Mind in the waters: a book to celebrate the consciousness of whales and dolphins.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1974. Quarto, photographs, text illustrations, softcover. More
Marine
A marine rapid assessment of the Raja Ampat Islands, Papua Province, Indonesia.
Washington: Conservation International, 2002. Quarto, softcover. The Raja Ampat islands are another example of a highly diverse coral ecosystem under threat. Such regions stand out not only because of their species richness, endemism, and habitat level diversity, but also because of their relatively pristine condition. Yet portions of these coral..... More
Whales and dolphins in question.
Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2002. Octavo, colour photographs, softcover. This comprehensive book is a collective response to thousands of letters and phone calls received annually by the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. More
A voyage to Antarctica.
Perth: Author, 2002. Quarto, colour photographs, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. An account of the author's voyage to Antarctica complemented by beautiful photographs of penguin and seal colonies, albatross, magnificent seascapes and landscapes. More
The world's whales: the complete illustrated guide.
Washington: Smithsonian, 1984. Quarto, colour photographs, text illustrations, slightly crinkled text, dustwrapper. More
Porpoise, dolphin and small whale fisheries of the world: status and problems.
Morges: IUCN, 1975. Octavo, tables, text illustrations, softcover. IUCN Monograph No. 3. More
Journey of the Pink dolphins: an Amazon quest.
Vermont: Chelsea Green Publishing, 2009. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Montgomery takes readers on a journey into the Amazon, exploring the river-dwelling dolphin's natural history, chronicling their conservation pressures, unravelling their prehistoric roots. More
Journey of the Pink dolphins: an Amazon quest.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2000. Octavo, colour photographs, dustwrapper. Montgomery takes readers on a journey into the Amazon, exploring the river-dwelling dolphin's natural history, chronicling their conservation pressures, unravelling their prehistoric roots. More
Marine ecology.
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1958. Octavo, tables, maps, very good copy in chipped dustwrapper. More
The ecology of rocky coasts.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1985. Quarto, text illustrations, signature, dustwrapper. More
Birds collected during the Whitney South Sea Expedition.
New York: Extracted from American Museum Novitates, 1933. Octavo, coloured frontispiece. Binder's cloth, bookplates, a very good copy, scarce. The Whitney South Sea Expedition (1920-1941) was the most extensive ornithological collecting and research expedition of the twentieth century with 4000 specimens collected for the American Museum of Natural History. This..... More
A dead whale or a stove boat.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1967. Quarto, text illustrations, worn dustwrapper. More
Oceanic birds of South America: a study of species of the related coasts and seas, including the American quadrant of Antarctica based upon the Brewster-Sanford collection in the American Museum of Natural History.
New York: Macmillan, 1936. Quarto, colour plates, photographs, bookplate, fine copy in publisher's cloth. One of the best bird books ever written and no bird book library, let alone seabird library, is complete without a copy. More
Sitting on penguins: people and politics in Australian Antarctica.
Surry Hills: Century Hutchinson, 1988. Octavo, text illustrations, signature, dustwrapper. More
The shark chronicles: the scientist tracks the consummate predator.
New York: Henry Holt and company, 2002. Octavo, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The ocean basins and margins, volume 7A: The Pacific Ocean (part one).
New York: Plenum Press, 1985. Octavo, text illustrations, folding map and chart, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The ocean basins and margins, volume 7B: The Pacific Ocean (part two).
New York: Plenum Press, 1988. Octavo, text illustrations, dustwrapper. More
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, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
The Sulidae: gannets and boobies.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1978. Quarto, photographs, text illustrations, very good copy in lightly worn dustwrapper. One of the modern classics on seabirds and the last word on gannets and boobies. 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