Allen, Glover M.

The Whalebone Whales of New England

Boston: Boston Society of Natural History, 1916. First edition. Pp. 1, 107-322, 7 full-page halftones, photographic plates and line-drawings, 3 text-figures. Later pale green blank wrappers, 4to. Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History, volume 8, no. 2. This monograph documents six living species from the North Atlantic Ocean all of which range throughout New England waters. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine copy with no signs of use..

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Book number: 8033

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Andrews, Roy Chapman

The Sei Whale (Balaenoptera borealis Lesson): 1. History, habits, external anatomy, osteology, and relationships. 2. Anatomy of a foetus of Balaenopterus borealis (by H. von W. Schulte).

New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1916. First edition Pp. 291-502, 30 full page photo-plates, 46 text-figures. Original printed gray wrappers, lg folio. Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, new series, volume I, part 6. No ownership marks. A fine copy with many pages unopened..

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Book number: 3645

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Keywords: Mammalogy mammals marine whales whaling cetaceans Cetacea Sei Whale Balaenoptera borealis Baleen whale whalebone whales great whales

Beneden, P.J. van

Description des Ossements Fossiles des Environs d'Anvers, Text volumes, Parts 2-5 (of 5 Parts).

Bruxelles: F. Hayrz, Imprimeur de l'Academie Royal de Belgique, 1880, 1882, 1885, 1886. First Edition. Pp. (4), 1-82, (1); (4), 1-90; (4), 1-40; (4), 1-139. Publisher's original gray printed stiff boards, lg folio (15 3/4 x 11 1/8 inches; 40 x 28.2 cm). Musee Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique, Annals tome IV, VII, IX and XIII. This work contains four of the five text volumes for this massive monograph on the fossil marine mammals found in the Tertiary beds of the D'Anvers region of Belgium that leads into the North Sea. The contents of the parts offered here include: Part II: Ceteaces. Genres - Balaena et Balaeontus, (1880); Part III: Ceteaces. (Balenopteres.) Genres - Megaptera, Balaeonptera, Burtinopsis et Erpetocetus (1882); Part IV: Ceteaces. Genre - Plesiocetus (1885) and Part V: Ceteaces. Genres - Amphicetus, Heterocetus, Mesocetus, Idiocetus et Isocetus (1886). Only Part I: Ceteaces. Pinnipedes, ou Amphitheriens (1877) is missing from this five part set of text volumes. No ownership marks and no signs of use. These text volumes are seldom offered as a partial set outside of the whole work. This is a very heavy and large set - the cost of airmail postage to Europe is $80 (this is a fixed cost that cannot be reduced). A fine (as new) set with no signs of use..

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Book number: 6049

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Boyde, A., Brown, S. G. and Jones, S. I.

Sightings of Cetacea during the 1966 Trans-Atlantic Yacht Race.

Sandefjord: Handelstrykkeriet, 1968. First edition. Pp. 6; 1 text-figure (large black-and-white photo). Original pale gray printed wrappers, 4to. From Norsk Hvalfangst-Tidende 1968, no. 2, pages 29-35. From the research library of the late Michael Newcomer. Letter from the second author, Sidney Brown, on British Museum (Natural History) dated May 13, 1968, is laid in at front. Bump to top outer corner; a bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 5064

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Clarke, Robert and Ruud, Johan T.

International co-operation in whale markings: The Voyage of the ""Enern"" to the Antarctic in 1953.

Sandefjord: Norwegian Whaling Gazette, 1954. First edition. Pp. 19; 2 text-figures (both are full page maps). Original tan printed wrappers, 4to. From: The Norwegian Whaling Gazette 1954, no. 3, pages 128-146. This work is from the research library of the late Michael Newcomer. The text is in both Norwegian and English in parallel columns. Light edge wear to wrappers with 2 small bumps; a bright and clean copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 5065

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Dwight, Thomas

V. Description of the Whale (Balaenoptera musculus Auct.) in the possession of the Society; with remarks on the classification of Fin Whales

Boston: Society of Natural History 1872. First edition Pp. 203-230, 2 lithographed plates (1 folding). Publisher's original printed pale green wrappers, 4to (12 x 9 inches). Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History volume 2 (part II) no. 2. Faint small ink stamp of former owner on front endpaper, no other ownership marks. Rare work. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 3730

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Keywords: Whales Whaling mammals marine mammals Cetacean Cetacea Balaeoptera musculus blue whale baleen whales Mysticeti

Fischer, P.

Mémoire sur les Cétacés du genre Ziphius Cuvier.

Paris: Librairie des Science Naturelles, 1867. First edition Pp. 40, 1 full page lithographic plate. Original printed pale green wrappers, folio. Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Historie Naturelle de Paris, tome 3. The genus Ziphius is known as the beaked whale or goose-beaked whale. Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris) is the most widely distributed of all the beaked whales. Pages mostly unopened, a near fine copy..

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Book number: 3532

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Fraser, F.C.

On the Development and Distribution of the Young Stages of Krill (Euphausia superba).

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1937. First edition Pp. 192; 76 text-figures and maps. Publisher's original blue cloth, gilt-lettered on the spine, lg 4to (12 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches). Discovery Reports volume 14. Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba, is a species of krill found in the waters of the Southern Ocean. It is an important food source for whales, seals, Leopard Seals, fur seals, Crabeater Seals, squid, icefish, penguins, albatrosses and many other species of birds. No ownership marks. Slight edge wear to cloth at the head and foot of the spine, light wear to outer corners; a bright and clean copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 3888

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Keywords: Whales whaling marine mammals mammalogy Cetaceans Cetacea Krill Euphausia superba crustaceans aquatic invertebrates development distribution antarctic krill

Fraser, F.C.

Report on Cetacea Stranded on the British Coasts during 1927-1932, no. 11.

London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1934. First edition. Pp. 42; 8 text-figures, 6 full page maps. Publisher's original printed tan wrappers, lg 4to. No ownership marks. From the research library of the late Michael Newcomer. Small ink mark on the outer edge of a few pages; a bright and clean copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 5070

Catalogue: Whales and Whaling

Keywords: Whales whaling Cetacea Cetaceans England Great Britain United Kingdom Europe Fraser

Harmer, S. F.

Report on Cetacea Stranded on the British Coasts during 1913-1926, no. 10.

London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1927. First edition. Pp. 91; 42 text-figures (mostly photographs), 7 full page maps. Publisher's original printed tan wrappers, lg 4to. No ownership marks but a few pencil annotations. From the research library of the late Michael Newcomer. Slight wear to the wrappers, a few minor tape repairs at the top of the spine with small part of the front wrapper missing; a bright and clean copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 5071

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Keywords: Whales whaling Cetacea Cetaceans England Great Britain United Kingdom Europe Harmer

Hjort, J. Lie, J., Rudd, J. T. and Bergersen, B.

Pelagic Whaling in the Antarctic, Part V: The Season 1934-1935 + Part VI: The Season 1935-1936 + Part VII: The Season 1936-1937 + Part VIII: The Season 1937-1938 + Part IX: The Season 1938-1939.

Oslo: I Kommisjon Hos Jacob Dybwad, 1935-1941. First edition. Pp. 52, xvi; 44; 68; 46; 43; 6 plates (maps), 20+ text-figures. Original printed gray wrappers, lg 8vo. Hvalradets Skrifter, Scientific Results of Marine Biological Research no. 12, 14, 18, 20, 25. Five separate parts (parts 5-9) of this series on Norwegian whaling in the Antarctic from 1934-1939. The text is in English. Circular ink stamp of Zoologiska Institutionens, Upsala on corner of the front wrapper of three parts, name stamp of Sven Ehkan on the wrappers of another part. Some pages unopened, light wear to wrappers, a tight and clean set in very good condition..

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Book number: 5060

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Jonsgard, Age

Biology of the North Atlantic Fin Whale, Balaenoptera physalus (L): Taxonomy distribution and food.

Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, 1966. First edition. Pp. 62; 7 text-figures, 1 large folding map. Original printed gray wrappers, lg 8vo. Hvalradets Skrifter, Scientific Results of Marine Biological Research no. 49. The text is in English. Circular ink stamp of Zoologiska Institutionens, Upsala on corner of the front wrapper, no other ownership marks and no signs of use. Some pages unopened; a bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 5059

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Laws, R. M.

Reproduction, growth and age of Southern Right Fin Whales.

Cambridge: University Press, 1961. First edition Pp. 160, 4 full page photographic plates, 60 text-figures, 33 tables. Original gray printed wrappers, lg 4to. Discovery Reports, volume 31. No ownership marks. A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 3533

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Keywords: Whales marine mammals Cetaceans development reproduction Right Whale Eubalaena australis

Mackintosh, N.A.

The Southern Stocks of Whalebone Whales.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1942. First edition Pp. 104; 9 text-figures, 29 tables. Publisher's original printed light blue wrappers, lg 4to (12 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches). Discovery Reports volume 22. Whalebone whales, also called baleen whales or great whales, make the Mysticeti, one of two suborders of the Cetacea. No ownership marks. Fine (as new) copy..

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Book number: 3885

Catalogue: Whales and Whaling

Keywords: Whales whaling marine mammals mammalogy Cetaceans Cetacea baleen whales whalebone whales great whales Mysticeti Southern Hemisphere

McNab, Robert

The Old Whaling Days: A history of southern New Zealand from 1830 to 1840

Christchurch: Whitcombe and Tombs, 1913. First edition Pp. xiii, (1) 508. Publisher's original blue-green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, lg 8vo. Detailed review of the early history of whaling in the South Pacific around New Zealand. Mildly ex-library with the bookplate of Wairarapa Institute and Library, New Zealand on the front endpaper and Greytown Public Library on the rear endpaper, old circular library name stamp on rear of title page and on page 423, no external library marks such as a call number. Some wear and rubbing to the cloth binding, contents generally clean and free from foxing or browning; a solid copy in good condition..

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Book number: 3640

Catalogue: Whales and Whaling

Keywords: Mammology mammals marine whales whaling New Zealand Pacific Ocean 1830 1840