Author: Sokolov, V. E. and V. A. Arsen'ev
Title: Mlekopitayushchiye Rossii i sopredel’nykh regionov. Usatye kity [Mammals of Russia and Adjacent Regions. Baleen Whales].
Description: Moscow, Nauka, 1994. 8vo (23.8 x 16.3 cm). Frontispiece portrait, 208 pp.; 75 text illustrations. Publisher's pictorial cloth. = A seldom-seen work on the baleen whales of the seas adjacent to Russia (i.e., Polar Sea, Northern Pacific, Sea of Japan, Baltic Sea, Black Sea). In Russian. The frontispiece is a photo of the Russian mammalogist Vladimir Georgievich Geptner [Heptner] (1901-1975). An English translation was published in 2006, but this is the rare original edition. A few library marks on the boards and lower margin of the title page, otherwise very good, clean.

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