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The Book Of Whales
by Ellis, Richard
Richard Ellis is America's premier marine artist, the ocean-addicted naturalist whose paintings and drawings transport us to another world. Ellis's writing on sea creatures is as diverting as it is instructive; his insatiable curiosity about their habits and habitats has carried him to the ends of the earth.
Beluga Whales
by Martin, Tony
Grantown-on-Spey, Scotland: Colin Baxter Photography. 2002. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition - Card Covers. Previous owner's blindstamp to half-title page. Illustrated with [mostly] full page Colour photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 72 pages. Worldlife Library series. . Revised Edition. Softcover.
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$13.23
The World Guide to Whale & Dolphin Watching
by Wilson, Ben & Wilson, Angus
Grantown-on-Spey, Scotland: Colin Baxter Photography. 2006. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good + condition - Card Wraps. Illustrated with colour photographs and drawings. Colour maps. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 288 pages. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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$13.23
DISCOVERY REPORTS: Vol V, pp327-362, text figures 1-10 The Vascular Networks of the Fin Whale
by Ommanney, F.D. & Harrison Matthews, L
Cambridge University Press, UK, 1932. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. SIGNED Original Report: The vascular networks (retia mirabilia) of the Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus), Signed "With compliments FD Ommanney"on front cover. Contents clean. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Biology; Whales; Animals & Birds. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No:...
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$38.01
Whale Ships and Whaling
by CHURCH, Albert Cook
New York: Norton, 1960. hardcover. good/good. Over 200 illus. 4to, blue cloth, d.w. chipped and soiled, head of cloth spine faded, edge of a cloth corner worn. New York: Norton, (1960). A good readable copy.<br/> <br/>
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$15.00
WALTZES WITH GIANTS The Twilight Journey of the North Atlantic Right Whale
by Stone, Peter C
Skyhorse. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed and signed by author on title-page: "For Marcus, For your fantastic journey...With Light! Peter C. Stone".; Square Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 112 pages; Extra postage required for priority and international shipping. ; Signed by Author .
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$18.00
The Book Of Whales
by Ellis, Richard
Alfred A Knopf. Hardcover w/ DJ. Very Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes VERY GOOD hardcover with price clipped dust jacket. Dust jacket chipped, torn and creased with smudging inside of DJ. Ink gift inscription to previous owner on title page. Clean text. 4to. 202 pages.
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$70.00
SUCH IS THE ANTARCTIC
by Christensen, Lars
Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. 1st English Translation; 1st UK Edition 1st printing. A very scarce first impression, which has no folding maps. The maps were not made in time for this issue, and therefore were only published with the second issue. xiii,15-265 pages, maps on end papers, 45 tinted plates from photos, including frontispiece portrait. Original covers with gilt titling in photocopied dust jacket for protection....
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$133.04
Functional Anatomy of Marine Mammals Volume 1 (SIGNED COPY)
by Richard John (editor) Harrison
Academic Press, London, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Signed by Editor. Signed by the editor on the fep.; list of contributors, preface & contents list to front. This is a collection of eight articles by fourteen authors edited by a British anatomist who has long been publishing in the title field. The articles include reviews as well as results of original work. Although this initial volume is not extensive, it does provide information in depth from...
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$126.70
A VOYAGE TO THE ARCTIC IN THE WHALER AURORA
by Lindsay, David Moore
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd, London, 1911. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st UK Edition. ASSOCIATION COPY. ix,11-223 pages, illustrated, frontispiece, 55 b/w plates. Original pictorial hardcover, previous owners bookplate (Henry Brocklehurst) on front pastedown, contents clean. Arctic Bibl. 10168. The author's narrative of an 1884 cruise out of Dundee, to Baffin Bay and Lancaster Sound, polar bear shooting, optical phenomena,...
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$285.08
Discovery Reports Vol.II, The age of Fin Whales at physical maturity, pages 403-434,plate V
by Wheeler, J.F.G
Cambridge University Press, UK, 1930. First Edition. Softcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Original Report: BGLE on front cover,pages 403-434,plate V, damp staining and wrinkling to bottom of pages, contents clean. BGLE on front cover, from Colin Bertrams collection. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Biology; Whales; Animals & Birds. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3487. .
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$15.20
SOUTH LATITUDE
by Ommanney, F.D
Longmans,Green & Co, London, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good/Good. 1st Edition; x, 308 pages, map end papers, illustrated, frontispiece of the Royal Research Ship Discovery II and sixteen plates. Original covers in PHOTOCOPIED dust jacket. Previous owners bookplate to verso map otherwise contents clean. A nice copy. The author was a lecturer in Zoology & made this voyage on the Discovery II expedition. ''It was written in odd half-hours in the routine of a...
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$12.67
THE VOYAGE OF THE HURON AND THE HUNTRESS:The American Sealers and the Discovery of the Continent of Antarctica
by Stackpole, Edouard A
The Marine Historical Association, 1955. First Edition. Softcover (Stiff Boards). Good/No Dust Jacket. 1955 Edition, 86 pages, illustrated with maps and plates. Original stapled wrappers, wrappers stained from staples as expected, previous owners signature on front cover, contents clean. Folding map is a modern copy laid in (Rosove states this is often missing) This is the first USA edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Whales;...
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$33.58
DISCOVERY REPORTS: Vol VII, pp363-406, plate XV. Some aspects of respiration in Blue and Fin Whales
by Laurie, Alec H
Cambridge University Press, UK, 1933. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Original Report: Some aspects of respiration in Blue and Fin Whales, pp363-406, plate XV, 4 figures in text,. Original wrappers. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Biology; Whales; Animals & Birds. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3489. .
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$22.81
Book of Whales
by Richard Ellis
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1985. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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$5.99
SOUTH LATITUDE
by Ommanney, F.D
Longmans,Green & Co, London, 1940. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Readers Union Edition; (3), 308 pages, illustrated, map on front end papers, 8 b/w photos. No dust jacket, Pictorial Laminated Covers. Shelf wear, Spine faded and split, previous owners signature in pencil on half title, contents clean. The author was a lecturer in zoology and made this voyage with the Discovery II expedition. ''It was written in odd half-hours in the routine of a ship's...
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$3.80
Humpback Whales (WorldLife Library)
by Clapham, Phil
Grantown-on-Spey, Scotland: Colin Baxter Photography. 2004. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition - Card Covers. Previous owner's blindstamp to half-title page. Illustrated with Colour photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 72 pages. . Revised Edition. Softcover.
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$9.92
I am the grey whale of dawn.
by [Edouard Maunick]; Moe's Books, Wesley Tanner (printer)
Berkeley, CA: Wesley Tanner, [1975].. Broadside. Black and brown ink on cream paper. A brown Triskelion symbol appears at top center. An image of a whale appears below the poem. This broadside was done in several versions: "A Gift Poem in Celebration of the New Year from Robert & Jeanne Baldock," "A gift in celebration of the New Year from Karen, Eric & Jessica Cross" and "A gift in celebration of the New Year from Nina, Stephen, Sarah, & Alicia Robbins." It appears to be the work of Berkeley printer...
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$50.00
The Whale Called Killer
by Erich Hoyt
E.P. Dutton, New York, 1981, First Edition, Fine Hardcover / Near Fine Dustjacket, 226 pages, 6" x 9.5", illustrated with drawings and photographs, price clipped dustjacket. Study of the Killer Whales on the Pacific Coast of Canada.
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$13.33
The Book of Whales
by Ellis, Richard
Knopf. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/Like New. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($25.00 price intact). Published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. Folio. Black boards stamped in gold. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is like new with light shelf wear and a small tear to back top edge. An excellent copy of this book on whales by one of America's most celebrated marine artists, Richard Ellis. 202...
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$50.00
The Twilight Seas
by Carrighar, Sally
New York: E.P. Dutton. 1989. Octavo Size. Very Good condition. Black & white illustrations by Peter Parnall. 179 pages A Blue Whale's journey. . Reprint. Softcover.
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$6.61
Records of the South Australian Museum Volume IV No 4 July 30th 1932
by Hale, Herbert H. [Edited by]
Adelaide: of South Australia. 1932. Small Quarto Size. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs and Diagrams. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 161 pages. Contains articles: 1. Obituary and Bibliography of Arthur Mills Lea; 2. The Phalicridae (Coleoptera) of Australia and New Guinea; 3. Notes on the Supposed Primitive Stone Implements from the Tableland Regions of Central Australia; 4. The New Zealand Scamperdown Whale in South Australian...
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Records of the South Australian Museum Volume XIII, No. 3
by Museum Director (Edited by)
Adelaide: The Museum Board. 1959. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition. Covers age-toned with the stamp of South Australian Museum, a signature and initials to face and numbers 13.3 inked to spine. Illustrated with black and white plates and drawings. [99pp + plates]. Contains ''Totemic Beliefs in the Western Desert of Australia Part 1, Women who became the Pleiades" by Norman Tindale. Additionally has articles on Pygmy Sperm Whales, Acarina and Coon-bugs and...
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$16.54
DISCOVERY REPORTS: Vol V, pp363-466, plates II and III text figures 1-39 The Urino-Genital Systgem of the Fin Whale
by Ommanney, F.D. & Harrison Matthews, L
Cambridge University Press, UK, 1932. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. SIGNED Original Report: The urino-genital system of the Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) with appendix The dimensions and growth of the kidney of blue and fin whales. Signed "With compliments FD Ommanney"on front cover. Contents clean. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Biology; Whales; Animals & Birds. Pictures of this item not...
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