International Conference on the Marine Mammal Studies: Now and future. 2nd Annual Symposium of IBI, Kamagawa.
Tokyo: International Marine Biological Research Institute, 1991. Octavo, illustrations, tables, fine copy. In English and Japanese. More
Results
Seals: proceedings of a working meeting of seal specialists on threatended and depleted seals of the world, held under the auspices of the Survival Service Commission of IUCN...
Gland: IUCN, 1973. Quarto, text illustrations, softcover. More
The Victorian naturalist: the journal and magazine of the Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria.
Melbourne: Field Naturalists Club of Victoria, 1885-1992. Octavo, Binder's brown cloth with title label, with title pages and wrappers retained, an excellent set, very scarce (NOT AS PICTURED). The leading names of colonial Australian natural history contributed heavily to "Vic. Nat", the most important of all Australian field naturalist journals..... More
Works by Archibald Thorburn from the Thorburn Museum.
London: Sotheby's, 1993. Octavo, oblong format, colour illustrations, softcover. More
Alaska mammals.
New York: Alaska Geographic, Volume 8, No. 2, 1981. Octavo, oblong format, paperback. colour photographs. More
Islands of the Seals: The Pribilofs.
New York: Alaska Geographic, Volume 9, No. 3, 1982. Octavo, oblong format, colour photographs. More
Wild cats of the world.
New York: Facts on File, (1999. reprint). Octavo, colour photographs, maps, fine copy in laminated boards.. Describes nearly 40 species, covering lifestyle, zoology, distribution and conservation. More
Preliminary list of works and papers relating to the Mammalian orders Cete and Sirenia (1495-1840) [facsimile].
London: A. D. Lilly, (1977. facsimile). Octavo, softcover. First published 1881. More
Elephas maximus: a portrait of the Indian elephant.
New York: Harcourt, 2004. Octavo, black and white photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. Revered in Indian religion and culture, yet coveted by poachers for its ivory tusks, the Asian elephant has lived, worked, and even fought side by side with humans for 4,000 years. Stephen Alter first encountered Elephas maximus..... More
Baboon mothers and infants.
Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 1980. Octavo, illustrations, signature, paperback. When originally released in 1980 this book transformed the study of maternal primate relationships by focusing on motherhood and infancy within a complex ecological and sociological context. This paperback edition has a new foreword by the author. More
Foraging for survival: yearling baboons in Africa.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. Basing his study on field observations of eleven yearling baboons, Altmann includes detailed data on what types of food and how much each baboon ate, as well as chemical analyses of these foods to identify differences in nutrient intake. He then..... More
Studies of birds and mammals of South America: with descriptive text by Helmut Sick and an introduction by Sir Solly Zuckerman.
Sydney: The Tryon Gallery, 1967. Folio, 24 colour plates. Publisher's cloth in slipcase, the deluxe edition with an extra tipped-in lithograph. More
Distribution, variation and relationships of the Montane vole, Microtus montanus.
New York: University of Kansas, 1959. Octavo, wrappers, text illustrations. University of Kansas Publications, volume nine, number 17. More
The southern ark: zoological discovery in New Zealand 1769-1900.
Wellington: Century Hutchinson, 1986. Quarto, colour plates, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Marine birds and mammals of Puget Sound.
New York: Washington Sea Grant Program, (1984. reprint). Quarto, text illustrations, maps, softcover. More
Smithers' mammals of southern Africa.
Cape Town: Struik Publishers, (2001. third edition). Octavo, colour illustrations, maps, softcover. Each species entry includes an illustration, a distribution map, an in-depth discussion of the animal's habits and spoor illustrations. Has information on all southern African mammals, including whales, dolphins and seals of the southern African coast. More
Carnivorous marsupials.
Sydney: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, 1982. Quarto, illustrations, signature,very good set in slightly spine-sunned dustwrappers. More
The fur animals of Louisiana.
New York: Department of Conservation, (1931. second edition). Octavo, text illustrations. Binder's cloth, upper printed wrapper retained. State of Louisiana, Department of Conservation, Bulletin 18. More
The trials of life: a natural history of animal behaviour.
Sydney: William Collins and Son, 1990. Octavo, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The Zoo Quest Expeditions: travels in Guyana, Indonesia, and Paraguay.
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, (1980. reprint). Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. First published as three books: Zoo quest to Guyana (1956), Zoo quest for a dragon (1957), Zoo quest in Paraguay (1959). More
The complete Audubon: a precise replic of the complete works... comprising The Birds of Amercia (1840-44) and the Quadrupeds of North America (1851-54) in their entirity.
Kent: National Audubon Society, (1978-79. facsimile). Quarto. colour plates, a fine set in publisher's cloth. More
Marine mammals of Australasia: field biology and captive management.
Sydney: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, 1988. Quarto, text illustrations, softcover. More
Field guide to mammals of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.
London: Bloomsbury Books, (2025. third edition). Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, distribution maps. Fully revised and updated, this major work presents all species that occur in the Western Palearctic, serving as the perfect field guide to the great diversity of mammals in the region. This new edition presents 86 new species..... More
Seal hunting off Jan Mayen.
Washington DC: National Geographic, 1948. Octavo, photographs, binder's cloth. Exctracted from National Geographic, volume 93. More
New Zealand whales and dolphins.
Wellington: The Biological Society, (1972. first edition). Octavo, text illustrations, stiff wrappers. More