Scientific reports of cetacean research, number 1.
Tokyo: The Institute of Cetacean Research, 1990. Quarto, wrappers, tables, illustrations. More
Marine
Alaska whales and whaling.
Anchorage: Alaska Geographic Society, [1978]. Oblong format, colour photographs, softcover. More
Catalog of living whales.
Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1966. Octavo, bookplate, binder's cloth, wrappers retained. Smithsonian Institution Bulletin 246. More
Catalog of living whales.
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1966. Octavo, softcover Smithsonian Institution Bulletin 246. More
British seals.
London: Collins, (1974. first edition). Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper (not price-clipped). New Naturalist 57. More
The sea: ideas and observations on progress in the study of the seas [volumes one to five only].
New York: Wiley-Interscience, 1962-1971. Quarto, text illustrations, folding maps, very good set in dustwrappers. Volume 1: Physical Oceanography. Volume 2: The composition of sea-water. Comparative and descriptive oceanography. Volume 3: The earth beneath the sea. History. Volume 4: New concepts of sea floor evolution [two volumes]. More
Atlas of benthic Foraminifera.
West Sussex: John Wiley and Sons, 2013. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs. This up-to-date and reliable atlas of an important group of marine microfossils (foraminifera) offers comprehensive coverage of 300 species, 1000 spectacular full-colour images, and detailed morphological, ecological, and biogeographical information. It is designed for researchers such as micropalaeontologists..... More
The whale manual.
San Francisco: Friends of the Earth, 1978. Octavo, illustraions, softcover. More
Mammals in the seas.
Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, (1978-1982). Quarto, text illustrations, a fine set in dustwrappers. Volume one: Report of the FAO Advisary Committee on Marine Resources Research. Volume two: Pinniped species summaries and report on sirenians. Volume three: General papaers and large cetaceans. Volume four: Small cetaceans..... More
The world of seashells.
London: PRC Publishing, 1999. Quarto, text illustrations. Owner's stamp, some minor scuffing to dustwrapper, otherwise a very good copy. More
The ferocious summer: Palmer's penguins and the warming of Antarctica.
London: Profile, 2007. Octavo, colour illustrations, softcover. The Antarctic Peninsula is for all of us an early warning system. This brilliant book tells the story of Antarctic warming and of how scientists are piecing together the jigsaw of causes and impacts, here in particular through a study of the changing..... More
The seafarer's guide to marine life.
London: Croom Helm, 1985. Octavo, colour photographs.. dustwrapper. More
Proceedings of the NIPR Symposium on Polar Biology.
Tokyo: National Institute of Polar Research, 1990. Octavo, black and white photographs, other illustrations, light wear wrappers, signature. More
Seabirds of the world.
New York: Facts on File, 1983. Quarto, colour photographs, very good in dustwrapper. More
The whale watcher's handbook.
New York: Doubleday, 1984. Octavo, photographs and textillustrations, softcover. More
Mitsuaki Iwago's whales.
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1994. Octavo, colour photographs, softcover. More
The Hadal Zone: life in the deepest oceans.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015. Octavo, black and white photographs, text illustrations, laminated boards. The hadal zone represents one of the last great frontiers in marine science, accounting for 45% of the total ocean depth range. Despite very little research effort since the 1950s, the last ten years has seen..... More
Whales and modern whaling.
London: H. F. & G. Witherby, 1932. first edition). Octavo, photographs, signature,, clipped front endpaper, a few spots, publisher's cloth. More
The salmon.
London: Collins, (1972. reprint). Octavo, photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. New Naturalist Monograph 16. More
Deep blue: the extraordinary underwater photography of Yasuaki Kagii.
London: Carlton Books, 2008. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. WAS $50. From the water's surface to depths beyond natural light, this is a journey through inner marine space, inhabited by seemingly alien flora and fauna of stellar beauty.The photographer's extensive experience and reverence for marine life afford him..... More
Deep blue: the extraordinary underwater photography of Yasuaki Kagii.
Scoresby: Five Mile Press, 2009. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. This book is both a celebration of the ocean and an urgent call for conservation. More
Diversity and adaptation in fish behaviour.
New York: Springer Verlag, 1979. Octavo, text illustrations, inscribed by the author plus owner's signature, laminated boards. More
Porpoises and sonar.
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1961. Octavo, photographs, text illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
The sea otter in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
Washington, DC: United States Department of the Interior, 1975. Octavo, wrappers, illustrations, tables, small tear on top of spine, otherwise fine. North American Fauna, Number 64. More
The skull of the Amirus.
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1919. Octavo, wrappers, text illustrations, partially unopened. Ilinois Biological Monographs Volume five, Number one. More