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
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The best of The Nautilus: a Bicentennial anthology of American conchology.
Philadelphia: American Malacologists, 1976. Quarto, Publisher's full brown morocco, marbled endpapers, some spotting, decorated morocco slipcase, limited to (probably) 100 copies, inscribed by R. Tucker Abbott for George Rayner. More
American seashells.
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, (1968. reprint). Quarto, color plates, text illustrations, tape marks, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
The lives of sharks: a natural history of shark life.
Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press, 2024. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs. Sharks are the top predators in many marine ecosystems. But tales of the killer instincts and fearsomely sharp senses of these hunters can obscure their full life histories. In fact, sharks are characterful, exhibit surprisingly complex behaviours, and lead..... More
Shark: the illustrated biography.
Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press, 2025. Octavo, laminated boards, colour and text illustrations. A marvelously illustrated look at the life of the shark. Written by two experienced shark educators, scientists, and conservationists, this book blends engaging profiles of selected species with captivating illustrations to offer an unparalleled exploration of the..... More
Gulls of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East: an identification guide.
Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press, 2022. Octavo, paperback, photographs, maps. A comprehensive photographic guide to the gull species of the Western Palearctic Gulls occupy a particularly important place in the world of birds. But because they are notoriously difficult to identify, they have been relatively neglected in the ornithological literature..... More
Green guide to sharks and rays of Australia.
Sydney: New Holland, (2019. reprint). Small octavo, colour photographs, softcover. Fact panels throughout cover a wide range of topics. The pages are alive with entertaining and informative text accompanied by exciting action photography. Other green guides in the series are frogs; parrots; spiders; birds; snakes and other reptiles; and mammals..... More
Estuaries of South Africa.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs, other illustrations. A review of the current status of the country's estuarine research and management. Information is provided on a wide range of topics, including geological, physical and chemical processes, diversity and productivity of plant and animal communities, interactions between..... More
Butterfly and angelfishes of the world, volume two: Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Red Sea, Indo-Pacific.
Sydney: Mergus, (1981. second edition). Quarto, colour photographs, chipped dustwrapper. More
Marine fishes of tropical northern Australia and south-east Asia.
Perth: WA Museum, (2002. reprint). Octavo, colour plates, softcover. A revised edition of The marine fishes of north-western Australia, with 35 new plates and expanded to cover the entire north coast of Australia. 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
From above and below: man and the sea.
London: Thames and Hudson, 2013. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Marine mammals of Australasia: field biology and captive management.
Sydney: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, 1988. Quarto, text illustrations, softcover. More
Seal hunting off Jan Mayen.
Washington DC: National Geographic, 1948. Octavo, photographs, binder's cloth. Exctracted from National Geographic, volume 93. More
Subantarctic Campbell Island.
Sydney: Denver Museum of Natural History, 1962. Octavo, photographs, signature, softcover. More
New Zealand whales and dolphins.
Wellington: The Biological Society, (1972. first edition). Octavo, text illustrations, stiff wrappers. More
Whales and dolphins of New Zealand and Australia: an identification guide.
Wellington: Victoria University Press, 1983. Octavo, colour photographs, bookplate, softcover, More
Great whales.
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2008. Octavo, paperback, photographs, text illustrations. WAS $40. John Bannister is a leading expert on the large whales of southern waters and has published on Sperm, Humpbacked and right whales. Seven 'great whales' are found in Australian coastal waters including six of the large baleen whales (Blue..... More
Great whales.
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2008. Octavo, photographs, text illustrations, signed by the author for Bob Warneke, softcover. More
Western Australian Humpback and Right Whales: an increasing success story.
Perth: WA Museum, 1995. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. More
Marine ecosystems and global change.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. Octavo, colour illustrations, softcover. Global environmental change (including climate change, biodiversity loss, changes in hydrological and biogeochemical cycles, and intensive exploitation of natural resources) is having significant impacts on the world's oceans. This book advances knowledge of the structure and functioning of marine ecosystems, and..... More
A guide book to South African whales and dolphins.
Cape Town: South African Museum, 1954. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. More
Wild nature in Queensland.
Brisbane: Courier Mail, [1935]. Quarto, photographs, publisher's coloured wrappers, scarce. More
Dolphin confidential: confessions of a field biologist.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2016. Octavo, paperback, black and white illustrations. In this fascinating account, Bearzi takes us inside the world of a marine scientist and offers a firsthand understanding of marine mammal behaviour, as well as the frustrations, delights, and creativity that make up dolphin research. In this..... More
Field guide of shore fishes of Bermuda and the West Indies.
New York: Dover Publications, 1970. Octavo, photographs and other illustrations, softcover. More