Marine
Vulnerable concentrations of birds in the North Sea.
Peterborough: Nature Conservancy Council, 1987. Quarto, paperback, text illustrations, maps. Some minor annotations (with a highlighter pen), otherwise a very good copy. More
Seabirds in the North Sea.
Aberdeen: Nature Conservancy Council, 1987. Quarto, paperback, maps. Slightly rubbed, a good copy. Final report of Phase 2 of the Nature Conservancy Council, Seabirds at Sea Project, November 1983-October 1986. More
An international centre for manatee research.
Georgetown: The National Science Research Council, 1974. Octavo, photographs and text illustrations, softcover. More
Fur Seal Island: an environment in peril.
London: Souvenir Press, 1990. Octavo, photographs, dustwrapper. More
Investigations of the ichthyofauna of Nicaraguan lakes.
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1976, Quarto, photographs, signature, very good copy in chipped dustwrapper. More
Reef fish: behavior and ecology on the reef and in the aquarium.
St. Petersburg: Palmetto Publishing, 1980. Small quarto, colour photographs, dustwrapper. More
Whales of the world.
Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1988. Quarto, photographs, softcover. More
Whales and dolphins of Kaikoura, New Zealand.
Nelson: Author, (1995. reprint). Oblong format, colour photographs, lengthy inscription, softcover. More
Sharks and rays.
Sydney: Reader's Digest, 1997. Octavo, colour photographs, signature, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Whalebone Whales of the Western North Atlantic compared with those occurring in European waters with some observations on the species of the North Pacific.
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, (1983. facsimile). Quarto, photographic plates, publisher's cloth. More
A guide to the common sea fishes of southern Africa.
Cape Town: Struik, (1993. reprint). Octavo, colour photographs, softcover. Practical, easy to use and authoritative. Here more than 300 of the fishes most likely to be seen or caught in the coastal regions of southern Africa are presented in a manner that makes this book an invaluable companion to anyone..... More
Polar odyssey.
London: Pica Press, 2000. Quarto, colour photographs, laminated boards. Rinie van Meurs (1958) is an enthusiastic nature photographer, who after a formal education in Forestry and civil Engineering, made many private trips around America, Africa, Asia and Europe to observe and photograph wildlife. During one trip he stayed for almost..... More
Sea birds.
Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1960. Quarto, photographs, lacks dustwrapper, bookplate. More
Gulls in Britain.
London: H. F. & G. Witherby, 1972. Octavo, photographs, dustwrapper. More
Birds and mammals of Shetland.
Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1955. Octavo, photographs, publisher's cloth, fine copy. More
The Hoiho: New Zealand's Yellow-eyed Penguin.
[Auckland]: Hodder & Stoughton, 1991. Octavo, colour illustrations, bookplate and signature, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Minke Whales, Harp and Hooded Seals: major predators in the North Atlantic ecosystem.
Tromso: The North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission, 2000. Octavo, laminated boards. More
Birds of the Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic.
Washington: American Geophysical Union, 1975. Octavo, colour plates, bookplate, dustwrapper. A neat and useful book. More
Seabirds of the tropical Atlantic ocean.
Washington: Smithsonion Press, 1966. Quarto, text illustrations. More
Sea guide to whales of the world.
London: Hutchinson, 1981. Large octavo, illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Getting along: fish, whales and fishermen.
St. John's: Whale Research Group:, 1984. Octavo, Children's book, illustrated by Don Wright. More
The fishes of Australia, part one: the sharks, rays, devil-fish, and other primitive fishes of Australia and New Zealand.
Sydney: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, 1940. Octavo, text illustrations, inscriptions, torn dustwrapper. More
The Penguins: Spheniscidae.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995. Small quarto, colour plates, text illustrations, bookplate, fine copy in dustwrapper, scarce. Part of the Bird families of the world series. Describes their origins and evolution, distribution, breeding biology and moult, foraging ecology, behaviour and conservation. John Busby's line drawings illustrate their behaviour... More