The ocean basins and margins, volume 7B: The Pacific Ocean (part two).
New York: Plenum Press, 1988. Octavo, text illustrations, dustwrapper. More
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On the rocks.
Peterborough: Langford Press, 2013. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, photographs. The second in the series "Wildlife and people", this book chronicles Nelson's adventures studying seabirds. Charmingly illustrated by watercolour paintings by John Busby. More
The Gannet.
Vermillion: Buteo Books, 1978. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. The author is internationally known for his work on the gannets and boobies, and this study is the definitive work on the North Atlantic gannet Sula basssana. More
Seabirds: their biology and ecology.
London: Hamlyn, 1980. Octavo, photographs, text illustrations, dustwrapper. The Bookplate of P.J. Moors. More
Deep: freediving, renegade science, and what the ocean tells us about ourselves.
New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2014. Octavo, colour photographs, dustwrapper. While on assignment in Greece, journalist James Nestor witnessed something seemingly miraculous: a man diving 300 feet below the ocean's surface on a single breath of air and returning four minutes later, unharmed and smiling. This man was a freediver, and..... More
The Atlantic Alcidae: the evolution, distribution and biology of the Auks inhabiting the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent water areas.
London: Academic Press, 1985. Octavo, illustrations, softcover. More
The little Penguin in Victoria.
Moonee Ponds: Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, 1992. Octavo, softcover. Supplement to Emu Volume 91. More
The ecology and ethology of fishes.
The Hague: Dr W. Junk, 1981. Small quarto, photographs, a very good copy. More
Giant fishes, whales and dolphins.
London: Putnam, 1937. Octavo, colour plates, signature of George Rayner, bookplate, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
A systematic monograph of the flatfishes (Heterosomata), volume one: Psettodidae, Bothidae, Pleuronectidae [all published].
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1934. Quarto, text illustrations, library stamp on title page otherwise a fine copy. More
The porpoise watcher.
London: John Murray, 1974. Octavo, photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Marine conservation biology: the science of maintaining the sea's biodiversity.
Washington DC: Island Press, 2005. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. Looks at marine populations and ecosystems and threats to marine biodiversity as well as management and human impact. Also available in paperback [stock id 21454]. More
Lost Leviathon: whales and whaling.
London: Hutchinson, 1971. Octavo, photographs, bookplate, signature, dustwrapper. More
Marine mammals of California.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1972. Octavo, colour photographs, text illustrations, paperback. More
Douglas Mawson: the survivor.
Melbourne: Alella Books, 1983. Octavo, photographs, dustwrapper. More
The Leeuwin Current: an influene on the coastal climate and marine life of Western Australia.
Perth: journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 1991. text illustrations, bookplate, softcover. More
Guide to marine fishes.
New York: Bramhall House, 1961. Octavo, text illustrations, signature, dustwrapper. More
Dolphins, porpoises, and whales: an Action Plan for the conservation of biological diversity, 1988-1992.
Gland: IUCN, 1989. Quarto, photographs, sotcover. More
Biology and conservation of the river dolphins.
Gland: IUCN, 1989. Quarto, photographs, softcover. More
Variation of spotted and spinner porpoise (genus stenella) in the eastern Pacific and Hawaii.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1975. Octavo, tables, illustrations. Owner signature, wrappers. Bulletin of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography University of California, San Diego La Jolla, California Volume 21. More
Watching sea birds.
Newton Abbot: Readers Union, (1977. reprint). Octavo, text illustrations, dustwrapper. More
The natural history and behaviour of the California Sea Lion.
Stillwater: American Society of Mammalogists, 1967. Octavo, tables, fine copy in dustwrapper. Special publication Number one. More
Antarctic oasis: terrestrial environments and history of the Vestfold Hills.
North Ryde: Academic Press, 1986. Octavo, text illustrations. More
RSPB handbook of the seashore.
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013. Octavo, colour photographs, softcover. This book will help you to easily identify and learn about the life cycles and anatomy of the species likely to be encountered along Britain's coastline. Useful sections provide details on the tidal cycle, how to read tide tables, where to look..... More