International Conference on the Marine Mammal Studies: Now and future. 2nd Annual Symposium of IBI, Kamagawa.
Kamagawa: International Marine Biological Research Institute, 1991. Octavo, illustrations, tables, fine copy. In English and Japanese. More
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Species Sargassorum Australiae: descriptae et dispositae.
Stockholm: P. A. Norstedt & Soner, 1889. Quarto, 31 lithographed plates (twelve coloured). Modern red binder's cloth, partly unopened, a fine copy. A scarce and attractive work on Australian seaweeds. More
Breeding biology of the Adelie Penguin.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1983. Octavo, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land.
Melbourne: Georgian House, (1962. reprint). Octavo, twelve colour plates, fine copy in dustwrapper. 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
Marine life of Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
Hong Kong: Periplus Editions, 1996. Quarto, colour photographs, signature, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Field guide to marine fishes of tropical Australia and south-east Asia.
Perth: Western Australian Museum, (2009. fourth edition). Octavo, colour plates by Roger Swainson, limp plastic softcover. An updated and expanded edition of the successful field guide, covering 1,635 individual species of marine fish located in Tropical Australia and South East Asia.The excellent illustrations make identification easy and the author has..... More
Preliminary list of works and papers relating to the Mammalian orders Cete and Sirenia (1495-1840) [facsimile].
Hythe: A. D. Lilly, (1977. facsimile). Octavo, softcover. First published 1881. More
A book of dolphins.
London: John Murray, 1960. Octavo, photographs, very good copy in like dustwrapper. More
Whaler's eye.
New York: Macmillan and Co., 1962. Octavo, photographs, slight water damage. More
The lives of Hawai'i's dolphins and whales: natural history and conservation.
Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2016. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs and illustrations. Although this book covers the well-known resident spinner dolphins and the visiting humpback whales, it particularly highlights the ten species of lesser-known open-ocean dolphins and whales that are resident to the marine slopes of the islands. These include..... More
New Zealand whales and dolphins.
Wellington: The Biological Society, (1972. first edition). Octavo, text illustrations, stiff wrappers, inscribed by the author for Bob Green. More
Planet ocean: voyage to the heart of the marine realm.
Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 2005. Large quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. Spanning the vast diversity of Earth's oceans, these fascinating ocean worlds occupy more than three quarters of our planet, and their natural richness is the source of life, yet they are still poorly understood. With through, accessible essays on..... More
Great whales.
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 2008. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, black and white 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..... 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
Albatross.
London: Reaktion Books, 2014. Octavo, paperback, photographs and illustrations. Reaktion Animal Series. Albatross looks at the place of these iconic birds in the lives of different peoples and societies. The albatross's remarkable ease in the air and its huge wingspan strikes all those who observe them, and the huge journeys..... More
Deep New Zealand: blue water, black abyss.
Christchurch: University of Canterbury Press, 2003. Quarto, colour photographs, softcover. The deep sea is home to millions of species, most of them yet undiscovered. It hosts a level of biodiversity that rivals that of lush tropical rainforests. Mostly unexplored, the deep sea is perhaps the last true biological frontier. Deep..... More
Beautiful minds: the parallel lives of Great apes and Dolphins.
Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 2008. Small octavo, softcover. Apes and dolphins: primates and cetaceans. Could any animals appear to be more different? Yet both are large-brained intelligent mammals with complex communication and social interaction. In the first book to study apes and dolphins side by side, Maddalena Bearzi and..... 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
Beneath tropic seas: a record of diving among the coral reefs of Haiti.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1928. first edition). Octavo, photographs, very good copy in publisher's cloth. More
Peterson reference guide to seawatching: eastern waterbirds in flight.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2013. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs, maps. Seawatching is the challenging act of identifying waterbirds in flight. Since more than one hundred different species can fly past an observation point, often at great speed or in tightly packed, mixed-species flocks, identification of these distant shapes can be a...... More
Life histories of North American diving birds: Order Pygopodes.
New York: Dodd Mead & Company, 1946. Octavo, photographs, dustwrapper. More
Ocean: reflections on a century of exploration.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009. Large octavo, laminated boards, black and white photographs, line drawings. The past one hundred years of ocean science have been distinguished by dramatic milestones, remarkable discoveries, and major revelations. This book is a clear and lively survey of many of these amazing findings. Beginning..... More
Return to the sea: the life and evolutionary times of marine mammals.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2012. Octavo, laminated boards, black and white photographs, illustrations, line drawings, maps, graphs, tables. This title portrays the life and evolutionary times of marine mammals in a way the non-specialist can understand. It gives a fascinating account of giant whales and sea cows that originated..... More