Alaska whales and whaling.
Anchorage: Alaska Geographic Society, [1978]. Oblong format, colour photographs, softcover. More
Anchorage: Alaska Geographic Society, [1978]. Oblong format, colour photographs, softcover. More
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1966. Octavo, softcover Smithsonian Institution Bulletin 246. More
Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1966. Octavo, bookplate, binder's cloth, wrappers retained. Smithsonian Institution Bulletin 246. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014. Octavo, laminated boards, photographs, maps. Whale-watching has been portrayed by destinations and business operators, and advocated by environmental groups, as a sustainable activity and a humane alternative to whaling. In recent years however, the sustainability of these activities has increasingly been questioned, as research shows..... More
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 1997. Quarto, paperback, colour illustrations. WAS $50. A compilation of research papers from leading marine mammal scientists examining trends in marine mammal studies. More
San Francisco: Friends of the Earth, 1978. Octavo, illustraions, softcover. More
Richmond Hill: Firefly Books, 2017. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs and illustrations. In this book award-winning author and whale researcher Erich Hoyt takes readers into the field for an intimate encounter with some 90 species of cetaceans that make their homes in the world's oceans. Drawing on decades of firsthand experience..... More
Richmond Hill: Firefly Books, (2023. second edition), Quarto, paperback, colour photographs and illustrations. In this updated edition, award-winning author and whale researcher Erich Hoyt takes readers into the field for an intimate encounter with 93 species of cetaceans that make their homes in the world's oceans, rivers and lakes. Drawing..... More
New York: Doubleday, 1984. Octavo, photographs and textillustrations, softcover. More
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1994. Octavo, colour photographs, softcover. More
Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars, 1837. Duodecimo, 30 handcoloured plates, bookplate. Contemporary blindstamped full morocco, gilt titled spine, all edges gilt. The naturalist's library. Mammalia, volume six: whales. More
London: Elsevier, 2008. Quarto, colour illustrations by Brett Jarrett, colour photographs, maps, laminated boards. With coverage on all the marine mammals of the world, authors Jefferson, Webber, and Pitman have created a user-friendly guide to identify marine mammals alive in nature (at sea or on the beach), dead specimens in..... More
London: H. F. & G. Witherby, 1932. first edition). Octavo, photographs, signature,, clipped front endpaper, a few spots, publisher's cloth. More
Brisbane: Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage, 1993. Quarto, photographs, tables, maps, softcover. More
New Zealand: Pacific Whale Foundation Press, 1986. Octavo, photographs, signature, softcover. More
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1961. Octavo, photographs, text illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations. Personal, anecdotal, and highly engaging, this book opens a window on a world that seems quite like our own, yet is so different that understanding it pushes the very limits of our senses. Elin Kelsey's colourful first-person account, drawing from..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2001. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs and illustrations, maps. WAS $80. Despite strong public interest in marine mammals and the incredible popularity of whale watching, particularly in the North Atlantic, many marine mammal populations remain little known. This fully illustrated book is a comprehensive and attractive guide..... More
Millers Point: Pier 9, 2008. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Gland: IUCN, 1991. Octavo, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 2007. Octavo, dustwrapper, photographs. In 1980, a group of scientists censusing marine mammals in the Bay of Fundy was astonished at the sight of 25 right whales. It was, one scientist later recalled, "like finding a brontosaurus in the backyard." Until that time, scientists believed..... More
London: Zoological Society of London, 1903. Quarto, three plates, including one chromolithograph of the Okapi. Binder's cloth, two small library stamps including one on the title page, corners of pages creased and crushed. The full volume of Transaction of the Zoological Society of London, volume 16, with the following papers..... More
Waterloo: University of Waterloo Press, 1988. Octavo, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. An authoritative manual compiled by an international team of experts with a wealth of experience of studying large mammal species. The techniques described will be of interest to researchers studying other large mammal species in the field. More
London: The Natural History Press, 2006. Octavo, photographs, text illustrations, line drawings. WAS $40. This book explores the fates of whales and dolphins and how they became intertwined with human history. The story begins over 1000 years ago when hunters first took up harpoons and went to sea in search..... More