphins? Is their communication system really as complex as human language? And are they as friendly and peaceful as they are made out to be? The Western world has had an enduring love affair with dolphins since the early 1960s..... More
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1909. Octavo, nine uncloured lithographs. Publisher's cloth, library stamp of the Royal Society of Victoria on the title page, otherwise a sound copy. More
Sydney: New South Books, 2007. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. In the summer of 2002-03, acclaimed writer and historian Tom Griffiths voyaged the Southern Ocean to Antarctica. He was on board the first Australian ship to ' slice the silence' of a year, arriving at Casey Station to deliver the new..... More
Vercelli: White Star, 2011. Quarto, dustwrapper, color photographs. A volume of photographs that invites you to discover cetaceans, this book provides a surprisingly intense portrait of dolphin and whale life, and a fascinating journey through images. The texts, which are scientifically rigorous but still pleasant to read, are accompanied by..... More
Rome: White Star, 2002. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. The Red Sea is a wonderfully fertile marine paradise set in an extraordinary arid landscape. The flora and fauna on the sea bed are rich and varied, the greatest attraction being the coral formations, the brightly coloured tropical fish..... More
Paris: Editions de l'Ormstom, 1986. Quarto, colour photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. Text mostly in French, but keys in English and French. More
London: Witherby & Co, 1913. Octavo, frontispiece map, plates, two coloured, and illustrations. Publisher's gilt-decorated cloth (back hinge weakened), gilt edges, prospectus enclosed, near fine copy. More
Christchurch: Whitcombe and Tombs, 1914. Octavo, photographs, bookplate. Publisher's handsome green cloth, a fine copy. More
Christchurch: Whitcombe and Tombs, 1914. Octavo, photographs, bookplate. Publisher's handsome decorated cloth. More
Adelaide: Government Printer, (1976. reprint). Octavo, photographs, text illustrations, signature, softcover. More
Adelaide: Government Printer, (1927-1929. first edition). Octavo, uncoloured plates, text illustrations, signature and some owner annotations in biro, publisher's printed wrappers. More
Seattle: Pacific Search Press, 1978. Octavo, oblong format, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Seattle: Pacific Search Press, 1984. Quarto, colour plates, distribution maps, dustwrapper. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1934. Quarto, one plate, bookplate, printed wrappers. Discovery Reports, volume nine. More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999. Large octavo, dustwrapper, illustrations. A comprehensive overview of Elasmobranch morphology, with information on physiology and biochemistry. More
Carlton South: Melbourne University Press, 2012. Octavo, black and white photographs, map. Good copy in paperback. The coast and its people help define our identity. Most Australians live in suburbia, but our hearts are elsewhere. This book is a celebration of the Australian seascape, from its natural grandeur to the..... More
New York: Harper and Row, 1967. Octavo, colour plates, photographs, stamp on title page, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Wellington: Victoria University, 1974. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. More
Wellington: Price Milburn, 1978. Octavo, colour photographs, text illustrations, limp plastic cover. More